Oddelek: 4D Earth

Asst. Prof. Marjana Zajc, PhD








MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Advanced Data Processing Methods in Geosciences

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Advanced Studies of the Earth’s Subsurface

Asst. Prof. Marjana Zajc, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geo-Resource Management Principles

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geochemistry of the Anthropocene

Asst. Prof. Miloš Miler, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Geomorphology in Geohazard Studies

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Interdisciplinary Research in Earthquake Geology

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Landslide Management

Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Auflič, PhD,

ECTS: 6

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Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD

Senior Research Fellow at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, Assistant Professor in Geology at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU, and 4D Earth module coordinator at the doctoral study program Environmental and regional studies.


+386 1 2809 779
petra.jamsek-rupnik@geo-zs.si

Education:

  • 2013: Ph.D. in Geology. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy & Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana.
  • 2009: B.SC. in Geology. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana.

 

Scientific fields:

active tectonics, seismotectonics, geomorphology, paleoseismology, seismic hazard, Quaternary geology, Earth surface processes, regional geology, wine terroir.

 



International experience:

  • 2024: 1 month research visit at the Croatian Geological Survey (HGI-CGS)
  • 2010/2011: winter semester of study and research at the CEREGE, University Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France.
  • Continuous work in international teams.

Mentorship to young researchers/Ph.D. students:

  • Eva Mencin Gale (2016-2021): Pliocene to Quaternary sedimentary evolution of intramountain basins at the junction of Alps, Dinarides and Pannonian Basin.
  • Josipa Maslač (2022-): Neotectonic investigations of active faults in the area of Vukomeričke Gorice and Žumberak-Samobor Hills.

 

Awards:

  • 2024 Lipold’s plaquette by GeoZS.
  • 2023 Excellence in Science Award in Geology, ARIS.
  • 2023 Nominated for The Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal For Outstanding Young Quaternary Scientists, INQUA.

 

Expert committees:

  • Member of the Steering Committee of the EuQuaGe – European Earthquake Geology Task Force (2023 –).
  • INQUA Slovenian national committee (2014 -).
  • Scientific Committee of the 7th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology (2024, Zagreb, Croatia).
  • Scientific Advisory Committee of the INQUA Congress (2023, Rome, Italy).
  • 7th Croatian Geological Congress Scientific Committee (2023, Poreč, Croatia).
  • Chair of the 6th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology (2021, Ljubljana, Slovenia).
  • Organizing and Scientific Committee of the 5th Regional Scientific Meeting on Quaternary Geology (2017, Starigrad-Paklenica, Croatia).

 

Editorial work:

  • Geologija (Editorial Board, 2024 – ), ISSN 0016-7789.
  • Frontiers in Earth Science (Editorial Board, 2023 – ), ISSN 2296-6463.
  • GeoHazards (Topical Advisory Panel, 2023 – ), ISSN 2624-795X.
  • Quaternary (Topical Advisory Panel, 2023 – , Guest Editor 2023), ISSN 2571-550X.

 


Selected Publications:

  • Jamšek Rupnik, P., Atanackov, J., Horn, B., Mušič, B., Zajc, M., Grützner, C., Ustaszewski, K., Tsukamoto, S., Novak, M., Milanič, B., Markelj, A., Ivančič, K., Novak, A., Jež, J., Žebre, M., Bavec, M., Vrabec, M. Revealing subtle active tectonic deformation: integrating lidar, photogrammetry, field mapping, and geophysical surveys to assess the Late Quaternary activity of the Sava Fault (Southern Alps, Slovenia). Remote sensing. 2024, 16, 9, 33 p. DOI: 10.3390/rs16091490.
  • Mencin Gale, E., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Akçar, N., Christl, M., Vockenhuber, C., Anselmetti, F. S., Šmuc, A. The onset of Pliocene – Early Pleistocene fluvial aggradation in the Southeastern Alpine Foreland (Velenje Basin, Slovenia) and its paleoenvironmental implications. Journal of Quaternary science. 2024, 39, 5, 691–709. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3623.
  • Basili, R., Danciu, L., Beauval, C., Sesetyan, K., Vilanova, S., Adamia, S., Atanackov, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Šket Motnikar, B., Zupančič, P., et al. The European Fault-Source Model 2020 (EFSM20) : geologic input data for the European Seismic Hazard Model 2020. Natural hazards and Earth system sciences. 2024, 24, 11, 3945-3976. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-3945-2024.
  • Zupančič, P., Šket Motnikar, B., Carafa, M. M. C., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Živčić, M., Kastelic, V., Rajh, G., Čarman, M., Atanackov, J., Gosar, A. Seismogenic depth and seismic coupling estimation in the transition zone between Alps, Dinarides and Pannonian Basin for the new Slovenian seismic hazard model. Natural hazards and Earth system sciences. 2024, 24, 2, 651-672. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-651-2024.
  • Kázmér, M., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Gaidzik, K. Seismic activity in the Celje Basin (Slovenia) in Roman times – archaeoseismological evidence from Celeia. Quaternary. 2023, 6, 1, 13 p. DOI: 10.3390/quat6010010.
  • Šket Motnikar, B., Zupančič, P., Živčić, M., Atanackov, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Čarman, M., Danciu, L., Gosar, A. The 2021 seismic hazard model for Slovenia (SHMS21) : overview and results. Bulletin of earthquake engineering. 2022, 20, 10, 4865–4894. DOI: 10.1007/s10518-022-01399-8.
  • Jamšek Rupnik, P., Žebre, M., Jež, J., Zajc, M., Preusser, F., Monegato, G. Deciphering the deformation mechanism in Quaternary deposits along the Idrija Fault in the formerly glaciated Soča Valley, southeast European Alps. Engineering geology. 2022, 297, 25 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106515.
  • Baize, S., Amoroso, S., Belić, N., Benedetti, L., Boncio, P., Budić, M., Cinti, F. R., Henriquet, M., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Kordić, B., et al. Environmental effects and seismogenic source characterization of the December 2020 earthquake sequence near Petrinja, Croatia. Geophysical journal international. 2022, 230, 2, 1394–1418. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggac123.
  • Atanackov, J., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Jež, J., Celarc, B., Novak, M., Milanič, B., Markelj, A., Bavec, M., Kastelic, V. Database of active faults in Slovenia: compiling a new active fault database at the junction between the Alps, the Dinarides and the Pannonian Basin tectonic domains. Frontiers in earth science. 2021, 9, 21 p. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.604388.
  • Grützner, C., Aschenbrenner, S., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Reicherter, K., Saifelislam, N., Vičič, B., Vrabec, M., Welte, J., Ustaszewski, K. Holocene surface-rupturing earthquakes on the Dinaric Fault System, western Slovenia. Solid earth. 2021, 12, 10, 2211-2234. DOI: 10.5194/se-12-2211-2021.
  • Jamšek Rupnik, P., Žebre, M., Monegato, G. Late Quaternary evolution of the sedimentary environment in Modrejce near Most na Soči (Soča Valley, Julian Alps). Geologija. 2020, 63, 2, 295-309. DOI: 10.5474/geologija.2020.022.
  • Mencin Gale, E., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Trajanova, M., Bavec, M., Anselmetti, F. S., Šmuc, A. Morphostratigraphy and provenance of Plio-Pleistocene terraces in the south-eastern Alpine foreland : the Mislinja and Upper Savinja valleys, northern Slovenia. Journal of Quaternary science. 2019, 34, 8, 633-649. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3156.
  • Jamšek Rupnik, P., Čuš, F., Šmuc, A. Geomorphology and wine : the case of Malvasia in the Vipava valley, Slovenia Acta geographica Slovenica. 2016, 56, 1, 7-23. DOI: 10.3986/AGS.905.
  • Moulin, A., Benedetti, L., Rizza, M., Jamšek Rupnik, P., Gosar, A., Bourlès, D., Keddadouche, K., Aumaître, G., Arnold, M., Guillou, V., Ritz, J.-F. The Dinaric Fault System: large-scale structure, rates of slip and Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the transpressive northeastern boundary of the Adria microplate. Tectonics. 2016, 10, 35, 2258-2292. DOI: 10.1002/2016TC004188.
  • Jamšek Rupnik, P., Benedetti, L., Preusser, F., Bavec, M., Vrabec, M. Geomorphic evidence of recent activity along the Vodice thrust fault in the Ljubljana Basin (Slovenia), a preliminary study. Annals of geophysics. 2013, 56, 6, 8 p. DOI: 10.4401/ag-6252.

 

Complete bibliography available in SICRIS (https://cris.cobiss.net/ecris/si/en/researcher/34823)

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Advanced Data Processing Methods in Geosciences

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Advanced Studies of the Earth’s Subsurface

Asst. Prof. Marjana Zajc, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geo-Resource Management Principles

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geochemistry of the Anthropocene

Asst. Prof. Miloš Miler, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Geomorphology in Geohazard Studies

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Interdisciplinary Research in Earthquake Geology

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Landslide Management

Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Auflič, PhD,

ECTS: 6

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Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Auflič, PhD

JEMEC AUFLIČ

Research Fellow at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, Assistant Professor in Geology at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU.


