Research interests
Quantum magnetism: reduced dimensionality, magnetic frustration, spin glass systems, short-range magnetic order, quantum spin liquids, mixed-valence magnetic systems
Experimental techniques: electron spin resonance (ESR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), muon spin resonance (muSR)
Secondary research interests (hobby): the problem of measurement in quantum mechanics, emergence of consciousness
CV
Menthorship
Selected Publications
Teaching
CV
Education:
- 2020: PhD in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2015: University diploma in physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Employment:
- 2022 – present: Post-doctoral assistant, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2020 – 2024: Conservator – restorer (with PhD), Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2018 – present: Teaching assistant for physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2015 – 2020: Young researcher, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2014 – 2015: Lab assistant, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Awards:
- 2023: 2nd best prize for the poster titled: » Spin-dimer ground state in the mixed-valence compound Rb4O6 as revealed by electron spin resonance«, received at The international workshop “Magnetic Resonance of Correlated Electron Materials” in Dresden
- 2002 – 2012: National Zois scholarship for gifted secondary school and university students
Menthorship
Supervision of undergraduate student researchers:
- 2024: Bor Kokovnik, undergraduate studies of physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2023 – present: Živa Zidar, undergraduate studies of physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Selected Publications
- ŠIBAV, Lia, et al., Higher-magnesium-doping effects on the singlet ground state of the Shastry–Sutherland SrCu2(BO3)2. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 43, 20335
- TANUMA, Yuri,et al., Long spin coherence times on C59N-C60 heterodimer radicals entrapped in cycloparaphenylene rings. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 13, 6552
- HILEY, Craig I.,et al., Crystal structure and stoichiometric composition of potassium-intercalated tetracene. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 17, 12545
- KNAFLIČ, Tilen, et al., Spin-dimer ground state driven by consecutive charge and orbital ordering transitions in the anionic mixed-valence compound Rb4O6. Phys. Rev. B 101, 024419
- ADLER, Peter,et al., Verwey-type charge ordering transition in an open-shell p-electron compound. Science advances. Sci. Adv.4,eaap7581(2018)
- ŠTEFANČIČ, Aleš, et al., Triphenylide-based molecular solid : a new candidate for a quantum spin-liquid compound. J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 27, 14864
- KNAFLIČ, Tilen, et al., One-dimensional quantum antiferromagnetism in the p-orbital CsO2 compound revealed by electron paramagnetic resonance. Phys. Rev. B 91, 174419
Teaching
Teaching assistant
- 2024 – present: Physics laboratory 5 for 3rd year physics students at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2019 – present: Classical physics course for 1st year pharmacy students at Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2024: Physics laboratory 2 for 1st year physics students at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2021 – 2024: Physics laboratory 1 for 1st year physics students at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2019: Classical physics 2 course for technical safety students at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2018 – 2022: Introduction to physics course for applied mathematics students at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia