Main visiting appointment

• Visiting lecturer at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology, Croatia (2008-2010).

Other

• Expert Editor on the New Slovenian biographic lexicon
• Member of Paleontological Society
• Member of International Associaton of Sedimentologists
• Member of European Geological Union

PhD mentorships:

• Tomaž Verbič, 2008: Quaternary sediments, stratigraphy and neotectonics of the eastern Krško basin.
• Ines Galović, 2009: Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) calcareous nannoplankton, silicoflagellates and diatoms of the soutwestern part of the Paratethys.
• Anja Kocjančič, since 1. 10. 2020, thesis topic: Sedimentary evolution of Upper Cretaceous basin deposits in the Southern Alps and Dinarides.

Selected publications

• Tulan, E., Sachsenhofer, R. F., Tari, G. C., Witkowski, J., Tǎmaş, D. M., Horvat, A., Tǎmaş, A. 2020: Hydrocarbon source rock potential and paleoenvironment of lower Miocene diatomites in the Eastern Carpathians Bend Zone (Sibiciu de Sus, Romania). – Geologica Carpathica, 71/5, 424-443.
• Bohinc, T., Horvat, A., Ocvirk, M., Košir, I. J., Rutnik, K., Trdan, S. 2020: The first evidence of the insecticidal potential of plant powders from invasive alien plants against rice weevil under laboratory conditions. – Applied Sciences, 10/21, art.no. 7828,
• Bohinc, T., Horvat, A., Andrić, G., Pražić Golić, M., Kljajić, P., Trdan, S. 2020: Natural versus synthetic zeolites for controlling the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) – like Messi versus Ronaldo? – Journal of Stored Products Research, 88, 1-9.
• Goričan, Š., Žibret, L., Košir, A, Kukoč, D. & Horvat, A. 2018: Stratigraphic correlation and structural position of Lower Cretaceous flysch-type deposits in the eastern Southern Alps (NW Slovenia). – International journal of earth sciences, 107-8, 2933-2953.
• Horvat, A. 2018: Petrology and provenance of the raw material of stone artefacts from the Most na Soči Iron Age settlement. In: Dular, J. & Tecco Hvala, S. (Eds.): Železnodobno naselje Most na Soči. The Iron Age settlement at Most na Soči. Treatises. – Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 34, 349-360.
• Moro, A., Velić, I. Mikuž, V., Horvat, A. 2018: Microfacies characteristics of carbonate cobble from Campanian of Slovenj Gradec (Slovenia) : implications for determining the Fleuryana adriatica De Castro, Drobne and Gušić paleoniche and extending the biostratigraphic range in the Tethyan realm. – Mining-Geological-Petruleum Engineering Bull.,30/42, str. 1-13.
• Moro, A., Horvat, A., Tomić, V., Sremac, J. & Bermanec, V. 2016: Facies development and paleoecology of rudists and corals: An example of Campanian transgressive sediments from northern Croatia, northeastern Slovenia, and northwestern Bosnia. – Facies,62-19, 18-25.
• Horvat, A. 2016: Distephanopsis concavusHorvat: a revised silicoflagellate species from the middle miocene of the Central Paratethys. – Geologija, 59/2, 233-241.
• Moreau, L., Odar, B., Higham, T., Horvat, A., Pirkmajer, D. & Turk P. 2015: Reassessing the Aurignacian of Slovenia. – Journal of Human Evolution, 78, 158-180.
• Bartol, M., Mikuž, V., Horvat, A. 2014: Palaeontological evidence of communication between the Central Paratethys and the Mediterranean in the late Badenian/early Serravalian. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; 394; 144-157.
• Pavšič, J., Horvat, A. 2009: Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene in central and eastern Slovenia. – In: Pleničar, M., Ogorelec, B., Novak, M. (eds.): The Geology of Slovenia, 373-426.
• Turk, J., Horvat, A. 2009: Sedimentological method for determination of palaeoenvironmental conditions at the Ljubljansko barje, case study Stare gmajne. (In: Velušček, A. (Ed.): The Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC) – Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 16, 35-48.
• Horvat, A. 2004: Srednjemiocenske alge Slovenije: paleontologija, stratigrafija, paleontologija, paleobiogeografija. – Middle Miocene siliceous algae of Slovenia: Paleontology, Stratigraphy, Paleoecology, Paleobiogeography. − ZRC Publ., 255 pp., Ljubljana.
• Horvat, A., Mišič, M. 2004: Mineralogy and sedimentology of diatomaceous sediments in Slovenia. – RMZ – Materials and geoenvironment, 51/4, 2145-2161.
• Horvat, A. 2003: Upper Badenian diatom paleoecology of the western part of Central Paratethys. – Geologija, 46, 251 – 262.
• Horvat, A. 2003: Middle Miocene silicoflagellates from the western part of Central Paratethys. – Razpr. 4. razr. SAZU 44, 57 79.