Prof. Damijan Miklavčič
Ph.D., Research Programme Leader
damijan.miklavcic@fe.uni-lj.si
+386 1 4768 456
Publications
Born: July 19, 1963, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Address: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Trzaska 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 4768 456
E-mail:
Education:
1987 B.S. Electrical Engineering (University of Ljubljana)
1991 M.S. Electrical Engineering (University of Ljubljana)
1993 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (University of Ljubljana)
Position:
1993-present Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana
1993-1994 Associate Researcher
1994-1997 Assistant Professor
1995-1996 Visiting researcher at the Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
1997-2002 Associate Professor
1998-2019 Head of the Laboratory of Biocybernetics
2002-present Professor
2003-2005 Vice-Dean for Research
2007-2015 Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
2015-present Deputy Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Awards:
1986 Preseren Award for Students, University of Ljubljana
1989 International Award of the Maphre Foundation (Spain)
1993 National Industrial Award of Krka Pharmaceuticals
1995 Award of the Republic of Slovenia for Scientific and Research Achivements
2003 Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Science
2008 Vodovnik Prize for Exceptional Research
2008 Knight of the Order of Academic Palms of the French Republic
2012 IFMBE Vladimir Zworykin Award
2012 Rector's Award for Innovations of the University of Ljubljana - 1st Prize
2014 Golden Plaque of the University of Ljubljana
2015 Fellow of the European Alliance for Medical and Biomedical Engineering & Science
2019 Honorary Doctorate awarded by the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina [ceremony]
Bibliography:
Prof. Miklavcic has authored or co-authored over 1,300 papers, including over 400 original articles in scientific journals (source: Sicris database). His works have been cited over 10,000 times (according to Scopus) / 8,600 times (according to Wos). Together with his colleagues he has applied for numerous patents, of which three international have been granted, along with one slovene (sourced from Sicris). His number of citations (excluding self-citations, state on 25th of March, 2020) is 9,793, and his h-index is 65. Click here for a printout of his complete bibliography.
Projects:
• see the list of projects
Additional activities:
• Member of the Council of the Bioelectrochemical Society (2009–2017)
• President of the Slovenian Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2007–)
• Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Slovenian Forum on
Non-Ionising Electromagnetic Radiation
• Associate Editor of Bioelectromagnetics (2005–2007)
• Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (2002–2014)
• Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience (2004–2013)
• Member of the working group for preparation of the safety standards related to
non-ionising radiation at Slovenian National Standardization Office
• Referee for over 50 SCI-indexed journals
• Member of the Council of Science and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (2010-2013)
• President of the International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments (ISEBTT, 2016-2017)
Prof. Tadej Kotnik
Ph.D., Scientific Councillor, Head of the Laboratory
tadej.kotnik@fe.uni-lj.si
+386 1 4768 768
Publications
Born: |
1972, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Education: | Ph.D. Biophysics (2000, University of Paris XI, France) |
| Ph.D. Electrical Engineering (2000, University of Ljubljana) |
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| Position: | Vice-Dean for Research, Full Professor, |
| Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana |
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| Address: |
Trzaska 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Phone: |
+386 14 768 768 |
| Fax: |
+386 14 264 658 |
| E-mail: |
tadej.kotnik@fe.uni-lj.si |
Courses:
• Digital structures (1st cycle University programme - 2nd year) [page in Slovenian]
• Digital technology (1st cycle Applied Engineering programme - 2nd year) [page in Slovenian]
• Bioelectromagnetics (2nd cycle - 2nd year) [page in Slovenian]
International awards:
2001 Galvani Prize of the Bioelectrochemical Society
2014 Ten Most Prominent Research Achievements ot the University of Ljubljana
Selected bibliography: (to generate the complete bibliography, click here)
- Kotnik T, Weaver JC. Abiotic gene transfer: rare or rampant? J. Membrane Biol. 249:
623-631, 2016. [PDF
]
© 2016 Springer Science + Business Media New York. DOI 10.1007/s00232-016-9897-y - Kotnik T, Frey W, Sack M, Haberl Meglič S, Peterka M, Miklavčič D. Electroporation-based applications in biotechnology. Trends Biotechnol. 33: 480-488, 2015. [PDF]
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd / Cell Press. DOI 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.06.002 - Yarmush ML, Golberg A, Serša G, Kotnik T, Miklavčič D. Electroporation-based technologies for medicine: principles, applications, and challenges. Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 16: 295-320, 2014. [PDF]
© 2014 Annual Reviews. DOI 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071813-104622 - Kotnik T. Lightning-triggered electroporation and electrofusion as possible contributors to natural horizontal gene transfer. Phys. Life Rev. 10: 351-370, 2013.
