Marjana Novič
CURRICULUM VITAE
Žaucerjeva 12 SI-1111 Ljubljana SLOVENIA
E-mail: marjana.novic@ki.si
Born: 1955, July 19th in Ljubljana, Slovenia married, two daughters
Education: 1974 Baccalaureat, High School in Ljubljana
1979 B. Sc. degree in Chemistry, University of Ljubljana
1983 M. Sc. degree in Computer Chemistry, University of Ljubljana Master Degree Thesis: The Use of Fourier Transformation in Chemical Information Systems Based on Infrared Spectroscopy
1985 Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of Ljubljana Thesis: Hierarchical Clustering and Recognition of Chemical Structures and Structural Fragments on the Basis of 13C NMR spectra
Postdoctoral Education: 1986 University of Lausanne, Switzerland, with Professor G. Bodenhausen, 13 months. The field of research: the automated pattern recognition in 2-D NMR spectra.
1993 University of Tarragona, Spain, with Professor X. Rius, 1 month. The field of research: multivariate data analysis with application of neural networks.
1997 University of Cordoba, Spain, with professor M. Valcarcel, 3 months. The field of research: modelling in chemical kinetics research
Employment: 1979- National Institute of Chemistry, Laboratory for Chemometrics. Started research work under the supervision of Professor J. Zupan and D. Hadži, in the beginning in Infrared Spectroscopy, later as research associate in Laboratory for Chemometrics. The fields of research: Information Systems in Chemistry, Computer Supported Structure Elucidation, Pattern Recognition, Computer Simulation of Learning Process, Neural Networks, New Structure Representations and QSAR modelling.
Honours: 1989 Boris Kidrič Fund Award for a significant contribution to the field of Computerized Automated Analysis of Spectroscopic Data.