Mitjan KALIN

Personal data: born 1967, Šempeter pri Gorici

Education: Doctor of Science, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana;

Areas of activity: tribology, contact engineering, surface coatings and surface boundary films, boundary lubrication, surface nanotechnology

Career path: 1993-1998: Young Researcher; 1999: Visiting Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA; 2000: Associate Professor, 2005: Associate Professor and 2010: Full Professor in Tribology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana; 2004-2005: Chairman of the Ceramics and Composites Committee at STLE, USA; 2007-2011: Vice Dean for Research and International Cooperation, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana; 2007: Member of the International Advisory Board of STLE, USA; 2011-present: Head of the Chair of Tribology and Maintenance Systems, 2011-present: Head of the Laboratory of Tribology and Surface Nanotechnology; 2011-2015: Member of the Scientific Council of the Science of Engineering at ARRS; 2012-present: Editor-in-Chief of the SCI journal Lubrication Science (Wiley); 2013-2017: Vice-Dean for Master and Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana; 2014-present: President of the Slovenian Society for Tribology; 2015-2020 and 2020-2025: Member of the Supervisory Board of the Ljubljana University Incubator LUI; 2016-2019: Member of the Committee for the Awarding of the Zois and Puch Prizes and Awards; 2018-2022: Member of the Selection Committee for the IJS Golden Badge; 2017-present: Associate Visiting Professor Luleå Universitiy of Technology, Sweden; 2017-present: Member of the Executive Board of the ITC World Association of Tribologists, 2017-present: Vice President of the ITC World Association of Tribologists; 2017-2021: Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana.

Nagrade in priznanja: 1997, 1999 in 2001: raziskovalni dosežki na Fakulteti za strojništvo Univerze v Ljublani za raziskovalce do 35 let; 2000 in 2010: Slovensko društvo za tribologijo; 2006: Burt L. Newkirk Award, ASME; ZDA; 2006: Zoisovo priznanje za pomembne znanstvene dosežke; 2012: Redni član STLE, ZDA; 2014: Naj 10 znanstvenih dosežkov Univerze v Ljubljani; 2015: Zoisova nagrada za vrhunske znanstvene dosežke; 2021: Slovenski kongresni ambasador.

Publications & work: 165 scientific articles in SCI journals; 3500/4000 citations; H-index 32/36; 44 invited and 12 plenary lectures at international conferences; 2 scientific monographs (Wiley), 15 times editor of scientific and professional monographs; 8 chapters in scientific monographs; 400 papers at scientific conferences; 11 patents; 40 3-year research projects as leader, Slovenian leader or EU coordinator; coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus TRIBOS Joint European Master's Degree, coordinator of the MSCA EJD GreenTRIBOS Joint European Doctoral Degree.

Current employment: Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana.