Prof. Miran Mozetič

Prof. Dr. Miran Mozetič received his B. Sc. Degree of Physics from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1988. In 1992 he received the M. Sc. Degree from the Technical Faculty, University of Maribor, Slovenia, and in 1997 the Ph. D. Degree of Electronic Vacuum Technology from the Faculty of Electro-technique, Computer Sciences and Informatics, University of Maribor. In 1993 he attended courses on Application of synchrotron radiation techniques at International centre for theoretical physics in Trieste, Italy. He joined Jožef Stefan Institute in 2003 and since 2009 he is the Head of Department F4 (Department of Surface Engineering). He is the leader of a research group (currently 20 members + several students) working on application of radio-frequency and microwave sources for generation of highly reactive gaseous plasma as well as applications of high-frequency gaseous discharges in automotive industry, nanotechnology, agriculture and medicine. He has been a partner in numerous national and over 10 EU projects. He is a full professor at University of Ljubljana and International postgraduate school Ljubljana.He served as a guest lecturer at University of Ioannina, Greece, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, University of Leeds, England, University of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A., University of Nagoya, Japan, Universite du Maine, Le Mans, France, University of Sydney, Australia, Nanyang University of Technology, Singapore, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA, University Tomas Bata, Zlin, Czech Republic and Mahatma Ghandi University, Kottayam, India. His bibliography includes over 250 scientific papers and 20 patents. His papers have been cited over 4000 times and his Hirsch index is 36. He is a member of scientific or organizing committees of different conferences and workshops, a member of different scientific and professional societies, and a reviewer of papers submitted to numerous SCI journals. Between 2007 and 2013 he was the President of Slovenian vacuum society and since 2010 he is the chair of Education Committee of International Union for Vacuum Science, Technology and Applications – IUVSTA. In 2011 he received the most prestigious Slovenian prize for technology transfer to industrial production – “Puh award”.