Tatjana Avšič Županc#
| Membership Number: | 4547 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SLOVENIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.imi.si/?set_language=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
- 2004 – present Full Professor – Microbiology and Immunology
- 1999 – 2004 Associate Professor – Microbiology and Immunology
- 1993 – 1999 Assistant Professor - Microbiology and Immunology
- 1989 - 1993 Assistant - Microbiology and Immunology
- University of Split, Croatia, Faculty of Medicine
- 2001 - present Visiting Professor - University of Split, Croatia
Fields of Scholarship
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Microcephaly and ZIKA virus
- Tick-borne encephalitis virus
- Emerging infections
- Vector transmitted pathogens
- Physiological neurotropic mechanisms of viruses
Honours and Awards
- Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2007 – 2015 Associate member of Section IV: Natural Sciences
- 2015 – present Full member of Section IV: Natural Sciences
- Fellowships and awards
- 1986 Research Fellowship, Slovenian Research Community, Antwerpen, Belgian
- 1987 Young Virologist Award (bronze medal), Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1988 Edouard Herriot Fellowship, Lyon, France
- 1991 Am. Soc. Trop. Med & Hyg. Travel Award, Boston, USA
- 1993 National Research Council, Research Associateship Award, USAMRIID, Ft. Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA
- 1999 Zois Award - Government of Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2003 Russian Academy of Medical Sciences "100 years of "Virology", Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2013 Joel M Dalrymple Memorial Lectureship Award, Beijing, China
- 2015 Award AO Župančič, Faculty of Medicine - The best res. achievements, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2016 Award of the president of Rep. of Slovenia "Jabolko navdiha", Ljubljana, Slovenia
