Saso Sturm

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Prof. Dr. Sašo Šturm heads the Department for Nanostructured Materials at the Jožef Stefan Institute. He is also in charge of the "Nanostructured Materials" research program funded by the Slovenian Research Agency. Prof. Šturm's main research interest is in nanoscience, particularly in the nanomaterials research from synthesis to advanced characterisation. In academia, he serves as a full professor at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, focusing on Nanosciences, and holds an associate professorship in Geology at the University of Ljubljana. He spent a year as a post- doc at the MPI, Stuttgart, and had several appointments as a visiting scientist at Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy, Toyama University, Tokyo University of Science, and Hokkaido University. As a visiting professor, he lectured at Sabanci University in Turkey. His past roles include the presidency of the Slovene Microscopy Society, currently a member of the Executive Board of the European Microscopy Society. He has a significant scholarly record, with 125 peer-reviewed scientific articles, a book chapter, and over 2,100 citations, reflecting his impact in the field, evidenced by an h-index of 28.