Asst. Prof. Dr. Mojca Otoničar
Senior Research Fellow
email: mojca.otonicar@ijs.si
p: +386 1 477 3485
EDUCATION
2014: PhD in Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007: BSc in Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2017 ‒ Research Fellow, Electronic Ceramics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016‒2017: Postdoctoral Associate, Electronic Ceramics Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014‒2015: Postdoctoral Associate, Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, and Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Austria (group of Prof. Klaus Reichmann)
2014‒2016: Postdoctoral Associate, Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009: Visiting researcher at Boise State University, Idaho, USA (group of Prof. Rick Ubic)
2007‒2014: Young researcher, Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,Slovenia
2006/2007: Engineering geology field worker, Institute for Mining, Geotechnology and Environment, Ljubljana, Slovenia
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
2019-: Assistant Professor, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
AWARDS
2021: Excellent in Science 2021, Slovenian Research Agency (coauthor of the achievement “Disclosing the influence of polar disorder on the response dynamics of ferroelectric materials”)
2017: Director’s Fund “Laboratory for the ultracool preparation of complex oxides”, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2010: LOTTE-IEEE-UFFC Student Award, Joint 7th AMF-AMEC Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea
2010: Best Contribution Award for Young Scientists, EUROMAT Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009: Best presentation of research achievements, 1st Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School Student's Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008: Best Young Scientist Presentation award, 16th Conference on Materials and Technology, Portorož, Slovenia