+386 1 2809 825
mateja.jemec-auflic@geo-zs.si

Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree: 2006: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering.
  • PhD: 2012: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering.

 

Scientific fields:

Landslides, rockfalls, dynamic processes on the Earth’s surface, warning systems, monitoring, landslide management, rock slope failures in the Alps.



International experience:

  • 2023: Technical university of Munich, 3 months research work on the project The impact of climate change on the rock slope failures in the Alps.
  • Continuous work in international teams.

 


Awards:

  • 2022 Lipold’s plaquette by GeoZS.
  • 2021 Award for innovation National bronze award for innovation MASPREM (Slovenian landslide early warning system) from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

 

Expert committees:

  • Vice president of the Earth observation and landslides (EOEG) within EuroGeoSurveys EGS (2020 – ).
  • Co-convener of session “Landslide monitoring: recent technologies and new perspectives” in the frame of European Geosciences Union (EGU) (2019 – ).
  • Member of EuroGeoSurveys (EGS), in the expert group for Earth observation and landslides (EOEG) (2015 – ).
  • Member of International consortium of Landslides (ICL, International Consortium on Landslides) (2015 – ).

Editorial work:

  • Geologija (Editorial Board, 2024 – ), ISSN 0016-7789.
  • Landslides (Editorial Board, 2018 – ), ISSN 1612-510X.

Selected Publications:

  • Jemec Auflič, M., Oštir, K., Grabrijan, T., Ivačič, M., Peternel, T., Šegina, E. (2024) Towards the development of a landslide activity map in Slovenia. Frontiers in earth science.10.3389/feart.2024.1368405.
  • Jemec Auflič, M., Bezak, N., Šegina, E., Frantar, P., Gariano, S.L., Medved, A., Peternel, T (2023) Climate change increases the number of landslides at the juncture of the Alpine, Pannonian and Mediterranean regions. Scientific reports. 2023, vol. 13, 10.1038/s41598-023-50314-x.
  • Jemec Auflič, M., Herrera, G., Mateos, R.M. et al. (2023) Landslide monitoring techniques in the Geological Surveys of Europe. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-02007-1
  • Šegina, E., Jemec Auflič, M., Zupan, M., Jež, J., & Peternel, T. (2022). Composite landslide in the dynamic alpine conditions: a case study of Urbas landslide. Geologija, 65(2), 161–175. https://doi.org/10.5474/geologija.2022.010
  • Peternel, T., Šegina, E., Jež, J., Jemec Auflič, M., Janža, M., Logar, J., Mikoš, M., & Bavec, M. (2022). Review of the research and evolution of landslides in the hinterland of Koroška Bela settlement (NW Slovenia). Geologija, 65(2), 129–147. https://doi.org/10.5474/geologija.2022.008
  • Jemec Auflič, M., Bokal, G., Kumelj, Š., Medved, A., Dolinar, M. and Jež, J., (2021). Impact of climate change on landslides in Slovenia in the mid-21st century. Geologija,64(2), pp.159–171. doi:10.5474/geologija.2021.009.
  • Bezak, N., Jemec Auflič, M. and Mikoš, M., (2021). Reanalysis of soil moisture used for rainfall thresholds for rainfall-induced landslides: the Italian case study. Water, [online] 13(14, 1977), pp.1–16.doi:10.3390/w13141977.
  • Bezak, N., Jež, J., Sodnik, J., Jemec Auflič, M. and Mikoš, M., (2020). An extreme may 2018 debris flood case study in northern Slovenia: analysis, modelling, and mitigation. Landslides, [online] 17(10), pp.2373–2383. doi:10.1007/s10346-019-01325-1
  • Jordanova, G., Gariano, S.L., Melillo, M., Peruccacci, S., Brunetti, M.T. and Jemec Auflič, M., (2020). Determination of empirical rainfall thresholds for shallow landslides in Slovenia using an automatic tool. Water, [online] 12(5), pp.1–16. doi:10.3390/w12051449
  • Šegina, E., Peternel, T., Urbančič, T., Realini, E., Zupan, M., Jež, J., Caldera, S., Gatti, A., Tagliaferro, G., Consoli, A., Reyes González, J. and Jemec Auflič, M., (2020). Monitoring surface displacement of a deep-seated landslide by a low-cost and near real-time GNSS system. Remote sensing, [online] 12(20), pp.1–26. doi:10.3390/rs12203375.
  • Mateos, R.M., López-Vinielles, J., Poyiadji, E., Tsagkas, D., Jemec Auflič, M. (2019). Integration of landslide hazard into urban planning across Europe. Landscape and urban planning, [online] (196), p.12. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103740.
  • Jemec Auflič, M., Kumelj, Š., Peternel, T. and Jež, J., (2018). Understanding of landslide risk through learning by doing: case study of Koroška Bela community, Slovenia. In: Landslides, Landslides. p.10 doi:10.1007/s10346-018-1110-1.
  • Haque, U., Blum, P., da Silva, P.F., Andersen, P., Pilz, J., Chalov, S.R., Malet, J.-P., Jemec Auflič, M., Andres, N. and Poyiadji, E., (2016). Fatal landslides in Europe. Landslides, [online] 6(13), pp.1545–1554. doi:10.1007/s10346-016-0689-3.

