Matevz Dular is one of the youngest full professors at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He specializes in fluid mechanics, ultrasound, cavitation and water purification. He has worked at universities in Germany, France and the United States for over four years, and has also served as a PI for several projects for the European Space Agency. He has published more than 100 papers and was awarded nine patents. He gained recognition for his work already in 2017 when his project of water disinfection by hydrodynamic cavitation succeeded to obtain a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant. In 2022 he secured a follow-up ERC grant for commercialization of the water treatment technology. In 2019, he was awarded the Zois recognition for his contribution to understanding the phenomenon of cavitation. In 2020 Dr Dular also became the recipient of the prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.