Name and Surname: dr. Uroš Stepišnik

Office: 221

Phone: + 386 01 241 1238

Email: uros.stepisnik@ff.uni-lj.si

Academic networks link (Academia, ReasearchGate,…):

Academia: https://uni-lj.academia.edu/UrosStepisnik

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Uros_Stepisnik

Social media links (Facebook, Twitter):

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uros.stepisnik.3

Education:

  • 2006 Doctor of Geography, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Dissertation: Collapse dolines in Slovenia
    • Mentor: dr. Andrej Mihevc
  • 2001 Bachelors of Arts, Geography, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Thesis: Collapse dolines on Postojna karst
    • Mentor: dr. Karel Natek

Employment:

  • 2012 – present: associate professor for physical geography, geography of karst and geodiversity at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, UL
  • 2007 – 2012: assistant professor for physical geography at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, UL
  • 2003 - 2007: teaching assistant for physical geography at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, UL

Research Interests:

  • Geomorphology
  • Karstology
  • Glaciology
  • Geoheritage
  • Geodiversity

Current Pedagogical Work:

  • Phisical Geography of Karst (lecturer)
  • Valuing Geodiversity (lecturer)
  • Physical Geography 1 (assistant)
  • Geohazards (assistant)
  • Geomorphology (assistant)
  • Applied physical geography (assistant)
  • Geoinformatics 1 (assistant)

Research projects and programmes:

  • A coordinator of national research project ‘’Resilience of alpine environment from the perspective of natural hazards’’ (2014 – 2017)
  • A coordinator of an international project ‘’QUIKK: QUadrilingual Infrastructure of Karstology Knowledge’’ (2016-2017)
  • A researcher at research program group ‘’Sustainable development of Slovenia’’ (2017– 2020)

 

Publications:

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, TRENCHOVSKA, Aleksandra. A new quantitative model for comprehensive geodiversity evaluation : the Škocjan Caves regional park, Slovenia. Geoheritage, ISSN 1867-2485, ilustr. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-017-0216-5, doi: 10.1007/s12371-017-0216-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 63468386]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, GRLJ, Aleš, RADOŠ, Denis, ŽEBRE, Manja. Geomorphology of Blidinje, Dinaric Alps (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Journal of maps, ISSN 1744-5647. [Spletna izd.], 2016, vol. 12, no. S1, str. 163-171, ilustr., doi: 10.1080/17445647.2016.1187209. [COBISS.SI-ID2528341]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, TRENCHOVSKA, Aleksandra. Predlog kvantitativnega modela vrednotenja geodiverzitete na primeru krasa Zgornje Pivke, Slovenija = A proposal of quantitative geodiversity evaluation model on the example of Upper Pivka karst, Slovenia. Dela, ISSN 0354-0596. [Tiskana izd.], 2016, [Št.] 46, str. 41-65, fotogr., zvd. http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/dela.46.2.41-65, doi: 10.4312/dela.46.2.41-65. [COBISS.SI-ID 63780962]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Krasno polje on Velebit Mountain : morphographic and morphogenetic characteristics = Krasno polje na Velebitu : morfografske i morfogenetske karakteristike. Hrvatski geografski glasnik, ISSN 1331-5854, 2015, vol. 77, no. 2, str. 85-99, ilustr. http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=224507. [COBISS.SI-ID 59609186] 

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. The problem of dissolution doline definition. Dela, ISSN 0354-0596. [Tiskana izd.], 2015, [Št.] 43, str. 29-40, ilustr. http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/dela.43.1.29-40/5325, doi: 10.4312/dela.43.2.29 40. [COBISS.SI-ID 59368034] 

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Japage: the collapse dolines on Kupres polje, Bosnia and Herzegovina = Japage: udornice na Kupreškem polju, Bosna in Hercegovina. Dela, ISSN 0354-0596. [Tiskana izd.], 2014, [Št.] 42, str. 5-20, ilustr. http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/dela.42.1.5-20/2783, doi: 10.4312/dela.42.1.5-20. [COBISS.SI-ID 56722018]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Geomorphological properties of the Krasno polje, Northern Velebit, Croatia. Dela, ISSN 0354-0596. [Tiskana izd.], 2014, [Št.] 41, str. 101-115, ilustr. http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/Dela/article/view/dela.41.5.101-115/2636, doi: 10.4312/dela.41.5.101-115. [COBISS.SI-ID56509026]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. The origin of sediments inside the collapse dolines of Postojna karst (Slovenia) = Izvor sedimentov v udornicah postojnskega krasa (Slovenija). Acta carsologica, ISSN 0583-6050. [Tiskana izd.], 2004, letn. 33, št. 1, str. 237-244, ilustr. http://carsologica.zrc-sazu.si/downloads/331/uros.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 22361389] 

