Education
B. Sc. in Geography and History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 1979
M. SC in Spatial and Urban Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, University of Ljubljana, 1999
Ph. D. in Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2007

Research fields
toponomastics, terminology, regional geography, rural geography, protection of the environment, spatial planning, applied geography

Other activities

• member of the Science Council of GIAM ZRC SAZU (2008‒)
• member of the Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (1995‒)
• member of Orthography Commission within SASA and ZRC SAZU (2013‒)
• member of UNGEGN (United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names) Working Group on Exonyms (2003‒)
• member of EUCALAND network - European Cultural and Agricultural Landscapes
• editor of the book series Vodniki LGD/Guides of the Ljubljana Geographical Society (2003‒) 
• member of editorial board and chief editor for regional geography of scientific magazine Acta geographica Slovenica (1991‒)
• member of editorial board and co-editor of the Geografija Slovenije/Geography of Slovenia book series (2007‒)
• member of editorial board and co-editor of the Georitem/Georhythm book series (2007‒) 
• member of editorial board of professional magazine Geografski obzornik/Geographic Horizon (1991‒) 
• member of the editorial board of Digital Encyclopedia of Slovenian natural and cultural heritage ‒DEDI (2009‒)
• editor for geography of the Novi Slovenski biografski leksikon/New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon (2011‒) 
• external member of editorial board of Encyclopedia of Slovenia, responsible for thematic maps (1993‒2001)
• editor and writer of geographical articles on TV Slovenia Teletext (1999‒2008)
• counsellor in preparation of general cataloguing principles of COBISS (Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Servicies) in the frame OSICH (Central Specialised Information Centre on Humanistics) ((2008‒) 
• lecturer at The Slovenian Third Age University (2015‒)

Selected presentations and lectures

• Border Rivers as a Global Feature. Presentation at the Conference Borders and Administrative Legacy, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 25. 11. 2016 (co-author Matija Zorn)
• O ustrezni rabi zemljepisnih imen (About Appropriate Use of Geographical Names). Lecture at the Geographical evening, organized by Department of Geography of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia, 8. 11. 2016
• Geographical names in the languages of official minorities in Slovenia. Presentation at the Symposium on minority toponyms in Slovenia, adjacent bilingual areas and the German-speaking countries, Graz, Austria, 4. 3. 2016 (soavtorja dr. Matjaž Geršič in Peter Repolusk)
• Nekateri problemi zemljepisnih imen s poudarkom na eksonimih in veliki začetnici (Some Problems Connected with Appropriate Use of Geographical Names with Emphasize on Exonyms and Upper-case). Lecture at the Slovenian Lecturers Society, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 21. 1. 2016
• The Gazetteer of Slovenian Exonyms. Presentation at the 21^th Session of East Central and South-East Europe Division of UNGEGN. Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26. 11. 2015 (co-author Matjaž Geršič)
• Terraced Landscapes in Slovenia (as a Cultural Value). Lecture at the EUCALAND meeting, Parada de Sil, Spain, 20. 10. 2015
• Street-Names Changes in Ljubljana. Presentation at the Symposium on Place-Name Changes, organised by the Joint International Geographical Union/International Cartographic Association (IGU/ICA), Rome, Italy, 18. 11. 2014 (co-author Matjaž Geršič)
• Familiarity with Slovenian Exonyms in the Professional Community. Presentation at the 24^th International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS), Barcelona, Spain, 9. 9. 2011 (co-author Primož Pipan)
• The Bay of Piran (Piranski zaliv): An example of political controversy in geographical names as an expression of cultural relations. Presentation at the International Symposium Geographical Names as a Part of the Cultural Heritage, Vienna, Austria, 20. 5. 2008