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Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič, PhD


+386 5 700 19 51

magdalena.aljancic@zrc-sazu.si



Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljančič has a PhD in Geography at University of Bucharest (2009) with a study on salt karst. Since 2017 is a researcher at the Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, where she works with GIS modeling (LiDAR, geo- and biodiversity, habitat suitability and conservation of endangered cave fauna). She actively participates in data management working groups for the European research infrastructures LifeWatch ERIC, EPOS ERIC and eLTER ESFRI. Since 2009, she has been collaborating at the Tular Cave Laboratory in research and conservation of the endangered Proteus anguinus.

Her research interests involving applicability of GIS (towards database design and concepts, spatial modeling) for different domains:

  • data management;
  • GIS modelling for geodiversity and biodiversity;
  • habitat suitability, distribution and conservation of endangered cave fauna.
  • ŠEBELA, Stanka, TASIČ, Izidor, PAHOR, Jurij, MALI, Marko, NOVAK, Uroš, ALJANČIČ, Magdalena. Development of SLO KARST Near Fault Observatory site in SW Slovenia. Carbonates and evaporites. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13146-023-00864-y, DOI: 10.1007/s13146-023-00864-y. [COBISS.SI-ID 147451395]
  • TESAŘOVÁ, Markéta, MANCINI, Lucia, MAURI, Edgardo, ALJANČIČ, Gregor, ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, KOSTANJŠEK, Rok, BIZJAK-MALI, Lilijana, ZIKMUND, Tomáš, KAUCKÁ, Markéta, PAPI, Federica, GOYENS, Jana, BOUCHNITA, Annas, HELLANDER, Andreas, ADAMEYKO, Igor, KAISER, Jozef. Living in darkness: exploring adaptation of Proteus anguinus in 3 dimensions by X-ray imaging. GigaScience. https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/article/doi/10.1093/gigascience/giac030/6562166, DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac030. [COBISS.SI-ID 104515843]
  • ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, PǍTRU-STUPARIU, Ileana, STUPARIU, Mihai Sorin. Multiscale wavelet-based analysis to detect hidden geodiversity. Progress in physical geography. DOI: 10.1177/0309133317720835. [COBISS.SI-ID 42230317]
  • GORIČKI, Špela, STANKOVIĆ, David, SNOJ, Aleš, KUNTNER, Matjaž, JEFFERY, William R., TRONTELJ, Peter, PAVIĆEVIĆ, Miloš, GRIZELJ, Zlatko, ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, ALJANČIČ, Gregor. Environmental DNA in subterranean biology: range extension and taxonomic implications for Proteus. Scientific reports. March 2017, http://www.nature.com/articles/srep45054, DOI: 10.1038/srep45054. [COBISS.SI-ID 3878792]
  • KREHENWINKEL, Henrik, RÖDDER, Dennis, ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, KUNTNER, Matjaž. Rapid genetic and ecological differentiation during the northern range expansion of the venomous yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium in Europe. Evolutionary applications. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/eva.12392/full, DOI: 10.1111/eva.12392. [COBISS.SI-ID 40181549]
  • MELEG, Ioana N., ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, FIERS, Frank, MELEG, Ionuţ Horea, et al. The relationships between land cover, climate and cave copepod spatial distribution and suitability along the Carpathians. Environmental conservation. June 2014, vol. 41, iss. 2, str. 206-216, ilustr. ISSN 0376-8929. DOI: 10.1017/S0376892913000465. [COBISS.SI-ID 42236205].
  • KUNTNER, Matjaž, ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, LI, Daiqin, CODDINGTON, Jonathan A. Phylogeny predicts future habitat shifts due to climate change. PloS one. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098907, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098907. [COBISS.SI-ID 37178413], 
  • ALJANČIČ, Magdalena, KUNTNER, Matjaž. A GIS model predicting potential distributions of a lineage: a test case on hermit spiders (Nephilidae: Nephilengys). PloS one. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0030047, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030047. [COBISS.SI-ID 33530413].
Life Watch (applied project • February 1, 2008 - January 31, 2011)
EPOS IP - European Plate Observing System Implementation Phase (framework program • October 1, 2015 - October 1, 2019)
eLTER – European Long-Term Ecosystem and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure (framework program • June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2019)
EPOS- European Plate Observing System (framework program • January 1, 2010 - October 31, 2014)
EPOS IP - European Plate Observing System Implementation Phase (framework program • October 1, 2015 - October 1, 2019)
EPOS ON (September 1, 2024 - September 1, 2027)
European Plate Observing System Sustainability Phase (February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2023)