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Advanced Data Processing Methods in Geosciences

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Advanced Studies of the Earth’s Subsurface

Asst. Prof. Marjana Zajc, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geo-Resource Management Principles

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geochemistry of the Anthropocene

Asst. Prof. Miloš Miler, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Geomorphology in Geohazard Studies

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Interdisciplinary Research in Earthquake Geology

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Landslide Management

Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Auflič, PhD,

ECTS: 6

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Asst. Prof. Miloš Miler, Ph. D.

Scientific Associate at Geological Survey of Slovenia, Docent for the field of Geology at doctoral study (3rd cycle) at Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU



milos.miler@geo-zs.si

Education:

  • BSc Geology (University of Ljubljana, 2007)
  • PhD Geology (University of Ljubljana, 2012)

 

Research interests:

  • Scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis,
  • Differential individual particle analysis,
  • Environmental Mineralogija and Geochemistry,
  • Environmental Forensics,
  • Environmental fate of solid pollutants,
  • Meteoritics


Main visiting appointments:

  • Research work at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology (RGF), Department of Petrology and Geochemistry (October 2023 – December 2023)

Other:

  • Member of Editorial Board of journal Geologija (2015-)
  • Member of Topical Advisory Panel of journal Minerals (2021-)
  • Guest Editor of 2 Special Issues in journal Minerals (2022, 2024)
  • Session Convenor for the Joint Conference of ISEH, ICEPH & ISEG on Environment and Health, Ireland (2024)

 

PhD mentorships:

  • Saša Kos, od 1.10.2019, tema doktorata: Obnašanje nosilcev potencialno strupenih prvin v rudarsko in industrijsko obremenjenem okolju

 

BSc and MSc co-mentorships:

  • Tanja Mašera, 2016: SEM/EDS characterization of marble from some Slovenian deposits (diploma thesis)
  • Saša Kos, 2016: Geochemical characteristics of sediments in the area of Savske jame ore deposit (diploma work, 1st cycle Bologna study programme)
  • Barbara Čeplak, 2017: Heavy minerals in soils and dolomite bedrocks from the Postojna, Zaplana and Stična area (diploma work, 1st cycle Bologna study programme)
  • Mihael Ravnjak, 2018: Mineralogical, petrological and geochemical characteristics of beryl pegmatite veins on S-SE Pohorje (Master’s Thesis, Bologna study programme)
  • Natalija Pompe, 2019: Source of selected potentially toxic elements in Celje children’s sandpits (Master’s Thesis, Bologna study programme)
  • Tina Hribljan, 2024: Stable isotopes of lead, zinc, strontium and iron in sandbox sands and soils of Celje basin (Master’s Thesis, Bologna study programme)

 

Awards and recognitions:

  • Excellent in Science 2013
  • Marko Vincenc Lipold Plaque 2019
  • Excellent in Science 2021

 

Leadership of research projects:

  • ARIS Z1-7187: Source identification of solid pollutants in the environment on the basis of mineralogical, morphological and geochemical properties of particles (2016-2017)
  • ARIS J1-1713: Dynamics and matter flow of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in urban environment (2019-2022)
  • ARIS N1-0403: Evaluation of Physicochemical Microproperties and Changes of Solid PTE Carriers in Urban-Industrial Environments for Pollution Source Identification (2025-2027)

Selected publications:

