On Tuesday, 18 March 2025, a solemn inauguration of full professors of the University of Primorska took place in the hall of the Armeria Palace in Koper. Vice-rector prof. dr. Štefko Miklavič, with the Deans of UP, handed over the decisions on the election to the title of seventeen new full professors of the University of Primorska.

dr. Janez Konc, full professor in the field of »Bioinformatics« 

The core scientific research focus of Dr. Janez Konc lies in bioinformatics and pharmacy, specifically in the development of new ProBiS web tools for innovative drug design and discovery, which serve as powerful tools for computer-aided drug design. Through his long-term scientific and professional work in this field, he has earned a reputation among leading experts and scientists worldwide, as evidenced by his extensive involvement in both domestic and international projects and the high citation rate of his scientific works. Dr. Janez Konc has successfully applied these newly developed approaches in industrial projects in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Lek d.d. in the development of new biopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.  > JUSTIFICATION

prof. dr. Vita Poštuvan, full professor in the field of »Psychology« 

She teaches at various faculties and coordinates the doctoral programme in Suicidology and Mental Health at UP FAMNIT. She has supervised more than 70 students, mainly master students in psychology, co-supervised one PhD student in suicidology and mental health and two PhD students in medicine and nursing. At the University of Primorska, she heads the Commission of the University of Primorska for Ethics in Human Subjects Research and is a member of other committees. She regularly gives lectures at prestigious institutions and conferences in Slovenia and abroad. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), convenor of the Board of Ethics of the European Federation of Psychological Associations (EFPA) and has worked internationally in Austria, Japan, China and India. In September 2023, she co-hosted the IASP World Congress in Slovenia with Prof. De Leo and has been organising the international Triple I conference for over fifteen years. > JUSTIFICATION

dr. Marko Tkalčič, full professor in the field of »Computer science and informatics«

Marko Tkalčič has published extensively in top-tier journals and conferences, including UMUAI, Information Processing & Management, and IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. He has been an invited speaker at institutions such as Vienna University of Technology, Durham University and University of Bergen. Actively involved in academic service, he has chaired the oldest international conference for researchers and practitioners working on various kinds of user-adaptive computer systems ACM UMAP in 2021, served on editorial boards, and reviewed for leading journals and funding agencies. He teaches adaptive systems and computational social science and supervises PhD students in AI and personalized systems. > JUSTIFICATION