DRAGAN MARUŠIČ




Address:

University of Primorska

Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies (UP FAMNIT)

Glagoljaška 8, SI-6000 Koper, Slovenia

E-mail: dragan.marusic [at] upr.si

MathSciNet ID: 120755.

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Slovenian Research Code: 02887.
ResearcherID: L-1799-2016

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Curriculum vitae

Education and Academic Career:

• 2004 – present: Professor, University of Primorska (UP);
• 1991 – 1992: Fulbright Scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA;
• 1988 – present: Professor, University of Ljubljana;
  
• 1985 – 1988: Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA;
• 1984 – 1985: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA;
  
• 1983 – 1984: Mathematics Teacher, Slovenian High School, Koper;
• 1982 – 1983: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Reading, Reading, England;
• 1981 – 1982: Mandatory military service;
  
• 1981: PhD in mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, Reading, England, supervisor Crispin St. J. A. Nash-Williams.

Awards and Academic Promotions:

• 2014: Recipient of the award Advisory Professor of Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, P.R. China.
  
• 2011: Recipient of the award "Priznanje 15. maj" of City Koper Community for the educational and scientific contribution to the development of Koper.
  
• 2007: Recipient of the award Gold Medal of UP.
  
• 2002: Recipient of Žiga Zois Award (highest form of scientific recognition in Slovenia) for scientific achievements in algebra and graph theory.
  
• 1994: Full Professor promotion, University of Ljubljana. 
• 1982: 1^st Prize in the "Young scientists category" for the PhD thesis "On vertex symmetric digraphs", Sixth Congress of Balkan Mathematicians, Pitesti, Romania.
  
• 1978 – 1981: Paul White Studentship in Pure Mathematics, Reading University, Reading, UK.
  
• 1973: 3^rd Prize in the Students Category, Second Congress of Balkan Mathematicians, Athens, Greece.

Employment and Management Positions:

• 2011 – present: Rector of the University of Primorska.
  
• 2007 – 2011: Dean of UP FAMNIT.
  
• 2005 – 2006: Coordinator of the process of establishing the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska (UP FAMNIT).
  
• 1989 – 1991: Vice Rector for student affairs, University of Ljubljana.


Organization of Scientific Meetings:

• 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Slovenian Int. Conference on Graph Theory, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, Bled, and 2015, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. 
• Algebraic Combinatorics on the Adriatic Coast I, II, III and IV, 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2009, Koper, Slovenia.
• Minisymposium "Hamiltonicity of Vertex-transitive Graphs" at SIAM Conference on Discrete Math., Victoria, BC, Canada, 2006.
  
• First Korea - Slovenia Int. Conference On Combinatorial and Computational Math., Koper, Slovenia, 2007. 
• 2nd, 3rd and 4th SYGN - Symmetries of Graphs and Networks, 2010, 2012 and 2014, Rogla, Slovenia.
  
• PhD Summer School in Discrete Math., 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Rogla, Slovenia.
  
• Graph Theory Semester, 2012, Koper, Slovenia. 
• 2nd and 3th Annual Mississippi Discrete Math. Workshop, 2013, 2014, Starkville, USA.

Research Grants – Leadership:

• 1999 – present: P1-0285 Algebra, discrete mathematics, probability theory and game theory, Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS).
  
• 2015 - 2018: N1-0038 Graphs and odd automorphisms, ARRS.
• 2014 – 2017: J1–6720 Algebraic graph theory with applications, ARRS.
  
• 2013 – 2016: J1–5433 Application of semiregular group actions in some open problems in algebraic graph theory, ARRS.
  
• 2011 – 2014: J1–4021 Algebraic Graph Theory and Applications, ARRS.
  
• 2009 – 2012: J1–2055 About the problem of the existence of semiregular elements in 2-closed transitive groups with applications to vertex-transitive graphs, ARRS.
  
• 2004 – 2007: L5–6135 Integration of information technology into models of teaching and learning, ARRS.
• 1998 – 2001: J1–0496 Algebraic methods in graph theory and finite geometries, ARRS.
  
• 1995 – 1998: J1–7035 Group action, graphs and finite geometries, ARRS.
  
• 1994 – present: more than 30 bilateral grants with China, USA, Spain, Australia, S. Korea, Serbia, ...

Supervision of Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows:

• 7 PhD students:
• Ademir Hujdurović (2013), UP;
  
• Cui Zhang (2011), Technical Univ. Denmark, Denmark & UP; 
• Klavdija Kutnar (2008), UP;
  
• Primož Šparl (2007), Univ. Ljubljana & UP;
  
• Primož Potočnik (2000), Univ. Ljubljana & UP;
  
• Boris Zgrablić (2000), Zavarovalnica Triglav & UP;
  
• Aleksander Malnič (1996), Univ. Ljubljana & UP.
• 6 Post-doctoral students:
  
• Adrian O. Waller (1996 – 1997); 
• Shaofei Du (1996 – 1997, Capital Normal University, China);
• Changqun Wang (1999 – 2000, Zhengzhou Univ., China); 
• Štefko Miklavič (2004 – 2006, UP); 
• Istvan Kovacs (2004 – 2006, UP);
  
• Xuesong Ma (2007 – 2008, Peking Univ., China).

Expert Work, Abroad and Domestically:

• 2013 – 2014: Reviewer of proposals submitted to NSA Math. Sciences Grant Program;
  
• 2010 – 2014: Member of Board for Žiga Zois Scientific Award of RS;
  
• 2009: Reviewer of a proposal submitted to United States – Israel Binational Science Fundation;
  
• 2008 – 2013: Member of Expert Council for General Education, RS;
  
• 2007 – present: one of the two Founding Editors and Editors-in-Chief of the International mathematical SCI journal Ars Mathematica Contemporanea;
  
• 2005 – present: Member of Expert Council for University Education, Republic of Slovenia (RS);
  
• 2005 – present: Editorial Board of the SCI journal Discrete Mathematics;
  
• 2005 – present: Chairman of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science Committee of Expert Council for University Education, RS;
• 2005 – 2009: Member of Accreditation Senate of Expert Council for University Education, RS;
  
• 2004 – present: External examiner of PhD Theses at the Univ. the Basque Country, The Univ. of Western Australia and Université de Montréal; 
• 1981 – present: refereeing for 20 SCI mathematical journals.