  • ZUPANČIČ, Marija, MILER, Miloš, ŽIBRET, Gorazd. The relationship between the inhalation bioaccessibility of potentially toxic elements in road dust from a heavily polluted industrial area and the source of their pollution. Environmental pollution. 2024, vol. 361, 13 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124810. [COBISS.SI-ID 206188803]
  • MILER, Miloš, ZUPANČIČ, Nina, ŠEBELA, Stanka, JARC, Simona. Natural and anthropogenic impact on the microclimate and particulate matter in the UNESCO show cave. Environmental science and pollution research. 2024, vol. 31, 48313–48331. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34366-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 202313731]
  • MILER, Miloš, BAVEC, Špela, GOSAR, Mateja. The environmental impact of historical Pb-Zn mining waste deposits in Slovenia. Journal of environmental management. 2022, vol. 308, 18 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114580. [COBISS.SI-ID 99235331]
  • KOS, Saša, ZUPANČIČ, Nina, GOSAR, Mateja, MILER, Miloš. Solid carriers of potentially toxic elements and their fate in stream sediments in the area affected by iron ore mining and processing. Minerals. 2022, vol. 12, 22 p. DOI: 10.3390/min12111424. [COBISS.SI-ID 129462531]
  • ZUPANČIČ, Nina, MILER, Miloš, AŠLER, Ana, POMPE, Natalija, JARC, Simona. Contamination of children’s sandboxes with potentially toxic elements in historically polluted industrial city. Journal of hazardous materials. 2021, 1-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125275. [COBISS.SI-ID 49439235]
  • MILER, Miloš. Airborne particles in city bus: concentrations, sources and simulated pulmonary solubility. Environmental geochemistry and health. 2021, vol. 43, 2757–2780. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-020-00770-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 38478851]
  • MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja. Assessment of contribution of metal pollution sources to attic and household dust in Pb-polluted area. Indoor air. 2019, vol. 29, no. 3, 487-498. DOI: 10.1111/ina.12548. [COBISS.SI-ID 2897749]
  • WANG, Longlong, STANIČ, Samo, BERGANT, Klemen, EICHINGER, William, MOČNIK, Griša, DRINOVEC, Luka, VAUPOTIČ, Janja, MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja, GREGORIČ, Asta. Retrieval of vertical mass concentration distributions: Vipava valley case study. Remote sensing. 2019, vol. 11, iss. 2, 1-20, ilustr. DOI: 10.3390/rs11020106. [COBISS.SI-ID 5310715]
  • ŽIBRET, Gorazd, GOSAR, Mateja, MILER, Miloš, ALIJAGIĆ, Jasminka. Impacts of mining and smelting activities on environment and landscape degradation – Slovenian case-studies. Land degradation & development. 2018, vol. 29, iss. 12, 4457-4470. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3198. [COBISS.SI-ID 2850645]
  • ZUPANČIČ, Nina, TURNIŠKI, Rok, MILER, Miloš, GRČMAN, Helena. Geochemical fingerprint of insoluble material in soil on different limestone formations. Catena: an interdisciplinary journal of soil science, hydrology- geomorphology focusing on geology and landscape evolution. 2018, vol. 170, 10-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.05.040. [COBISS.SI-ID 8985977]
  • MILER, Miloš. Characterisation of secondary metal-bearing phases in used dental amalgam and assessment of gastric solubility. Environmental geochemistry and health. 2017, vol. 39, 1607–1619. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-017-9972-z. [COBISS.SI-ID 2619221]
  • JARC, Simona, MILER, Miloš, ŠEBELA, Stanka, ZUPANČIČ, Nina. Sources of sulphate minerals in limestone cave-a possible evidence of anthropogenic activity: a case study in Črna Jama Cave (Slovenia). Environmental science and pollution research. 2017, vol. 24, iss. 34, 26865-26873. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0486-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 1368670]
  • ŠEBELA, Stanka, ZUPANČIČ, Nina, MILER, Miloš, GRČMAN, Helena, JARC, Simona. Evidence of Holocene surface and near-surface palaeofires in karst caves and soils. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology. 2017, vol. 485, 224-235, ilustr. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.06.015. [COBISS.SI-ID 1345886]
