




professor Matjaz Valant
(orcid.org/0000-0003-4842-5676)
University of Nova Gorica
Head of Materials Research Laboratory (see video)
Campus Ajdovscina
Vipavska 11c , 5270 Ajdovscina
Slovenia
Phone: +386 5 3653502
Fax: +386 5 3653527
matjaz.valant(at)ung.si
Adjunct Professor
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences
Chengdu 610054, China



| › Born - Januar 4, 1967, Celje , Slovenia |
| › B.Sc. in Chemistry , Univ. Ljubljana , Slovenia , 1991 |
| › Ph.D. in Chemistry , Univ. Ljubljana , Slovenia , 1996 |
| › Postdoc - J.Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia , 1996 - 1998 |
| › Postdoc Spec. - University of Pennsylvania, The Laboratory for Research on the ..Structure of Matter , Philadelphia, USA 1997 - 1998 |
| › Senior Research Fellow – J. Stefan Institute , Ljubljana, Slovenia , 1999-2005 |
| › Assistant Professor (general and inorganic chemistry) - University of Maribor, ..Slovenia, 2002-2007 |
| › Senior Research Fellow - London South Bank University, Centre for Physical ..Electronics and Materials , London, UK, 2005-2006 |
| › Research Fellow - Imperial College London , Department of Materials, London, UK, ..2007 |
| › Professor, Associate (materials) – University of Nova Gorica ,.Slovenia, 2007 - 2013 |
| › Visiting Professor – London South Bank University, London, UK, 2017-2019 |
| › Academic Visitor - Imperial College London, Department of Materials, London, UK, 2007 - 2018 |
| › Dean of School of Environmental Sciences at University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia - 2010 - 2013, 2016 - 2022 |
| › Vice-president of Slovenian Chemical Society, 2018-2021 | › Full Professor (Materials) – University of Nova Gorica , Slovenia, 2013 - present |
| › Adjunct Professor – Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 2015 - present |
| › Head of Materials Research Laboratory – University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 2009 - present |
| › Vice-rector for Sustainable Development and Technology, University of Nova Gorica , Slovenia, 2022 - present |
| › Director of Green Technology Center d.o.o., Slovenia, 2022 - present |
| › high temperature phase relations |
| › phase change materials |
| › hydrogen production |
| › energy storage |
| › topological insulators |
| › chlorine chemistry |
| › environmental materials |
| › (photo)catalysts |
| › electrocalorics ...more >> |