Oddelek: Biodiversity and ecology (3rd Cycle)

Prof. Matjaž Kuntner, Ph.D.








MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Animal behaviour

Prof. Simona Kralj-Fišer, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Arachnology: introduction to field and laboratory research

Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gregorič, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Biogeography and Phylogeography

Prof. Matjaž Kuntner, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Ecotoxicology

ECTS: 6

Integrative zoology

Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gregorič, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Selected topics from plant ecology

Prof. Andraž Čarni, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Selected topics in animal ecology

Prof. Simona Kralj-Fišer, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Shallow subterranean habitats: ecology, evolution, and conservation

Prof. Tanja Pipan, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

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Asst. Prof. Filip Küzmič, Ph. D.

Research Associate at the ZRC SAZU Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology and assistant professor of biology at Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU.




Education

  • 2020: PhD in Biosciences – University of Ljubljana
  • 2015: MSc in Ecology and Biodiversity – University of Ljubljana

 

Work experience

  • 2024–: research associate (scientific title) – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2015–2024: research assistant (scientific title) – Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2015–2015: field assistant in mapping flora of Ljubljana (student work) – Biotechnical faculty of University of Ljubljana
  • 2012–2015: tour guide for groups (student work) – University Botanic gardens Ljubljana

 

Teaching experience

  • 4. 2021–18. 4. 2024: asistent for the field of “Biology” – Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU
  • 2025: asistent professor for the field of “Biology” – Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU
  • 2025: asistent for the field of “Biology” – University of Primorska – Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies

 

Research interests

His main interests involve studies on flora and vegetation in Slovenia and Europe. From collecting field data to analyzing patterns and understanding environmental and anthropogenic drivers shaping the patterns. The majority of his field work is focused on vegetation sampling in Slovenia and Montenegro, including but not limited to weed and ruderal vegetation, wetlands and dry grasslands. The topic of his PhD studies – analyzing patterns and drivers in weed and ruderal vegetation in Europe – still underlines much of his work in international collaboration projects and papers, for example distribution maps of European vegetation alliances, review of methodology in weed vegetation field sampling, and maps and statuses of European alien species.



Study visits

  • Univerzitet Crne Gore, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Podgorica, Montenegro, 26. 4.–3. 5. 2016, 8.–15. 5. 2017, 4.–9. 6. 2018, 4.–10. 5. 2019, 19.–26. 9. 2023, 10.–16. 6. 2024,
  • Sveučilište u Dubrovniku, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 18.–19. 9. 2023, 13.–18. 5. 2024
  • Masarykova univerzita, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Brno, Czech Republic, 4. 3.–19. 5. 2018, 25. 10.–3. 11. 2018, 4. 4.–8. 5. 2022

Selected projects

  • Ruderal vegetation in Montenegro (bilateral project Slovenia – Montenegro 2023–2024) (ARIS); PI
  • Successional changes in vegetation over the last 80 years in southern Dalmatia (bilateral project Slovenia – Croatia 2023–2024) (ARIS); collaborator
  • Monitoring the success of establishing habitat types in the Brdnikova reservoir area (2022–; JP Voka Snaga); PI
  • Initial and final vegetation inventory, initial and final assessment of the conservation status of target HT 7230 and HT 6410, and initial and final assessment of the status of the fen orchid population in the project areas Mala barja – Marja Podhom, Bodešče, Brje – Zasip (Section 2) (2019–2021; ZRSVN); collaborator

 

Networks and memberships

  •        2023–: European Weed Research Society – Member
  •        2022–: Journal Hacquetia – Managing Editor
  •        2021–2023: Young Scientists Working Group of the International Association for Vegetation Science – Member of the Steering Committee
  •        2020–: Journal Hladnikia – Editorial board member
  •        2017–: International Association for Vegetation Science – Member
  •        2014–: Slovenian Botanical Society – Management board member
  •        ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-7115
  •        ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Filip_Kuezmic2

Relevant publication in the last 5 years

  • Bürger, J., & Küzmič, F. (2023). Vegetation survey methodology in arable weeds is reported with less detail from vegetation science than weed science. Vegetation Classification and Survey 4, 209–218.
  • Preislerová, Z., et al. (2022). Distribution maps of vegetation alliances in Europe. Applied vegetation science 25(1), e12642.
  • Jogan, J., Küzmič, F., & Šilc, U. (2022). Urban structure and environment impact plant species richness and floristic composition in a Central European city. Urban ecosystems 25, 149–163.
  • Yannelli, F. A., Bazzichetto, M., Conradi, T., Pattison, Z., Andrade, B. O., Anibaba, Q. A., Bonari, G., Chelli, S., Krstivojević Ćuk, M., Küzmič, F., & Sperandii, M. G. (2022). Fifteen emerging challenges and opportunities for vegetation science : a horizon scan by early career researchers. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33(1), e13119.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jvs.13119
  • Küzmič, F., Šilc, U., Lososová, Z., Mucina, L., Chytrý, M., Knollová, I., Hennekens, S. M., Berg, C., Bergmeier, E., Biurrun, I., Fanfarillo, E., Font, X., Iakushenko, D., Kovačević, Z., Meyer, S., Nagy, K., Pinke, G., Poranen, E., Tereshenko, S. (2020). European Weed Vegetation Database – a gap-focused vegetation-plot database. Phytocoenologia, 50(1), 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2019/0337
  • Stešević, D., Küzmič, F., Milanović, Đ., Stanišić, M., Šilc, U. (2020). Coastal sand dune vegetation of Velika plaža (Montenegro). Acta botanica Croatica : an international joural of botany 79(1), 43–54.
  • Šilc, U., Küzmič, F., Aćić, S., Ćušterevska, R., Jasprica, N., Milanović, Đ., Stešević, D., Škvorc, Ž. (2020). Tree-circles spontaneous vegetation over a long climatic gradient. Urban ecosystems 23(5), 995–1004.

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Animal behaviour

Prof. Simona Kralj-Fišer, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Arachnology: introduction to field and laboratory research

Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gregorič, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Biogeography and Phylogeography

Prof. Matjaž Kuntner, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Ecotoxicology

ECTS: 6

Integrative zoology

Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gregorič, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Selected topics from plant ecology

Prof. Andraž Čarni, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Selected topics in animal ecology

Prof. Simona Kralj-Fišer, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Shallow subterranean habitats: ecology, evolution, and conservation

Prof. Tanja Pipan, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

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Prof. Urban Šilc, Ph. D.

Full Professor at master degree study programme (2nd cycle) Earth and Environmental Sciences and doctoral degree study programme (3rd cycle) Environmental and Regional Studies at Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU.



urban.silc@zrc-sazu.si

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MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Biology of subterranean habitats

Prof. Tanja Pipan, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 9

Environmental microbiology

Assoc. Prof. Janez Mulec, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 6

Selected topics from behavioural biology

Prof. Simona Kralj-Fišer, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 3

The basics of biological processes

Asst. Prof. Matjaž Gregorič, Ph. D. ,

ECTS: 3

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