Prof. Dr. Uroš Cvelbar
uros.cvelbar@ijs.si
Education
2005 PhD in Material Science. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2002 MsBA in Economy. Economic Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 BS in Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Appointments
2019: Head; Department of Gaseous Electronics (F6), Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019: Full Professor for Nanotechnology; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School (MPŠ), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013: Visiting Research Professor; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PR China
Previous Positions
2014 – 2019 Associate Professor for Nanotechnologies; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School (MPŠ), Ljubljana, Slovenia
2014 – 2018 Senior Researcher / Scientific Secretary; Department for Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics (F4), Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 – 2013 Research Associate and Project Leader; Centre of Excellence for Polymer Materials (PolyMat) funded by European Regional Development Fund, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2009 – 2014 Research Associate; Department F4, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
2008 – 2014 Assistant Professor for Nanotechnologies; Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006 – 2009 Research Assistant; Department F4, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
2002 – 2005 Young Researcher; Department for Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics (F4), Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Selected Fellowships And Awards
2019: Fellow, World Academy of Arts and Sciences (WAAS)
2011 – 2012 ERUDITE Visiting Professor, Scholars-inResidence Programme. School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerla, India.
2011 Puh Award, the highest Slovenian Award for breakthrough achievements and transfer of knowledge to practice. Slovenian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
2007 – 2008 Visiting Research Fellow, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2002 – 2005 PhD grant for Young Researcher by National Science Foundation of Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia
Teaching Activities / Organisation Of Scientific Meetings
Teacher of postgraduate courses: Advanced Plasma Processing, Gas sensors, Plasma Nanoscience, Individual research.
Organizer of scientific meetings: 22 including different international conferences; organization of ECS DST section: Plasma Nano Science and Technology (2015-), Thermal and Plasma CVD (2008-); organizer of iPlasmaNano series
Institutional Responsibilities
2019: Head of Department F6, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
2018: Representative of Jožef Stefan Institute in European Association of Research & Technology Organisations (EARTO) for Space
2016: Chair of a Quality Assurance Committee, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008 – 2018 Scientific Secretary of Department F4, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Commissions Of Trust
2020: Editorial board member, Associated Editor, Micro and Nano Engineering, Elsevier.
2019: Editorial board member, Associated Editor, Microelectronic Engineering, Elsevier.
2019: Editorial board member, Associated Editor, Nanomaterials, MDPI.
2018: Editorial board member, Nature Scientific Data, Springer-Nature
2015 Guest Editor; Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2015), Bristol, UK.
2014: Associate Editor, (field editor) Frontiers in energy research, Lausanne, Swiss.
2014: Associate Editor, (field editor) Frontiers in materials, Lausanne, Swiss.
2012 Guest Editor; Composite interfaces, Zeist
2011 – 2017 Guest Editor; Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2011, 2017), Bristol, UK
2010: Guest Editor; ECS Transactions (2010, 2012, 2016), USA
Memberships Of Scientific Societies
2020: Vice-chair of Dielectric Science and Technology (DST) Division at Electrochemical Society (ECS), USA
2016: Chair, Plasma Nanoscience Society
2017 – 2019 Secretary of Dielectric Science and Technology (DST) Division at Electrochemical Society (ECS), USA