[PDF]
© 2013 Elsevier B.V. DOI 10.1016/j.plrev.2013.05.001 - Kotnik T. Prokaryotic diversity, electrified DNA, lightning waveforms, abiotic gene transfer, and the Drake equation: Assessing the hypothesis of lightning-driven evolution. Phys. Life Rev. 10: 384-388, 2013. [PDF]
© 2013 Elsevier B.V. DOI 10.1016/j.plrev.2013.07.027 - Marjanovič I, Kotnik T. An experimental system for controlled exposure of biological samples to electrostatic discharges. Bioelectrochemistry 94: 79-86, 2013. [PDF]
© 2013 Elsevier B.V. DOI 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2013.09.001 - Čemažar J, Kotnik T. Dielectrophoretic field-flow fractionation of electroporated cells.Electrophoresis 33: 2867-2874, 2012. [PDF]
© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. DOI 10.1002/elps.201200265 - Kotnik T, Kramar P, Pucihar G, Miklavčič D, Tarek M. Cell membrane electroporation –
Part 1: The phenomenon. IEEE Electr. Insul. M. 28(5): 14-23, 2012. [PDF]
© 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. DOI 10.1109/MEI.2012.6268438 - Kotnik T, Pucihar G, Miklavčič D. Induced transmembrane voltage and its correlation with electroporation-mediated molecular transport. J. Membrane Biol. 236: 3-13, 2010. [PDF]
© 2010 Springer Science + Business Media, LLC. DOI 10.1007/s00232-010-9279-9 - Kotnik T. Computational estimation of the constant β(1) characterizing the order
of ζ(1 + it). Math. Comp. 77: 1713-1723, 2008. [PDF]
© 2008 American Mathematical Society. DOI 10.1090/S0025-5718-08-02065-6 - Kotnik T. The prime-counting function and its analytic approximations. Adv. Comput. Math. 29: 55-70, 2008. [PDF]
© 2008 Springer. DOI 10.1007/s10444-007-9039-2 - Pucihar G, Kotnik T, Miklavčič D, Teissié J. Kinetics of transmembrane transport of small molecules into electropermeabilized cells. Biophys. J. 95: 2837-2848, 2008. [PDF]
© 2008 Biophysical Society. DOI 10.1529/biophysj.108.135541 - Kotnik T. Evaluation of some integrals of sums involving the Möbius function. Int. J. Comput. Math. 84: 469-475, 2007. [PDF]
© 2007 Taylor and Francis. DOI 10.1080/00207160701210125 - Kotnik T, Miklavcic D. Theoretical evaluation of voltage inducement on internal membranes of biological cells exposed to electric fields. Biophys. J. 90: 480-491,
2006. [PDF]
© 2006 Biophysical Society. DOI 10.1529/biophysj.105.070771 - Kotnik T, te Riele H. The Mertens conjecture revisited. Lect. Notes Comp. Sci. 4076: 156-167, 2006. [PDF]
© 2006 Springer Verlag. DOI 10.1007/11792086_12 - Kotnik T. Computational estimation of the order of ζ(½ + it). Math. Comp. 73: 949-956, 2004. [PDF] [PS
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© 2003 American Mathematical Society. DOI 10.1090/S0025-5718-03-01568-0 - Kotnik T, van de Lune J. On the order of the Mertens function. Exp. Math. 13: 473-481, 2004. [PDF]
© 2004 AK Peters, Ltd. ISSN 1058-6458. DOI 10.1080/10586458.2004.10504556 - Kotnik T, Pucihar G, Rebersek M, Mir LM, Miklavcic D. Role of pulse shape in cell membrane electropermeabilization. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1614: 193-200, 2003. [PDF]
© 2003 Elsevier BV. DOI 10.1016/S0005-2736(03)00173-1 - Kotnik T, van de Lune J. Further systematic computations on the summatory function of the Möbius function. CWI Report MAS R-0313: 1-9, 2003. [PDF]
© 2003 CWI Amsterdam. ISSN 1386-3703 - Kotnik T, Mir LM, Flisar K, Puc M, Miklavcic D. Cell membrane electropermeabilization by symmetrical bipolar rectangular pulses. Part I. Increased efficiency of permeabilization. Bioelectrochemistry 54: 83-90, 2001. [PDF]
© 2001 Elsevier BV. DOI 10.1016/S1567-5394(01)00114-1 - Kotnik T, Miklavcic D, Mir LM. Cell membrane electropermeabilization by symmetrical bipolar rectangular pulses. Part II. Reduced electrolytic contamination. Bioelectrochemistry 54: 91-95, 2001. [PDF]
© 2001 Elsevier BV. DOI 10.1016/S1567-5394(01)00115-3 - Kotnik T, Macek-Lebar A, Miklavcic D, Mir LM. Evaluation of cell membrane electropermeabilization by means of nonpermeant cytotoxic agent. Biotechniques 28: 921-926, 2000. [PDF]
© 2000 Eaton Publishing Co. ISSN 0736-6205 - Kotnik T, Miklavcic D. Analytical description of transmembrane voltage induced by electric fields on spheroidal cells. Biophys. J. 79: 670-679, 2000. [PDF]
© 2000 Biophysical Society. ISSN 0006-3495 - Kotnik T, Miklavcic D. Second-order model of membrane electric field induced by alternating external electric fields. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 47: 1074-1081, 2000.
[PDF]
© 2000 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. DOI 10.1109/10.855935 - Kotnik T, Miklavcic D. Theoretical evaluation of the distributed power dissipation in biological cells exposed to electric fields. Bioelectromagnetics 21: 385-394, 2000. [PDF]
© 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc. DOI 10.1002/1521-186X(200007)21:5<385::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-F - Kotnik T, Miklavcic D, Slivnik T. Time course of transmembrane voltage induced by time-varying electric fields – a method for theoretical analysis and its application.Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 45: 3-16, 1998. [PDF]
© 1998 Elsevier Science SA. DOI 10.1016/S0302-4598(97)00093-7 - Kotnik T, Bobanovic F, Miklavcic D. Sensitivity of transmembrane voltage induced by applied electric fields – a theoretical analysis. Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 43: 285-291, 1997. [PDF]
© 1997 Elsevier Science SA. DOI 10.1016/S0302-4598(97)00023-8
Assist. Prof. Lea Rems
Ph.D., Scientific Associate
lea.rems@fe.uni-lj.si
+386 1 476 8396
Publications
Born: November 8, 1988, Novo mesto, SR Slovenia (YU)
Address: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Trzaska 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 476 8396
E-mail:
Education:
PhD in Electrical Engineering (2016, University of Ljubljana)
Position:
1. 11. 2019−present Scientific Associate, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia
1. 3. 2018−28. 2. 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
1. 2. 2016−28. 2. 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Delft, Netherlands
25. 2. 2015−7. 6. 2015 and 24. 9. 2015−7. 11. 2015 Guest Researcher, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Nancy, France
1. 10. 2012−31. 1. 2016 Junior Researcher, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Slovenia
Awards:
2011 Prešern Award (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
2013 Golden Nahtigal Award for young researchers
2014 IFMBE Young Investigator Competition Award (2nd prize)
2014 Best Student Presentation Award at the Bioelectrics Workshop, Norfolk, VA, USA
2016 Krka Award for doctoral dissertation
2017 Vodovnik Award (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana)
2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (European Commission)
Bibliography:
Dr. Rems has authored or co-authored more than 40 publications, including ~20 original articles in scientific journals. Her works have been cited over 350 times (source: WoS and Sicris databases).
