Team
dr. Tanja Goričanec
dr. Tanja Goričanec is a postdoctoral research assistant at the Reactor Physics Department of the Jožef Stefan Institute. Her work focuses on advanced computational simulations of research (e.g., TRIGA reactor in Ljubljana) and power reactors (e.g., Krško Nuclear Power Plant). Her research specializes in neutron detectors, including their measurements and response simulations.
She also leads experimental exercises at the TRIGA research reactor for students from both Slovenian and international universities.
dr. Tanja Goričanec is the leader of the project Advanced computer simulations for reactor vessel neutron damage analysis in pressurized water reactors.
dr. Marjan Kromar
Assist. Prof. Dr. Marjan Kromar is a Senior Research Counselor at the Jožef Stefan Institute, where he has been actively involved in nuclear energy research since 1982. His areas of expertise include reactor physics, nuclear reactor core design, and various safety evaluations. Over the course of his career, he has led numerous complex R&D projects, particularly those associated with the Krško Nuclear Power Plant.
Dr. Kromar has made significant contributions to several high-impact international research programs, including the Euratom EURAD and EURAD-2 initiatives, various IAEA coordinated research projects, and collaborative efforts under the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD-NEA). His work covers a broad spectrum of critical topics such as reactor fuel management, regulatory licensing support, neutron shielding analysis, spent fuel characterization, and criticality safety assessments
Benjamin Barbarič
Benjamin Barbarič received his bachelor's degree in Physics in 2020 and his master's degree in Nuclear Engineering in 2023 from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana. His master's thesis focused on the development and implementation of a method for calculating neutron activation of the reactor vessel in the Krško pressurized water nuclear power plant. Since 2023, he has been employed at the Jožef Stefan Institute, conducting research in the field of reactor physics.
prof. dr. Luka Snoj
prof. dr. Luka Snoj received his Diploma and PhD in Physics from the University of Ljubljana in 2005 and 2009. In 2010, he completed a postdoctoral position at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, focusing on neutron transport calculations for JET calibration. That same year, he became head of the TRIGA reactor at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), and since 2014, he has led the Reactor Physics Division.
He actively teaches reactor and radiation physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, where he became an associate professor in 2019. He has advised many master's and PhD students. His research centers on theoretical reactor physics with applications in power and research reactors, especially Monte Carlo transport, integral and criticality experiments. He contributes regularly to OECD/NEA benchmark evaluation projects (ICSBEP and IRPhE).
dr. Dušan Ćalić
dr. Andrej Trkov
dr. Anže Pungerčič
Jan Malec
Sebastian Pleško
Anže Mihelčič
