Research interests
• Biotechnology of lactic acid bacteria.
• Genetic engineering.
• Surface display on bacteria.
• Therapeutic recombinant bacteria and probiotics.
• New delivery systems for probiotics.

Research experience and education
2021 – : Senior scientific associate, Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
2019 – : Associate Professor – Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016 – 2021: Scientific associate, Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
2015 – 2016: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU),
Vienna (Prof. R. Grabherr)
2008 – 2016: Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
2013 – 2019: Assistant Professor – Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana/ Slovenia
2003 – 2008: Young Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,
2003 – 2008: Doctoral study of Biomedicine, Faculty of pharmacy, University of Ljubljana
1997 – 2003: Faculty of pharmacy, University of Ljubljana

Awards and fellowships
2018: Lapanje plaque, Slovenian biochemical society
2015: Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria for Post-docs
2013: Prometheus for excellence in scientific communication, The Slovenian Science Foundation
2010: Golden award for innovation, Inovativity fair 2010
2010: 3rd International conference on technology transfer; 4th-best innovation
2010: Rector award for 2nd-best innovation of University of Ljubljana
2010: FEBS bursary for 35th FEBS Congress participation
2003: Student Prešernova award
2000: Krka award