!!!Roman Jerala \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Jerala_Roman.jpg' alt='Roman Jerala' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\%%(margin-left:23px;) %% \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *Since 2002 head, Department of synthetic biology and immunology at the National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia *Since 2009 director of research area synthetic biology, Centre of Excellence EN-FIST, Ljubljana, Slovenia *Since 2010 professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Ljubljana *1996 - 2001 research associate, Department of NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia *1994 - 1995 postdoc, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA *1988 - 1993 PhD student, Department of biochemistry, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * 2017 Elected as EMBO member * 2016 Best project in Medicine, overgraduate division, iGEM competition (team leader) * 2015 Elected member of the International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry * 2014 Medal for services for the scientific and high school education achievements, awarded by the President of the Republic of Slovenia * 2012 Finalist, Best project in health and medicine, first runner up at iGEM 2competition in synthetic biology (team leader) * 2011 Rector’s award for the best innovations at the University of Ljubljana * 2011 Gold medal at Biomod (Biomolecular design) competition (Wyss institute, Harvard University, team leader) * 2011 Lapanje award by the Slovenian Biochemical Society * 2010 Grand prize winner at iGEM, Best New Application, (team leader) * 2009 Zois award (the highest national award for science) * 2009 Pregl award by the National institute of chemistry * 2009 Parliamentary lecture on Synthetic biology * 2008 Grand prize winner at iGEM, Best project in Health and Medicine (team leader) * 2008 Socrates award for high school didactics, SDVD * 2007 Prometheus of Science award by the Slovenian Science Foundation * 2007 Finalist, Best project in Health and Medicine at the iGEM (team leader) * 2006 Grand Prize for the best project at the iGEM competition at MIT (team leader) * 1991 Boris Kidric Slovenian state award for science \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Jerala_Roman/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Jerala_Roman/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Jerala_Roman/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Jerala_Roman/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit rjerala}] [{ALLOW upload rjerala}] [{ALLOW comment All}]