2013 – 2016 Secretary of Plasma Science Division at IUVSTA (International Union for Vacuum Science Technique and Applications), USA
2013: Member of Executive Board of Dielectric Science and Technology (DST) Division at Electrochemical Society (ECS), USA
2009: Founding Member and Executive Board Member; Research Network Plasma Nanoscience “iPlasmaNano” - Plasma Nanoscience Society
2008: Board Members-at-Large of Dielectric Science and Technology (DST) Division at Electrochemical Society (ECS), USA
2013 – 2019 Chair of Supervisory Board of Slovenian Vacuum Society (DVTS), Slovenia
2003: Member; Slovenian Vacuum Society (Društvo za vakuumsko tehniko Slovenije); Society MIDEM; Nuclear and Plasma Science Society (NPSS) at IEEE; Electrochemical Society (ECS); International Plasma Chemistry Society; International Society for Plasma Medicine (2010-)
1. Ten representative publications:
Park S.; Cvelbar, U.; Choe W.; The creation of electric wind due to the electrohydrodinamic force. Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 371. IF 12.124
Baranov O.; Bazaka K.; Kersten H.; Keidar M.; Cvelbar, U. et al. Plasma under control: Advanced solutions and perspectives for plasma flux management in material treatment and nanosynthesis. Applied physics reviews, 2017, 4, 4, 041302. IF 13.667
Cvelbar, U.; Chen, Z.; Levchenko, I.; Sheetz, R.M.; Jasinski, J.; Menon, M.; Sunkara, K.M.; Ostrikov, K., Sub-oxide-to-metallic, uniformly-nanoporous crystalline nanowires by plasma oxidation and electron reduction. Chemical communications 2012, 48, 90, 11070-11072. IF 6.319
Cvelbar, U.; Chen, Z.; Sunkara, M.K., Mozetič, M., Spontaneous growth of superstructure αFe2O3 nanowire and nanobelt arrays in reactive oxygen plasma. Small 2008, 4, 10, 1610-1614. IF 8.64
Chen, Z.; Cvelbar, U.; Mozetič, M.; He, J.; Sunkara, M.K., Long-range ordering of oxygen-vacancy planes in αFe2O3 nanowires and nanobelts. Chemistry of materials 2008, 20, 9, 3224-3228. IF
Cvelbar, U., Towards large-scale plasma-assisted synthesis of nanowires. Journal of physics. D, Applied physics, 2011, 44, 174014. IF
Mozetič, M.; Cvelbar, U., A method for the rapid synthesis of large quantities of metal oxide nanowires at low temperatures. Advanced Materials 2005, 17, 17, 2138-2142. IF 9.466
Cvelbar, U.; Levchenko, I.; Filipič, G.; Mozetič, M.; Ostrikov, K., Plasma control of morpho-dimensional selectivity of hematite nanostructures. Applied physics letters 2012, 100, 24, 243103. IF 3.411
Ostrikov, K.; Cvelbar, U.; Murphy, A.B., Plasma nanoscience: setting directions, tackling grand challenges. Journal of physics. D, Applied physics 2011, 44, 174001. IF 2.772
Filipič, G.; Cvelbar, U., Copper oxide nanowires: a review of growth. Nanotechnology 2012, 23, 19, 194001. IF 3.446
2. Research monographs: 2
(1) Thomas, S.; Grande, D.; Cvelbar, U.; Raju, K.V.S.N., Narayan, R.; Thomas, S. P.; Akhina, H. (ed.). Micro- and nano-structured interpenetrating polymer networks : from design to applications. Hoboken: Wiley, 2016. XVI, 406 pp, ISBN 978-1-118-13817-5. (2) Thomas, S.; Mozetič, M.; Cvelbar, U.; Špatenka, P.; Praveen, K.M. Non-thermal plasma technology for polymeric materials: Application in composites, nanostructured materials, and biomedical fields. Elsevier, 2019, 480 pp, ISBN 978-0-12-813152-7; Chapters: 4
3. Examples of leadership in industrial innovation or design:
The development of a method for improving the electrical connection properties of the surface of a product made from a polymer-matrix composite: The technological process for treatment of polymer matrix composites, which has been protected by international patent (EP 1828434), has been successfully transferred in a massive production of composite commutators at the company Kolektor Group, Idrija, Slovenia. For over 6 years, serial production is going on at the extent of more than 60 million pieces annually, representing about 40 percent of world market in this segment.
4. Granted patents: 19
5. Invited presentations to internationally established conferences: 93 (2006-2020).
6. Organization of international conferences as lead organizer 22
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