  • BAVEC, Špela, GOSAR, Mateja, MILER, Miloš, BIESTER, Harald. Geochemical investigation of potentially harmful elements in household dust from a mercury-contaminated site, the town of Idrija (Slovenia). Environmental geochemistry and health. 2017, vol. 39, no. 3, 443-465. DOI: 10.1007/s10653-016-9819-z. [COBISS.SI-ID 2520405]
  • ZUPANČIČ, Nina, MILER, Miloš, ŠEBELA, Stanka, JARC, Simona. Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy for characterization of detrital minerals in karst cave speleothems. Microscopy and microanalysis. 2016, vol. 22, iss. 1, 87-98. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927615015688. [COBISS.SI-ID 1253982]
  • MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja. Chemical and morphological characteristics of solid metal-bearing phases deposited in snow and stream sediment as indicators of their origin. Environmental science and pollution research. 2015, vol. 22, no. 3, 1906-1918. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3589-x. [COBISS.SI-ID 2310229]
  • ŠEBELA, Stanka, MILER, Miloš, JARC, Simona, TORKAR, Sonja, ZUPANČIČ, Nina. Characterization of black deposits in karst caves, examples from Slovenia. Facies. 2015, vol. 61, iss. 2, 1-13, ilustr. DOI: 10.1007/s10347-015-0430-z. [COBISS.SI-ID 38197037]
  • MILER, Miloš. SEM/EDS characterisation of dusty deposits in precipitation and assessment of their origin. Geologija. 2014, vol. 57, no. 1, 5-14, ilustr. DOI: 10.5474/geologija.2014.001. [COBISS.SI-ID 2294613]
  • MILER, Miloš, AMBROŽIČ, Bojan, MIRTIČ, Breda, GOSAR, Mateja, ŠTURM, Sašo, DOLENEC, Matej, JERŠEK, Miha. Mineral and chemical composition of the Jezersko meteorite – a new chondrite from Slovenia. Meteoritics & planetary science. 2014, vol. 49, no. 10, 1875-1887. DOI: 10.1111/maps.12365. [COBISS.SI-ID 1153374]
  • MILER, Miloš, MIRTIČ, Breda. Accuracy and precision of EDS analysis for identification of metal-bearing minerals in polished and rough particle samples. Geologija. 2013, vol. 56, no. 1, 5-17, tabele. DOI: 10.5474/geologija.2013.001. [COBISS.SI-ID 2184021]
  • MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja. Assessment of metal pollution sources by SEM/EDS analysis of solid particles in snow: a case study of Žerjav, Slovenia. Microscopy and microanalysis. 2013, vol. 19, issue 6, 1606-1619. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927613013202. [COBISS.SI-ID 2193237]
  • MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja. Characteristics and potential environmental influences of mine waste in the area of the closed Mežica Pb-Zn mine (Slovenia). Journal of geochemical exploration. 2012, vol. 112, 152-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.08.012. [COBISS.SI-ID 1963605]
  • ZUPANČIČ, Nina, ŠEBELA, Stanka, MILER, Miloš. Mineralogical and chemical characteristics of black coatings in Postojna cave system. Acta carsologica. 2011, vol. 40, no. 2, 307-317, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 924510]
  • MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja. Mineral and chemical composition of the new iron meteorite Javorje from Slovenia. Meteoritics & planetary science. 2011, vol. 46, issue 12, 1939-1946. DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01291.x. [COBISS.SI-ID 1963861]
  • MILER, Miloš, GOSAR, Mateja. Application of SEM/EDS to environmental geochemistry of heavy metals. Geologija. 2009, vol. 52, no. 1, 69-78. [COBISS.SI-ID 1648981]
  • MILER, Miloš, PAVŠIČ, Jernej. Triassic and Jurassic beds in Krim Mountain area (Slovenia). Geologija. 2008, vol. 51, no. 1, 87-99. [COBISS.SI-ID 1553237]
  • MILER, Miloš, PAVŠIČ, Jernej, DOLENEC, Matej. Determination of T/J boundary by delta13C and delta18O stable isotope analysis (Krim Mountain, Slovenia). RMZ – Materials and geoenvironment: periodical for mining, metallurgy and geology. okt. 2007, vol. 54, no. 2, 189-202. [COBISS.SI-ID 675934]
  • MILER, Miloš, BEVC, Stanka, DOLENEC, Tadej, PAVŠIČ, Jernej. Isotopic researches of rhodoliths from wider area of Kozjansko. RMZ – Materials and geoenvironment: periodical for mining, metallurgy and geology. 2004, vol. 51, no. 4, 2209-2220. [COBISS.SI-ID 494174]

