Dr. Špela Kunej

2008 - 2009: Postdoctoral study, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

2006: Doctorate in Material Science, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana

2001: Bachelor’s Degree in Materials and Metallurgy, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana

2010 - present: Research associate at Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana

2006 - 2010: Assistant with PhD at Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana

2001 - 2006: Young researcher at Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana

2010: Co-editor of Book of abstracts: SLONANO 2010, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana

2010: Co-organizer of the Slovenian conference SLONANO 2010, Ljubljana

2005: Co-organizer of the international conference: 9th Conference of the European Ceramic Society, Portorož

Synthesis and processing of innovative oxide materials and composites in the form of films or powders with photocatalytic, hydrophobic, insulating, and electrical properties

Morphological, microstructural, thermal, phase, structural, and functional properties characterization of material and composites

Analytical techniques

X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermal analysis (TA), and UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy (UV-VIS-NIR)