Members
prof. dr. Robert Jeraj, univ. dipl. fiz.
Head of Programme Group
Professor of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Professor of Physics, Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin
Research interests: medical physics, molecular imaging, oncology
doc. dr. Andrej Studen, univ. dipl. fiz.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Research interests: PET, DORA
dr. Barbara Šegedin, dr. med.
Specialist in Oncology with Radiotherapy, Oncology Institute
Research interests: brachytherapy, radiotherapy research
Barbara Vidergar-Kralj, dr. med.
Specialist in Internal Medicine, Oncology Institute
Research interests: thyroid cancer diagnostics and treatment research
dr. Božidar Casar, univ. dipl. fiz.
Specialist in Medical Physics, Institute of Oncology
Research interests: oncology
izr. prof. dr. Dimitrij Kuhelj,dr.med
Clinical Institute of Radiology
Research interests: radiology
Doruntina Hoxha, mag. fiz.
Young researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interest: biomedical optics, medical image analysis, machine learning
Eva Rebec, mag. med. fiz.
Young researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interest: differential diagnosis of parkinsonisms
dr. Jošt Stergar, mag. fiz.
Young Researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: biomedical optics
Katja Strašek, mag. med. fiz.
Young researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: assessment of early response to immunotherapy, optimisation of treatment planning
doc. dr. Katja Zaletel, dr. med.
Head of the Department of Nuclear MedicineDepartment of Thyroid Diseases
Research interests: thyrology, diagnostics and treatment with open radiation sources
Luciano Rivetti, mag.
Researcher in the RAPTOR project, PhD student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: adaptive radiotherapy
Luka Jensterle, univ. dipl. inž. el.
Employee of the Department of Nuclear Medicine
Master’s student in Medical Physics
doc. dr. Luka Ležaić, dr. med.
Head, Department of Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Research interests: molecular imaging diagnostics in oncology, inflamatory/infectious processes, cardiology/vascular medicine; open source radiation therapy
izr. prof. dr. Maja Trošt, dr. med.
Specialist in Neurology, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Research interests: metabolic brain patterns in neurodegenerative brain diseases and continuous treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders (deep brain stimulation and parenteral treatments for Parkinson’s disease)
dr. Martina Vrankar, dr. med.
Specialist in Radiotherapy and Oncology, Oncology Institute
Research interests: research in the field of lung cancer treatment
Matej Perovnik, dr. med.
Young Researcher, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Research interests: network analysis of metabolic brain imaging, dementia diagnostics
doc. dr. Mateja Logar,dr.med
Head of the Covid-19 Advisory Group
Research interest: infectology
Matic Orehar, mag. med. fiz.
Young researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: positron emission tomography, detector simulations
doc. dr. Matija Milanič, univ. dipl. fiz.
Programme Group Coordinator, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Software and Hardware Working GroupAssistant, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Researcher, Jožef Stefan Institute, Complex Matter Section
Research interests: biomedical optics
dr. Matjaž Lukač, univ. dipl. fiz.
Fotona d.o.o. (Chairman of the Board), Jožef Stefan Institute (Scientific Associate)
Research interests: physics of laser sources, medical physics
doc. dr. Petra Kolenc, mag.farm.
Programme Group Coordinator at the University Clinical Centre Ljubljana (UKC Ljubljana)Specialist in Radiopharmacy, Department of Radiopharmacy, Department of Nuclear Medicine (KNM), UKC Ljubljana, Research Coordinator at KNM
Research interests: radiopharmaceuticals development, pre-clinical and clinical testing, translation
dr. Petra Tomše, univ. dipl. fiz.
Authorised expert in medical physics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Research interest: metabolic brain patterns in neurodegenerative diseases
doc. dr. Primož Peterlin, univ. dipl. fiz.
Research interests: research in physics of radiotherapy
asist. dr. Rok Dolenec, univ. dipl. fiz.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Research interests: experimental physics, light detection
Sergei Diuzhenko, mag. med. fiz.
Cosylab d.d., researcher in the RAPTOR project, PhD student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: hadron therapy, radiobiology, Monte Carlo and TPS simulations
izr. prof. dr. Simona Gaberšček, dr. med.
Specialist in Internal and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre LjubljanaFaculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
Tadej Tomanič, mag. med. fiz.
Young Researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: biomedical optics, medical image analysis
doc. dr. Urban Simončič, univ. dipl. fiz.
Programme Group Coordinator at the Jožef Stefan Institute, Research and Education Working GroupAssistant at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Researcher at the Department of Reactor Physics F8, Jožef Stefan Institute
Research interests: kinetic analysis of PET and DCE MRI images
Žan Klaneček, mag. med. fiz.
