Director

Leon Cizelj is an internationally recognized researcher, university professor and consultant with decades of experience in strategic and operational management of research in the field of nuclear engineering and nuclear safety. He has also participated in strategic decision-making bodies, especially in supervisory boards in industry, boards of directors of international and domestic scientific associations, and in committees for the developing and directing of international and national research strategies. Cizelj has (co-)authored more than a thousand scientific, professional and popular science publications, including more than 200 contributions with explanations and opinions on scientific and professional issues in leading national media at home and abroad. He is an associate member of the Engineering Academy of Slovenia, a full professor of nuclear engineering (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana), and a visiting professor at the Harbin University of Technology in China. He chairs the board of directors of the NucNet association, which provides daily scientific and expert news from the world of nuclear energy. In 2022-23 he chaired the European Nuclear Society.