 

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MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Advanced Data Processing Methods in Geosciences

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Advanced Studies of the Earth’s Subsurface

Asst. Prof. Marjana Zajc, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geo-Resource Management Principles

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geochemistry of the Anthropocene

Asst. Prof. Miloš Miler, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Geomorphology in Geohazard Studies

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Interdisciplinary Research in Earthquake Geology

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Landslide Management

Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Auflič, PhD,

ECTS: 6

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Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD

Senior Research Fellow at the Geological Survey of Slovenia, Head of the Mineral Resources Research Programme, and Assistant Professor in Geology at the master's and doctoral levels at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU.


+386 1 2809 737
gorazd.zibret@geozs.si

Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree: 2002, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
  • PhD: 2007, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering

 

Fieldwork Experience:

  • South Africa, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Serbia, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Portugal, North Macedonia, Austria, Russia

 

Research Interests:

  • Mineral resources
  • Geochemistry
  • Data processing in geology


Visiting Scholar at Foreign Universities:

  • University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology (3 months in 2023)

Other Activities:

  • Member of the Raw Materials Supply Group
  • Member of the Raw Materials Expert Group

 

PhD Supervision:

  • Dr Klemen Teran (2020): Household and road dust as indicators of airborne particulate matter elemental composition

 

Supervision of Young Researchers:

  • Dr Klemen Teran (2015–2020)
  • Dr Neža Malenšek-Andolšek (2017–2022)
  • Barbara Čeplak (2021–2025)

Selected Publications:

(For a full list, please refer to scientific databases or personal profiles.)

