Curious to learn, eager to understand.

Professional Experience

• RESEARCHER Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG) | 2022.09 – present
• INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT Svetovanje za trajnostno prihodnost, Nik Rus s.p. | 2022.09 – 2023.04
• ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST Hidria d.o.o. | 2018.03 – 2022.08

Complementary Experience

• MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD FOR STRIPOFILIJA Radio Študent | 2022.11 – present
• MEMBER OF ORGANIZATION TEAM FOR RIBNICA FAIR Ribnica Tourist Association | 2022.04 – present
• PRESIDENT Sports Association of Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology | 2016 – 2019
• VICE-PRESIDENT AND PROJECT MANAGER Student Club Ribnica | 2013 – 2018
• MEMBER OF THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY AND PROJECT MANAGER Student Organisation of the University of Ljubljana | 2016 – 2018
• SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY TECHNICIAN British International School of Ljubljana | 2012 – 2014
• COPY WRITER Filmstart Slovenija | 2015 – 2020
• SCOUT LEADER AND MOUNTAIN HUT KEEPER Skavti Slovenija | 2010 – 2021

Further education, Fellowships and Grants

• Fire Fundamentals for Performance-Based Fire Safety Design ****Instytut Techniki Budowalnej; FRISSBE, Poland | 2024

• Burgers Program and Combustion Institute Summer School on Fire Safety Science ****University of Maryland, USA | 2023

• SFPE Student Grant (2023) and SFPE-Student Travel Grant (2024) - FireSafePV Materials ****SFPE Foundation, USA | 2023

• Advisor for chemicals ZVD Zavod za varstvo pri delu d.o.o., Slovenia ****| 2021

• Summer School NATURAL DISASTERS ****University of Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2017

Events

• Montenegrin Delegation Visits ZAG Fire Laboratory (Demonstration) Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG), Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2026

• Solvera Lynx Partner event (presentation) Solvera Lynx, Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2026

• Croatian Fire Safety Forum - Opatija (presentation) HUZOP Hrvatska udruga za zaštitu od požara, Opatija, Croatia | 2026

• Visit by the Minister of Defence, Borut Sajovic, and Leon Behin, Director of the Slovenian Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (demonstration) Ministrstvo za obrambo (MORS) & Urad Republike Slovenije za zaščito in reševanje (URSZR), Logatec, Slovenia | 2026

• Naslavljanje sistema: Streha in sončna elektrarna sta v požaru skupaj (presentation) ****Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo TC82 PVS (SIST), Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2025

• Posvet - Posredovanje na objektih z vgrajenimi PV sistemi (presentation and demonstration) Gasilska zveza Mestne občine Murska Sobota (GS MO MS), Murska Sobota, Slovenia | 2025

• Dan odprtih vrat Požarni laboratorij ZAG (demonstration) Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije (ZAG), Logatec, Slovenia | 2025

• Seminar – Požarna varnost sončnih elektrarn (presentation) Slovensko združenje za požarno varstvo (SZPV), Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2025

• 5th European Symposium on Fire Safety Science (presentation) Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2025

• 11. Slovenska fotovoltaična konferenca (presentation - video available) Fakulteta za Elektrotehniko (FE) Univerze v Ljubljani, Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2025

• Brunaþing 2025 (remote presentation) Brunatæknifélag Íslands (BTI), Reykjavík, Iceland | 2025

• SFPE European Conference & Expo on Fire Safety Engineering (presentation) The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), Edinburgh, UK | 2025

• 140. Tradicionalni pomladni posvet DVI - Ljubljana (presentation) Society of Safety Engineers Ljubljana (DVILJ), Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2025

• Before 2025

Impact

Portfolio

Contact

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Education

UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA PhD in Renewable Materials for Healthy Build Environment (Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies) 2022 - Present

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA MSc in Technical Safety (Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Technology) 2016 – 2019

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA BSc in Chemistry (Faculty for Chemistry and Chemical Technology) 2012 – 2016

Projects

• SONELEKT
• FRISSBE
• SPOZNAJ
• Hidaqua

Languages

• Slovene - native • English - proficient • German - basic • Serbian - intermediate • Croatian - intermediate