Pedagoška dejavnost
prof. dr. Miroslav Petrovec, dr. med., spec. klin. mikr.
Strokovna dejavnost
- predstojnik Inštituta za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo
- vodja Laboratorija za diagnostiko virusnih infekcij (VIN)
- član strokovnega kolegija Inštituta
- prodekan Medicinske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani za strokovno zdravstveno področje
Professional activities
- Head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology
- Head of the Laboratory for the Diagnostics of Viral Infections (VIN)
- Member of the Institute’s Expert Council
- Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, for the Clinical Health Field
Pedagoška dejavnost
- učitelj, član Katedre za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo
- predavatelj na dodiplomskih in podiplomskih predmetih Medicinske fakultete in Fakultete za farmacijo
Teaching
- Teacher, member of the Academic Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Lecturer in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy
Raziskovalna dejavnost
šifra raziskovalca/researcher code: 15902
Bibliografija
Kratek življenjepis
Prof. dr. Miroslav Petrovec je redni profesor mikrobiologije in imunologije na Medicinski fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani ter dolgoletni predstojnik Inštituta za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo, kjer vodi tudi Laboratorij za diagnostiko virusnih infekcij. Njegovo raziskovalno, strokovno in pedagoško delo obsega področja klinične virologije, molekularne diagnostike in epidemiologije virusnih okužb.
Na Medicinski fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani je diplomiral leta 1995, istega leta pa se je tam zaposlil kot mladi raziskovalec na Inštitutu za mikrobiologijo. Leta 1999 je na Biotehniški fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani doktoriral z doktorsko disertacijo Erlihioza v Sloveniji: molekularno-epidemiološke značilnosti, ki predstavlja prvo celovito molekularno raziskavo erlihioze v Sloveniji. Specializacijo iz klinične mikrobiologije je zaključil leta 2003, leta 2005 pa postal vodja Laboratorija za diagnostiko virusnih infekcij. Med letoma 2012 in 2014 je opravljal funkcijo predstojnika Katedre za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo, od leta 2014 pa je predstojnik Inštituta za mikrobiologijo in imunologijo ter prodekan za strokovno dejavnost Medicinske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani.
Kot predavatelj deluje na več članicah Univerze v Ljubljani, in sicer na Medicinski fakulteti, Biotehniški fakulteti in Fakulteti za farmacijo. Leta 2014 je za svoje predano in kakovostno pedagoško delo prejel Lavričevo nagrado kot najboljši učitelj Medicinske fakultete.
Že v času študija je prejel Univerzitetno Prešernovo nagrado Univerze v Ljubljani za raziskovalno delo s področja tumorske biologije. Po zaposlitvi se je raziskovalno posvečal predvsem klopno prenosljivim povzročiteljem bolezni, po letu 2006 pa zlasti virusom, ki povzročajo okužbe dihal. Med njegovimi pomembnimi strokovnimi dosežki so uvedba brisa nosnega dela žrela kot osnovne kužnine za diagnostiko respiratornih virusnih okužb v Sloveniji, zgodnje raziskovanje koronavirusnih okužb dihal še pred pandemijo COVID‑19, vodenje več raziskovalnih projektov Agencije za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije ter prispevek k razumevanju epidemiologije klopno prenosljivih in respiratornih bolezni ter k razvoju diagnostičnih protokolov in epidemiološkega nadzora v Sloveniji.
Kot mentor je vodil številne specializante klinične mikrobiologije ter številne študente pri diplomskih, magistrskih in doktorskih nalogah. Objavil je več kot sto znanstvenih in strokovnih člankov, indeksiranih v SCI, ter več poglavij v domačih in tujih učbenikih s področja virologije. Njegova dela so pogosto citirana v mednarodnih podatkovnih bazah, kar potrjujejo visoke bibliometrične vrednosti, evidentirane v sistemu COBISS in SICRIS.
Kot eden vodilnih slovenskih virologov je imel ključno strokovno vlogo pri razvoju in vodenju diagnostike SARS‑CoV‑2, pri strokovni razlagi epidemioloških vprašanj javnosti ter pri oblikovanju priporočil v sodelovanju z državnimi institucijami
Prof. dr. Miroslav Petrovec je uveljavljen strokovnjak na področju virologije in klinične mikrobiologije, cenjen pedagog ter mednarodno priznan raziskovalec, ki pomembno prispeva k razumevanju, diagnostiki in obvladovanju nalezljivih bolezni v Sloveniji in širše.
Short biography
Prof. Dr Miroslav Petrovec is a full professor of microbiology and immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, and the longstanding head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, where he also leads the Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Viral Infections. His research, professional, and teaching activities cover the fields of clinical virology, molecular diagnostics, and the epidemiology of viral infections.
He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, in 1995, and in the same year joined the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology as a young researcher. In 1999, he obtained his PhD at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana with the doctoral dissertation Ehrlichiosis in Slovenia: Molecular and Epidemiological Characteristics, which represents the first comprehensive molecular study of ehrlichiosis in Slovenia. He completed his specialisation in clinical microbiology in 2003, and in 2005 became head of the Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Viral Infections. Between 2012 and 2014, he served as head of the Academic Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, and since 2014 he has been head of the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology and Vice Dean for Professional Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana.
As a lecturer, he teaches at several faculties of the University of Ljubljana, including the Faculty of Medicine, the Biotechnical Faculty, and the Faculty of Pharmacy. In 2014, he received the Lavrič Award as the best teacher at the Faculty of Medicine for his dedicated and high-quality pedagogical work.
During his studies, he received the University Prešeren Award from the University of Ljubljana for his research in tumour biology. After joining the institute, his research focused primarily on tick-borne pathogens, and after 2006, on viruses causing respiratory infections. Among his important professional contributions are the introduction of the nasopharyngeal swab as the standard specimen for diagnosing respiratory viral infections in Slovenia, early research on coronavirus respiratory infections prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, leadership of several research projects funded by the Slovenian Research Agency, and contributions to understanding the epidemiology of tick-borne and respiratory diseases, as well as to the development of diagnostic protocols and epidemiological surveillance in Slovenia.
He has supervised numerous clinical microbiology residents, as well as undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students. He has authored more than one hundred scientific and professional articles indexed in SCI, and several chapters in domestic and international virology textbooks. His publications are frequently cited in international databases, as confirmed by high bibliometric indicators recorded in COBISS and SICRIS. As one of Slovenia’s leading virologists, he played a key expert role in the development and management of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics, in communicating scientific explanations to the public, and in shaping epidemiological recommendations in cooperation with national institutions.
Prof. Dr Miroslav Petrovec is a recognised expert in virology and clinical microbiology, a respected educator, and an internationally acknowledged researcher whose work significantly contributes to the understanding, diagnosis, and control of infectious diseases in Slovenia and beyond.
