Born: 8th May 1980
Nationality: Slovenian
Address: Zupanciceva 13, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia
Phone: +386-41-353640
E-mail: bren@cmm.ki.si
1995-1999 Secondary school Gimnazija Kranj, Graduation with honours in Mathematics, Slovene, English, Physics and Chemistry
1999-2004 Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Undergraduate student
14th May 2004 Bachelor of Science (Physical Chemistry), BS thesis: Optimisation of Empirical Force Field Parameters for Netropsin
2004-2007 Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Graduate student
21st December 2007 Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), Ph.D. thesis: Free-Energy Computer Simulations of Stability and Reactivity of DNA
1st June 2004 Department of Chemistry, University College Dublin, Visiting researcher for one month
1st October 2004- Slovenian National Institute of Chemistry, Researcher
15th October 2004 Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Visiting researcher for four months
20th February 2006 Institute of Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Visiting researcher for four months
3rd January 2007 Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Visiting researcher for five months
1st May 2009- Slovenian National Institute of Chemistry, Project leader: Molecular Simulations of Carcinogenesis
2003 Department of Physical chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, PChem lab Teaching Assistant
23rd November 2006- Department of Physical chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, PChem lab Coordinator
1st April 2008- ICS-UNIDO, Expert Consultant of United Nations, Lecturing Molecular Modelling and Computational Drug Design to graduate students from developing countries
15th August 2008 Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Visiting assistant professor during the Fall Semester of 2008, Lecturing Physical Chemistry I to undergraduate students
1995-2000 Recipient of Slovenian Scholarship for Gifted Children
1995 and 1996 Slovenian national champion in Chemistry
2000-2004 Recipient of Scholarship of Slovenian National Institute of Chemistry
2004 Dean's award: Student with the highest examination mark in the history of School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
2004 Pre"seren's award: for the best BS thesis at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana in year 2004
2008 Recipient of Scholarship of World Federation of Scientists
2008 Maks Samec award: for the best Ph.D. thesis at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana in year 2008
2008 Pregel's award: for the best young researcher in 2008