Gregor Primc is the Deputy Head of the Department of Surface Engineering at the JSI. He teaches at the Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, while he is also a co-founder, co-owner and long-time director of a spin-off company Plasmadis Ltd. that markets innovative technologies. He participates in the IAEA ‘Emerging Applications of Plasma Science and Technology’ and COST ‘Plasma Applications for Smart and Sustainable Agriculture’ actions. He chaired the organising committees of various international conferences and thematic workshops, especially those held under the auspices of IUVSTA. He is the recipient of numerous awards, medals and distinctions, the most recent being the award for the best completed project co-funded by the Agency. Gregor Primc has developed several technologies based on quantum phenomena. His current major challenge is the application of quantum phenomena in agriculture, specifically to design the biological response of seeds for rapid germination and plant resistance in the early growth period, and to study quantum effects in the absorption of vacuum-ultraviolet photons in organic matter with the aim of understanding the emergence of new pathogenic micro-organisms. His research uses advanced spectroscopic and spectrometric methods in the field of vacuum ultraviolet light as well as biological techniques to analyse the response of cells and plant tissues to photons.
Prof. Tomaž Rejec
Tomaž Rejec is a researcher in the field of solid-state theory at the Department of Theoretical Physics of the Jožef Stefan Institute and an associate professor of physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Ljubljana. He investigates the...