Qualification:
1991 Graduate in Physics and Mathematics, Faculty of Education, University
of Maribor
1994 Master Degree in Computer Science, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science, University of Maribor
1998 PhD Thesis in Physics, Faculty of Education, University of Maribor
Current appointment held:
2009 - Full Professor, Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics & Dept. of Elem. Educ., Faculty of Education, University
of Maribor
Previous appointments held:
1988-1989 Physics Teacher at Secondary School in Maribor
1989-1992 Laboratory Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Education,
University of Maribor
1992-1999 Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Education, University
of Maribor
1999-2004 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Dept. of Elem. Educ.,
Faculty of Education, University of Maribor
2004-2009 Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics & Dept. of Elem. Educ., Faculty of Education, University
of Maribor
Administrative functions:
2003 – ... Head of the Continuing Education Center at the Faculty
of Education, University of Maribor
2006 – 2007 (short period) Vice-Dean of Research Affairs and Postgraduate
Study at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor
2007 – ... Vice-Rector of International Affairs at the University
of Maribor
Professional training abroad:
1993 5 months, Group of Didactics of Physics, Department of Physics, Philipps
University, Marburg, Germany
1996 6 months, Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Humboldt University,
Berlin, Germany
1998 3 months, Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Humboldt University,
Berlin, Germany
Current research interests:
General Theory of Dynamical Systems:
Sensitivity, flexibility and robustness of simple and complex (chaotic)
dynamical systems
Properties of external forced dynamical systems
Dynamics of coupled systems
Influence of noise to dynamical systems and studying the stochastic resonance
Deterministic vs. stochastic modelling
Theoretical Biophysics, Mathematical Modelling of Biophysical Processes:
Mechanisms of intracellular calcium signalling
Coding and decoding of intracellular signals
Cell coupling and intercellular signalling
Didactics of Physics and Didactics of Science:
Development of system thinking for pupils at primary and secondary schools
Using computer tools in introducing the concept of modelling in schools
Current teaching activities:
Dynamical Systems:
Currently I am planed to hold lectures on dynamical systems in one graduate
and in one postgraduate program at the Department of Physics, home university
Physics / Science:
Physics Course for students who will teach at primary schools. The course
is running at the Department of Elementary Education, home university
Didactics of Physics:
Course of Didactics of Physics for students who will teach at secondary
schools; at the Department of Physics, home university
Courses for teachers:
There are several courses for teachers organised by the Faculty of Education,
and the Slovenian Board of Education
Supervision of students for their diploma, master’s, and doctor’s
degree:
Supervision of approx. 10 graduate students a year for their diploma thesis
Supervision of 5 postgraduate students at the Department of Physics
Collaborations with other institutions:
1996- Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Humboldt University, Berlin,
Germany (Prof. Dr. Reinhart Heinrich, Prof. Dr. Stefan Schuster, Prof.
Dr. Thomas Höfer)
1998- Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria (Prof.
Dr. Leopold Mathelitsch)
2000- European Media Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany (Dr. Ursula Kummer)
2001- University Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France (Prof. Dr.
Jean-Pierre Mazat, Prof. Dr. Etienne Roux)
2003- University Friedrich-Schiller Jena, Germany (Prof.
Dr. Stefan Schuster – previously in Berlin)
2005- The University of Warwick, UK (Prof.
Dr. Anne K. Green) and Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University,
Leicester, UK (Dr. C. Jane Dixon)
International projects:
2002 - 2004: Coordinator of French Bilateral Project (PROTEUS, No. FR-2002-4)
with the research group at the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux II,
Bordeaux, France (Prof. Dr. Jean-Pierre Mazat, Prof. Dr. Etienne Roux)
2003 - 2004: Coordinator of German Bilateral Project (No. BI-DE/03-04-003)
with the Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Humboldt University, Berlin,
Germany (Prof. Dr. Thomas Höfer) and the University Friedrich-Schiller
Jena, Germany (Prof. Dr. Stefan Schuster)
2006 - 2006: Coordinator of the project Partnerships in Science (BI-GB/06-013)
with the Department of Biological Sciences (BioMedical Research Institute),
The University of Warwick, UK (Prof. Dr. Anne K. Green) in collaboration
with the Leicester School of Pharmacy, Cell Signalling Lab, De Montfort
University, Leicester (Dr. C. Jane Dixon)
2007 - 2008: Coordinator of French Bilateral Project (BI-FR07-PROTEUS-017)
with the research group at the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux II,
Bordeaux, France (Prof. Dr. Etienne Roux)
2009 - 2010: Coordinator of French Bilateral Project (BI-FR09-10-PROTEUS-001)
with the research group at the University Victor Segalen Bordeaux II,
Bordeaux, France (Prof. Dr. Etienne Roux, Dr. Christelle Guibert)
National projects:
2005 - 2006: Koordinator projekta z naslovom "Seminarji
s podrocja uporabe informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije pri poucevanju
in ucenju za strokovne delavcev v vzgojno-izobraževalnih zavodih"
(št. 3311-05-297010)
2005 - 2006: Koordinator projekta z naslovom "Programi za profesionalni
razvoj strokovnih delavcev v vzgoji in izobraževanju v letih 2005 in 2006"
(št. 01002-05)
2006 - 2007: Koordinator Modela III z naslovom "Sistemska prenova
nadaljnjega izobraževanja in usposabljanja strokovnih delavcev v vzgoji
in izobraževanju s poudarkom na uvajanju IKT in E-izobraževanja (E-vseživljenjsko
izobraževanje)" v okviru projekta "Partnerstvo fakultet in šol
v letih 2006 in 2007" (št. 3311-06-297014)
2008 - 2008: Koordinator projekta z naslovom "E-učna gradiva pri
predmetu Spoznavanje okolja v 3. razredu" (št. 3311-08-297016)
Membership of professional bodies:
Biophysical Society
DBS
(Društvo biofizikov Slovenije / Slovenian Biophysical Society)
MTBio (Modelling
and Theory in the Biosciences)
IREG (IREG-International
Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence)
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Short list of recent publications:
1. M. Marhl, M. Gosak, M. Perc, C.J. Dixon, A.K. Green, Spatio-temporal
modelling explains the effect of reduced plasma membrane Ca2+ efflux on
intracellular Ca2+ oscillations in hepatocytes. J. theor. Biol. 252
(2008) 419-426.
2 . M. Gosak, M. Marhl, M. Perc, Chaos between stochasticity and periodicity
in the prisoner's dilemma game. Int. J. Bifurc. Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng.
18 (2008) 869-875.
3 . M. Gosak, M. Marhl, M. Perc, Chaos out of internal noise in the collective
dynamics of diffusively coupled cells. Eur. Phys. J., B Cond. Matter
Phys. 62 (2008) 171-177.
4 . M. Perc, A.K. Green, C.J. Dixon, M. Marhl, Establishing the stochastic
nature of intracellular calcium oscillations from experimental data. Biophys.
Chem. 132 (2008) 33-38.
5 . B. Knoke, M. Marhl, M. Perc, S. Schuster, Equality of average and
steady-state levels in some nonlinear models of biological oscillations.
Theory Biosci. 127 (2008) 1-14.
6 . M. Gosak, M. Marhl, M. Perc, Spatial coherence resonance in excitable
biochemical media induced by internal noise. Biophys. Chem. 128
(2007) 210-214.
7 . M. Perc, M. Gosak, M. Marhl, Periodic calcium waves in coupled cells
induced by internal noise, Chem. Phys. Lett. 437
(2007) 143-147.
8 . T. Jagrič, M. Marhl, D. Štajer, Š. Tadel Kocjančič, T, Jagrič, M.
Podbregar, M. Perc, Irregularity test for very short electrocardiogram
(ECG) signals as a method for predicting a successful defibrillation in
patients with ventricular fibrillation, Translational Research
149 (2007) 145-151.
9 . M. Marhl, V. Grubelnik, Role of cascades in converting oscillatory
signals into stationary step-like responses, BioSystems, 87
(2007) 58-67.
10 . M. Perc, M. Marhl, Noise-induced spatial dynamics in the presence
of memory loss, Physica A 375 (2007) 72-80.
11 . M. Marhl, Modeling of molecular and cellular mechanisms involved
in Ca2+ signal encoding in airway myocytes, Cell Biochem. Biophys.
46 (2006) 285-302.
12. M. Perc, M. Marhl, Evolutionary and dynamical coherence resonances
in the pair approximated prisoner’s dilemma game, New J. Phys.
8 (2006) art. no.142.
13. M. Marhl, M. Perc, S. Schuster, A minimal model for decoding of time-limited
Ca2+ oscillations, Biophys. Chem. 120 (2006)
161-167.
14. M. Perc, M. Marhl, Minimal model for spatial coherence resonance,
Phys. Rev. E 73 (2006) art. no. 066205.
15. M. Perc, M. Marhl, Pacemaker enhanced noise-induced synchrony in cellular
arrays, Phys. Lett. A 353 (2006) 372-377.
16. M. Perc, M. Gosak, M. Marhl, From stochasticity to determinism in
the collective dynamics of diffusively coupled cells, Chem. Phys.
Lett. 421 (2006) 106-110.
17. E. Roux, P.J. Noble, D. Noble, M. Marhl, Modelling of calcium handling
in airway myocytes. Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 90
(2006) 64-87.
18. M. Marhl, M. Perc, Determining the flexibility of regular and chaotic
attractors. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 28
(2006) 822-833.
19. M. Perc, M. Marhl, Chaos in temporarily destabilized regular systems
with the slow passage effect. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
27 (2006) 395-403.
20 . M. Marhl, M. Perc, S. Schuster, Selective regulation of cellular
processes via protein cascades acting as band-pass filters for time-limited
oscillations. FEBS Lett. 579 (2005) 5461-5465.
21 . U. Kummer, B. Krajnc, J. Pahle, A.K. Green, C.J. Dixon, M. Marhl,
Transition from Stochastic to Deterministic Behaviour in Calcium Oscillations.
Biophys. J. 89 (2005) 1603-1611.
22 . M. Perc, M. Marhl, Amplification of information transfer in excitable
systems that reside in a steady state near a bifurcation point to complex
oscillatory behaviour. Phys. Rev. E 71 (2005)
art. no. 026229.
23 . V. Grubelnik, M. Marhl, Drop formation in a falling stream of liquid.
Am. J. Phys. 73 (2005) 415-419.
24. S. Kodba, M. Perc, M. Marhl, Detecting chaos from a time series. Eur.
J. Phys. 26 (2005) 205-215.
25. S. Schuster, B. Knoke, M. Marhl, Differential regulation of proteins
by bursting calcium oscillations - a theoretical study. BioSystems
81 (2005) 49-63.
26. S. Schuster, E. Klipp, M. Marhl, The predictive power of molecular
network modelling case studies of predictions with subsequent experimental
verification, in: F. Eisenhaber (Ed.), Discovering Biomolecular Mechanisms
with Computational Biology. Lands Bioscience, Georgetown, 2005, pp. 115-127.