SICRIS: click here
Publications (COBISS): click here
Peter Lombergar
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Researcher
peter.lombergar@fe.uni-lj.si
+386 1 476 8275
Jernej Štublar
BSc in Electrical Engineering, Researcher
Academician Professor Dr. Lojze Vodovnik (1933–2000)
Founder and former head of the Laboratory of Biocybernetics, regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, professor emeritus of the University of Ljubljana, founder of the Slovenian Society for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Professor Dr. Stanislav Reberšek (1942–2022)
V začetku februarja 2022 smo prejeli žalostno novico, da nas je po daljši hudi bolezni zapustil dolgoletni član Laboratorija za biokibernetiko, upokojeni profesor Stanislav Reberšek.
Profesor Stanislav Reberšek se je rodil leta 1942 v Celju. Dodiplomski študij je zaključil leta 1969 na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko v Ljubljani, kjer je leta 1980 magistriral in 1984 doktoriral. V raziskovalno delo na področju biomedicinske tehnike se je vključil leta 1968, ko se je še kot študent priključil skupini Laboratorija za medicinsko elektroniko in biokibernetiko pod vodstvom akademika profesorja Lojzeta Vodovnika. V desetletjih svojega raziskovalnega udejstvovanja se je profesor Reberšek ukvarjal z različnimi področji, glavna pa so bila funkcionalna električna stimulacija zgornjih okončin in uvajanje novih metod v fizikalno terapijo, preučevanje učinkov električne stimulacije na spastične mišice ter uporaba električnih pulzov v terapevtske namene. Razumel je namreč stisko bolnikov na Zavodu za rehabilitacijo, njihovih staršev in svojcev, pa tudi stiske in hotenja fizioterapevtov. Na vrhuncu svojega raziskovalnega dela je zato stremel k napredku in razvoju fizioterapevtskih metod in objektivnega vrednotenja rehabilitacije bolnika.
Profesor Reberšek je vodil in sodeloval pri domačih in mednarodnih projektih ter za izumiteljske in raziskovalne dosežke skupaj s kolegi dvakrat prejel državno nagrado sklada Borisa Kidriča. Vseskozi je ostajal tudi prizadeven in vesten pedagog ter mentor študentom in mlajšim kolegom. Med letoma 1995 in 1999 je na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko Univerze v Ljubljani služil kot prodekan za pedagoško delo. Upokojil se je leta 2010, vendar je ostal v Laboratoriju za biokibernetiko aktiven še vrsto let za tem, vse do tragične nesreče pred tremi leti.
Profesor Reberšek je bil eden od ustanovnih članov Društva za medicinsko in biološko tehniko Slovenije (DMBTS) ter dolgoletni blagajnik in častni član društva DMBTS. Zbral in in uredil je zbirko aparatov za funkcionalno električno stimulacijo, ki je bila kot urejena muzejska zbirka prvič predstavljena v času Konference za funkcionalno električno stimulacijo v Ljubljani, ki jo je društvo DMBTS organiziralo v času med 22. in 25. avgustom 1993 v Ljubljani. Kasneje je bil Muzej funkcionalne električne stimulacije po zaslugi profesorja Reberška postavljen na ogled tudi na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko, kjer ga v omejenem obsegu kot stalno zbirko še vedno lahko vidite na hodniku pred Laboratorijem za biokibernetiko v tretjem nadstropju stavbe A. Muzej funkcionalne električne stimulacije je bil po zaslugi požrtvovalnega dela profesorja Reberška na ogled ponovno postavljen v okviru razstave S tehniko do zdravja, organizirane v sodelovanju v sodelovanju z Tehniškim muzejem Slovenije v Bistri od 7. maja do 3. decembra, 2013.
Profesor Stanislav Reberšek, diplomirani inženir elektrotehnike, doktor znanosti, soprog, oče, dedek, sodelavec, prijatelj, znanec, človek, ki je v svojem življenju prevzemal različne vloge in smo ga spoznali in poznali vsak na svoj način. Bil je človek z velikim srcem, skromen, obziren in čuteč. Pri razvoju biomedicinske tehnike v Sloveniji in raziskovalne skupine Laboratorija za biokibernetiko na Fakulteti za elektrotehniko Univerze v Ljubljani je pustil trajen pečat. Ohranili ga bomo v trajnem spominu.
Ljubljana, april 2022.