​​​​​​​Tomaž Prosen

​​​​​​​Tomaž Prosen has been full professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 2008. He is leading the research group on nonequilibrium quantum and statistical physics. After finishing a PhD at University of Ljubljana in 1995 and a postdoctoral stay at Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, he has been employed at the University of Ljubljana since 1996. His field of research is theoretical and mathematical physics. More specifically, he focuses on analytical and computational studies of dynamics, time-dependent and non-equilibrium phenomena in strongly coupled (correlated) many-body systems. 

He is an elected member of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and has been decorated with several national and international awards, including the Zois Prize, the highest national Slovenian prize for outstanding achievements in research, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, and the Physikpreis Dresden. 

Prosen has been a recipient of two ERC Advanced Grants and is a member of ERC Consolidator Grant evaluation panel PE2 since 2020.

Mandate ERC Scientific Council: 1 Jan 2025 - 31 December 2029 (1st term)