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, FERK, Mateja, GOSTINČAR, Petra, ČERNUTA, Luka, PETERNELJ, Karmen, ŠTEMBERGAR, Tomaž, ILIČ, Urška. Alluvial fans on contact karst : an example from Matarsko podolje, Slovenia = Vršaji na kontaktnem krasu : primer iz Matarskega podolja, Slovenija. Acta carsologica, ISSN 0583-6050. [Tiskana izd.], 2007, letn. 36, št. 2, str. 209-215, graf. prikazi. [COBISS.SI-ID 27159597]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, MIHEVC, Andrej. Investigation of structure of various surface karst formations in limestone and dolomite bedrock with application of the electrical resistivity imaging = Proučevanje zgradbe različnih kraških oblik v apnencih in dolomitih z uporabo metode električne upornosti tal. Acta carsologica, ISSN 0583-6050. [Tiskana izd.], 2008, letn. 37, št. 1, str. 133-140, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 28583725]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Active and relict alluvial fans on contact karst of the Vrhpoljska brda hills, Slovenia = Aktivni in reliktni vršaji kontaktnega krasa Vrhpoljskih brd, Slovenija. Acta geographica Slovenica, ISSN 1581-6613. [Tiskana izd.], 2009, letn. 49, št. 2, str. 245-262, ilustr., zvd., graf. prikazi. http://giam.zrc-sazu.si/sites/default/files/ags49201.pdf, doi: 10.3986/AGS49201. [COBISS.SI-ID 30852397]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Relict alluvial fans of Matarsko podolje and Vrhpoljska brda, Slovenia. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, ISSN 0372-8854, 2010, vol. 54, no. 1, str. 17-29, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 42230114]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, KOSEC, Gregor. Modelling of slope processes on karst = Modeliranje pobočnih procesov na krasu. Acta carsologica, ISSN 0583-6050. [Tiskana izd.], 2011, vol. 40, no. 2, str. 267-273, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 25189671]

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Sediments in collapse dolines on the Kras plateau, Slovenia = Sedimenti v udornicah na Krasu, Slovenija. Acta geographica Slovenica, ISSN 1581-6613. [Tiskana izd.], 2011, 51, št. 2, str. 233-252, ilustr. 

STEPIŠNIK, Uroš, FERK, Mateja, GOSTINČAR, Petra, ČERNUTA, Luka. Holocene high floods on the Planina Polje, classical dinaric karst, Slovenia = Visoke poplave v holocenu na Planinskem polju, klasični dinarski kras, Slovenija. Acta carsologica, ISSN 0583-6050. [Tiskana izd.], 2012, letn. 41, št. 1, str. 5-13, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 34581549]

ŽEBRE, Manja, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene glaciers on Mount Lovćen, Montenegro. Quaternary international, ISSN 1873-4553, Dec. 2014, vol. 353, str. 225-235, ilustr. http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1040618214003024/1-s2.0-S1040618214003024-main. pdf?_tid=71aa88e8-3417-11e4-a16d-00000aab0f6c&acdnat=1409823782_28fbccd404a90c347ef9d65fa40537ab, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.05.006. [COBISS.SI-ID 55268962]

ŽEBRE, Manja, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Glaciokarst landforms and processes of the southern Dinaric Alps. Earth surface processes and landforms, ISSN 1096-9837, 2015, vol. 40, issue 11, str. 1493-1505, ilustr. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3731/epdf, doi: 10.1002/esp.3731. [COBISS.SI-ID 57810786]

ŽEBRE, Manja, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Glaciokarst geomorphology of the Northern Dinaric Alps: Snežnik (Slovenia) and Gorski Kotar (Croatia). Journal of maps, ISSN 1744-5647. [Spletna izd.], 2016, vol. 12, no. 5, str. 873-881, ilustr. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17445647.2015.1095133, doi: 10.1080/17445647.2015.1095133. [COBISS.SI-ID 58789474]

GABROVŠEK, Franci, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. On the formation of collapse dolines : a modelling perspective. Geomorphology, ISSN 0169-555X. [Print ed.], 2011, vol. 134, 1-2, str. 23-31, ilustr. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X1100290X, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.007. [COBISS.SI-ID 46343010]

MIHEVC, Andrej, STEPIŠNIK, Uroš. Electrical resistivity imaging of cave Divaška jama, Slovenia. Journal of caves and karst studies, ISSN 1090-6924, 2012, vol. 74, no. 3, str. 235-242, doi: 10.4311/2010ES0138R1. [COBISS.SI-ID 50741090]

Grants, Awards, and Fellowships:

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Professional Affiliations:

  • A member of Geomorphological society of Slovenia
  • A member of Železničar Caving Club

Service

  • A member of an editorial board of geographical journal Geographic Horizon (2015 - present)