Young Researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interest: application of machine learning methods for medical image analysis
Živa Drakulić Gorše, dr. med.
Young researcher, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Research interests: parkinson’s disease, deep brain stimulation, brain imaging, linguistics
Students
Matjaž Šubic
Student of Medical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interest: contour propagation for adaptive particle therapy
Sonja Markovič
Student of Medical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interest: differences due to contour uncertainty in dose parameters
International collaborators
dr. Ali Deatsch
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics
Research interests: diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, adverse neurological effects of chemotherapy, and healthy aging pathways
Brayden Scott, mag.
PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics
Research interests: automated assessment and prediction of therapeutic response in metastatic malignancies
Daniel Huff, mag.
PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics
Research interests: response to immunotherapy, toxicity monitoring, image segmentation
dr. Mauro Namías
Head of the Medical Physics Department at the Nuclear Diagnostic Center Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research interests: image deciphering, image reconstruction, correlation of brain metabolism and treatment outcomes
Victor Santoro-Fernandes, mag.
PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics
Research interests: development of algorithms for lesion-level assessment of response to therapy and selective intervention in patients with metastatic cancer
Alumni
dr. Damijan Valentinuzzi, mag. med. fiz., mag. art.
Researcher at the Jožef Stefan Institute, F8 – Reactor Physics Section
Research interests: modelling tumour response to immunotherapy, radiomic analysis, clinical studies in oncology
dr. Doroteja Novak, mag. farm.
Young researcher at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, UKC Ljubljana
Research interest: development of radiopharmaceuticals
dr. Maruša Turk, mag. med. fiz.
Young researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: modelling treatment resistance of bone metastases, QTBI of bone metastases
dr. Nina Verdel, mag. med. fiz.
Young researcher at the Jožef Stefan Institute, Complex Materials Section
Research interest: biomedical optics
dr. Peter Ferjančič, mag. med. fiz.
PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Medical Physics
Research areas: a probabilistic approach to uncertainties in radiotherapy
dr. Ana Marin, M.Sc.
Young Researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: biomedical optics
dr. Luka Rogelj, mag. med. fiz.
Young Researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: development of algorithms for image processing and analysis
dr. Gašper Razdevšek, mag. med. fiz.
Young researcher, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: time-of-flight PET, PET reconstruction algorithms
dr. Marija Delić
Postdoc, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interest: optimization of treatment planning in immunotherapy.
Associate Members
izr. prof. dr. Boris Majaron, univ. dipl. fiz.
Department of Complex Materials, Jožef Stefan Institute
Research interest: laser methods in medicine
doc. dr. Damijan Škrk, univ. dipl. fiz.
Associate Professor of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana Republic of Slovenia Radiation Protection Administration – Head
izr. prof. dr. Igor Serša, univ. dipl. fiz.
Condensed Matter Section F5, Jožef Stefan Institute
Head of the MRI Research Laboratory
asist. razisk. Matija Kuclar, mag. fizike
Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychopathology, University Psychiatric Clinic Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
Research interests: application of transcranial magnetic stimulation in mental disorders, analysis and classification of electroencephalographic data according to psychopathological symptoms
prof. dr. Peter Križan, univ. dipl. fiz.
Coordinator of the Medical Physics study programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Research Councillor, Experimental Basic Particle Physics Section F9, Jožef Stefan Institute, Head of the Belle II experiment, Tsukuba, Japan (2009-2013), Technical Coordinator (since 2015)
Research interests: experimental basic particle physics, development of detection methods
prof. dr. Primož Strojan, dr. med.
Programme Group Coordinator, Institute of Oncology Specialist in Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institute of Oncology, Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Research interests: head and neck oncology research
asist. dr. Tadej Kanduč
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Research interests: numerical mathematics, conjugates, isogeometric analysis, FEM, BEM, parallel computing
Taja Ložar
Medical student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
Research interests: oncology, tumour biology, cancer epidemiology and prevention
Tomaž Rus, dr. med.
Specialist in Neurology, Neurology Clinic, UKC Ljubljana; PhD student in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
Research interests: network analysis and other advanced analyses of metabolic brain imaging, diagnostics of neurodegenerative diseases
Pablo PhD
Member of the Software and Hardware Working GroupGraphic Node
Research interests: computationally intensive programmes in medical physics and parallel computing
Merlin PhD
Member of the LabKey Software and Hardware Working Group
Research interests: computationally intensive programmes in medical physics and parallel computing