Organizing Committee Member
Dr. Spomenka Kobe
Professor
Jozef Stefan Institute
Slovenia
Biography
Ph.D. in materials science: "The Influence of composition on microstructure formation and its influence on the magnetic properties of soft magnetic ceramics", University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1991 Positions: President of SATENA - Slovenian Association of Technical and Natural Sciences, since 2014 Coordinator of the European Project ROMEO, Grant No. 309729, 2012-2015 Member of the Scientific Committee for Science state Awards, since March 2013 Deputy principal for the Programme Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies at Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School Full professor, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, since April 2012 Vice president of the Executive Committee of SATENA - Slovenian Association of Technical and Natural Sciences, since 2013 Member of the Scientific Council of the Jožef Stefan Institute, since May 2009 Associated professor, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, 2006-2012 Scientific councillor, since Oct. 7, 2003 Head of the Nanostructured Materials Group, since 2003-present Member of the Executive Committee of SATENA - Slovenian Association of Technical and Natural Sciences, since 2002 European Expert and Evaluator, 2001-present Head of the Department for Nanostructured Materials, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2001-present Assistant professor, University of Ljubljana, Faculty for Natural Sciences, 1997-2005 Visiting scientist, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 1996-1997 Magnetic Materials Group leader, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1990-1996 Senior research associate, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1990-1993 Visiting scientist, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 1989-1990 Research associate, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,Slovenia, 1974-1989
Research Area
Hard and soft magnetic materials High coercivity sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets Bonded Nd-Fe-B magnets High temperature Sm-Co magnets Intermetallic alloys, thin films and nanostructures by PLD by Electrochemical synthesis Magnetocalloric materials Intermetallic alloys for hydrogen storage Complex metallic alloys Microstructure engineering Effect of processing on microstructure and physical properties Applications of high-energy permanent magnets in ecology The influence of magnetic field on crystallization