Svjetlana Fajfer

Physicist and academic. World class high energy physicist who was born in Visoko. She attained her bachelor degree in Physics from University of Sarajevo and graduated with the golden badge as the highest achieving student in her generation. She attained her Ph.D. from the same institution in 1981. She was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University (USA) in 1982-83, Alexander von Humboldt fellow at Max-Planck Institut in 1987, Alexander von Humboldt fellow, Technische Universitat, Munchen in 1993 and 2005. She is a professor at University of Ljubljana, and head of the Department of Theoretical Physics (Head) at Institute ”Jozef Stefan”. Her work had over 8000 citations and a h-index of 50 in 2022. In 2007 she received the Zois award - the highest national awards for outstanding achievements in science. She is a member of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Academy of Arts and Science.