  • Bakker E, Žibret G, Rainbird J (2017) The ¡VAMOS! Sustainable Underwater Mining Solution. European Geologist, 44: 58‐62. Link to the article Cerar S, Mezga K, Žibret G, Urbanc J, Komac M (2018) Comparison of prediction methods for oxygen‐18 isotope composition in shallow groundwater. Sci Total Environ, 631‐ 632:358‐368. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.033
  • Čeplak B, Moser U, Irrgeher J, Šala M, Kralj P, Žibret G (2025) Understanding the geochemical composition of alluvial sediments in a complex environmental system – A case study of the Mura/Mur river. Catena, 249. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108605
  • Cormio C, Alonso M, Cleall P, Heuss-Assbichler S, Guglietta D, Sinnett D, Szabo K, Žibret G, Carvalho T, Kral U, Werner T, Lemiere B (2024) Site-specific dataset of mining and metallurgical residues for resource management. Data in Brief, 110348. DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110348
  • Fidancevski et al (2024) Characterization of Al-Containing Industrial Residues in the ESEE Region Supporting Circular Economy and the EU Green Deal. Materials 17. DOI: 10.3390/ma17246245
  • Gosar M, Žibret G (2011) Mercury contents in the vertical profiles through alluvial sediments as a reflection of mining in Idrija (Slovenia). Journal of geochemical exploration, 110/2, 81‐91.
  • Kriskova L, Ducman V, Loncnar M, Tesovnik A, Žibret G, Skentzou D, Georgopoulos C (2025) Alkali-activated mineral residues in construction : case studies on bauxite residue and steel slag pavement tiles. Materials 18. DOI: 10.3390/ma18020257
  • Lopes L, Bodo B, Rossi C, Henley S, Žibret G, Kot‐Niewiadomska A, Correia V (2020) ROBOMINERS – Developing a bio‐inspired modular robot‐miner for difficult to access mineral deposits. Adv Geosci, 54: 99‐108. DOI 10.5194/adgeo‐54‐99‐2020
  • Lopes L, Zajzon N, Bodo B, Henley S, Žibret G, Dizdarevič T (2017) UNEXMIN. Developing an autonomous underwater explorer for flooded mines. Energy procedia, 125:41‐49. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.08.051
  • Pinto MT, Žibret G, Lopes L, Bodo B, Zajzon N (2020) UNEXUP: robot‐based exploration technology for underground flooded mines. Adv Geosci, 54: 109‐117. DOI 10.5194/adgeo‐54‐109‐2020
  • Pučko E, Žibret G, Teran K (2024) Comparison of elemental composition of surface and subsurface soils on national level and identification of potential natural and anthropogenic processes influencing its composition. J of geochemical explor 258, 14 p. DOI 10.1016/j.gexplo.2024.107422
  • Šajn R, Žibret G, Alijagić J. Chemical composition of urban dust in Slovenia. In: WOUTERS, Laurent B., PAUWELS, Michel (Eds.). Dust : sources, environmental concerns, and control, Environmental health ‐ physical, chemical and biological factors, Public health in the 21st century. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2012, 1‐56 pp.
  • Teran K, Žibret G, Fanetti M (2020) Impact of urbanization and steel mill emissions on elemental composition of street dust and corresponding particle characterization. J hazard mater, 2020, 384, 1‐11. DOI 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120963
  • Wittenberg A, De Oliveira D, Bide T, Hollis J, Nirgi S, Žibret G, Gautneb H, Sadhegi M, Navarro Domínguez R, Malyuk B (2023) Europe’s raw materials supply chain: front-end considerations. In: Bányai A Eds.: Supply chain – perspectives and applications. London: IntechOpen, 29 p. DOI 10.5772/intechopen.113793
  • Zajzon N, Topa BA, Papp RZ, Aaltonen J, Almeida JM, Almeida C, Martins A, Bodó B, Henley S, Pinto MT, Žibret G (2023) Underwater measurements with UX robots; a new and available tool developed by UNEXUP. Adv Geosci 62, 1-10. DOI 10.5194/adgeo-62-1-2023
  • Zupančič M, Miler M, Žibret G (2024) The relationship between the inhalation bioaccessibility of potentially toxic elements in road dust from a heavily polluted industrial area and the source of their pollution. Environ pollut, 24 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124810
  • Žibret G (2012) Impact of dust filter installation in ironworks and construction on brownfield area on the toxic metal concentration in street and house dust (Celje, Slovenia). Ambio, 41/3, 292‐301. Žibret G (2013) Organic compounds in the urban dusts in Celje area. Geologija, 56/1, 87‐96.
  • Žibret G (2018) Influences of coal mines, metallurgical plants, urbanisation and lithology on the elemental composition of street dust. Environ Geochem Health, 2018, 41: 1489‐1505. DOI 10.1007/s10653‐018‐0228‐3
  • Žibret G (2023) Slovenia: Mineral Policy. In: Tiess G, Majamuder T, Cameron PD Eds. Encyclopedia of mineral and energy policy. Berlin: Springer, 673-680. DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-47493-8
  • Žibret G, Gosar M (2006) Calculation of the mercury accumulation in the Idrijca River alluvial plain sediments. Science of the total environment, 2006, 368/1, 291‐297.
  • Žibret G, Gosar M (2017) Multi‐elemental composition of the Sava River sediments (Slovenia, EU). Environmental Earth Sciences, 76:501. DOI 10.1007/s12665‐017‐6835‐y
  • Žibret G, Gosar M, Miler M, Alijagić J (2018) Impacts of mining and smelting activities on environment and landscape degradation – Slovenian case‐studies. Land Degradation and Development, 29: 4457‐4470. DOI 10.1002/ldr.3198.
  • Žibret G, Komac M, Jemec‐Auflič M (2012) PSInSAR displacements related to soil creep and rainfall intensities in the Alpine foreland of western Slovenia. Geomorphology, 175‐176, 107‐114.
  • Žibret G, Kopačkova V (2019) Comparison of two methods for indirect measurement of atmospheric dust deposition: street‐dust composition and vegetation‐health status derived from hyperspectral image data. Ambio, 48: 423‐435. DOI 10.1007/s13280‐ 018‐1093‐0.
  • Žibret G, Lemiere B, Mendez AM, Cormio C, Sinnet D, Cleal P, Szabo K, Carvalho T (2020) National mineral waste databases as an information source for assessing material recovery potential from mine waste, tailings and metallurgical waste. Minerals, 2020, 10, 1‐20. DOI 10.3390/min10050446
  • Žibret G, Teran K, Žibret L, Šter K, Dolenec S (2021) Building of the Al‐Containing Secondary Raw Materials Registry for the Production of Low CO2 Mineral Binders in South‐Eastern European Region. Sustainability, 13: 1535. DOI 10.3390/su13031535
  • Žibret G, Van Tonder D, Žibret L (2013) Metal content in street dust as a reflection of atmospheric dust emissions from coal power plants, metal smelters, and traffic. Environmental science and pollution research, 20/7, 4455‐4468.
  • Žibret G, Žebre M Eds. Use of robotics and automation for mineral prospecting and extraction : conference proceedings. Joint Conference of UNEXMIN, ¡VAMOS! and RTM Projects, 30 January 2018 Bled, Slovenia. Ljubljana: Geological Survey of Slovenia, 2018, 59 pp. DOI 10.5474/9789616498579
  • Žibret G, Žibret L (2017) River gradient anomalies reveal recent tectonic movements when assuming an exponential gradient decrease along a river course. Geomorphology, 281:43‐52. DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.12.017
  • Žibret L, Žibret G (2023) Neogene block rotation inside the dextral fault zone at the Adriatic-European collision zone: Reexamination of existing results. J Asian Earth Sci 254, 105723. DOI 10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105723

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Advanced Data Processing Methods in Geosciences

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Advanced Studies of the Earth’s Subsurface

Asst. Prof. Marjana Zajc, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geo-Resource Management Principles

Asst. Prof. Gorazd Žibret, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Geochemistry of the Anthropocene

Asst. Prof. Miloš Miler, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Geomorphology in Geohazard Studies

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Interdisciplinary Research in Earthquake Geology

Asst. Prof. Petra Jamšek Rupnik, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Landslide Management

Asst. Prof. Mateja Jemec Auflič, PhD,

ECTS: 6

Study Subjects
Calendar
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Study Subjects
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