Janez Plavec#
| Membership Number: | 5747 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SLOVENIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://slonmr.si/personnel/janez_plavec.php |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1570-8602 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - present Professor at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical technology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 1995 - present Researcher at National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2001 - 2002 Fulbright fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
- 1991 - 1995 Ph.D. student at Uppsala University, Sweden
Fields of Scholarship
- Cation interactions
- Structure determination of bio-macro-molecules
- NMR spectroscopy
- Nucleic acid structure
- Ligand-biomolecule interactions
- Conformational analysis
- Stereoelectronic effects
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB) Prof. Jyoti Chatterji Prize for Excellence-2018, awarded at the ISCBC-2018, 24th ISCB International Conference on "Frontier Research in Chemistry & Biology Interface", 11th - 13th January, 2018 at Manipal University Jaipur, India
- 2017 Zois price for exceptional achievements in studies of structure of nucleic acids and proteins with the use of nuclear magnetic resonance,
- 2014 Sandoz Scientific Excellence Award
- 2008 Prize as the best lecturer in Biochemistry in the academic year 2007/08 by selection of students at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology at University of Ljubljana
- 2007 Pregl Award for outstanding achievements
- 2003 Zois Award for Important Scientific Achievements in the Field of Chemistry
- 2001 Fulbright research and teaching fellowship
