Jure Tičar, PhD
+386 1 470 65 58
jure.ticar@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Education
- B.Sc. in Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2012
- Undergraduate student exchange Erasmus Placement Programme at Polytech'Nice – Sophia, University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis, France
- Ph.D. in Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Slovenia, 2021
Research fields
geomorphology, karstology, speleology, glaciology, natural disasters, cartography, environmental protection
Other activities
- member of the Caving Club Brežice (2010–)
- member of the Geomorphological Society of Slovenia (2010–)
- organiser and leader of Zverinjačke rupe Caving Expeditions (2010–)
- member of Presidency of Speleological Association of Slovenia (2013–)
- leader of Cave Protection Service at Speleological Association of Slovenia (2013–)
- member of editorial board of Jamar caving magazine (2014–)
- member of editorial board of Naše jame caving magazine (2014–)
- editor-in-chief of Naše jame caving magazine (2020–)
- cave rescuer at Cave Rescue Service (2016–)
- member of editorial board of Natural disasters in Slovenia book series (2017–)
- caving instructor at Speleological Association of Slovenia (2017–)
- member of first response team SI-CAVESAR EU Modex – EU Civil Protection (2018–)
- member of the European Cave Protection Commission at European Speleological Federation (2019–)
- member of the Caving Club Novo mesto (2021–)
Selected presentations and lectures
- Advanced approach in evaluating the cave pollution in Slovenia. Presentation at the conference 28th International Karstological School Classical Karst: Regional karstology - local and general aspects, Postojna, Slovenia, 14. 6. 2021.
- Natural values as landfills: pollution of underground caves in Slovenia. Presentation at the conference Past polluted areas: how to proceed? National Council of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 12. 4. 2019
- Presence of gases in karst caves as a source of threats to people: examples from Slovenia. Presentation at Natural Hazards 2018 conference. Novi Sad, Srbija, 6. 10. 2018
- The assessment of cave pollution in Slovenia. Presentation at EuroSpeleo Symposium 2018. Ebensee, Austria, 24. 8. 2018
- Landscape diversity and geoheritage of Slovenia. Presentation at international conference Geobalcanica 2018. Ohrid, Macedonia, 15. 5. 2018.
- The problem of cave pollution in Kras Plateau, Slovenia. Presentation at international conference SOS Proteus. Matavun, Slovenia, 14. 4. 2018
- Cave tourism in Slovenia: on the edge between mass tourism and geoheritage protection. Presentation at international conference GEOTRENDS. Wrocław, Poland, 21. 9. 2017
- From rocky bareland to green landscape – transformations of Kras in Slovenia. Presentation at international workshop »Integrated Control on Rocky Desertification, Carbon Cycle and Sink in Karst System. Guilin, China, 25. 11. 2016
- Geoheritage assessment of relief forms in a modern city: the case of Ljubljana. Presentation at International Workshop on Urban Geomorphological Heritage. Rome, Italia, 28. 10. 2016
- Speleological explorations of deep karst on Mount Lovćen, Montenegro, Invited lecture at University of Novi Sad. Novi Sad, Serbia, 31. 5. 2016
Selected publications
- Lipar, M., Martín-Pérez, A., Tičar, J., Pavšek, M., Gabrovec, M., Hrvatin, M., Komac, B., Zorn, M., Zupan Hajna, N., Zhao, J., Drysdale, R. N., Ferk, M. 2021: Subglacial carbonate deposits as a potential proxy for a glacier's former presence. The Cryosphere 15.
- Carey, A., Smith, D. F., Welch, S. A., Zorn, M., Tičar, J., Lipar, M., Komac, B., Lyons, W. B. 2020: The geochemistry of ice in the southeastern Alps, Slovenia. Acta geographica Slovenica 60-2.
- Carey, A., Zorn, M., Tičar, J., Lipar, M., Komac, B., Welch, Susan A., Smith, Devin F., Lyons, Berry W. 2019: Glaciochemistry of cave ice : Paradana and Snežna Caves, Slovenia. Geosciences 9-2
- Tičar, J., Tomić, N., Breg Valjavec, M., Zorn, M., Marković, S.-B., Gavrilov, M.-B. 2018: Speleotourism in Slovenia: balancing between mass tourism and geoheritage protection. Open Geosciences 10-1.
- Tičar, J., Komac, B., Zorn, M., Ferk, M., Hrvatin, M., Ciglič, R. 2017: From urban geodiversity to geoheritage: the case of Ljubljana (Slovenia). Questiones Geographicae 36-3.
- Tičar, J., Geomorphological characteristics of selected pocket valleys in Slovenia. Geographical Bulletin 87-1.
- Tičar, J., Čekada M. 2018: The accuracy in locating of natural heritage in Slovenia: the case of karst caves. The Landscape in High Resolution.
- Tičar, J., Perko, D., Volk Bahun, M. 2018: Geoheritage and landscape diversity of Slovenia. The Landscape in High Resolution.
- Stepišnik, U., Žebre, M., Tičar, J., Lipar, M., Ferk, M., Kodelja, B., Klemenčič, I. 2010: The extent of Pleistocene glaciation of Lovćen in Montenegro. Geographical Bulletin 82-1.
- Tičar, J, Ribeiro, D. The problematics of cave pollution in Bela Krajina. Natura Sloveniae 19-1.
- Tičar, J., Lipar, M., Zorn, M., Kozamernik, E. 2018: The underground world of Triglav Plateau. Triglav 240.
- Komac, B., Tičar, J., Zorn, M. 2016: History of Ujma Journal. Ujma 30.
Selected projects
Geography of Slovenia - national research programme (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
Supporting Holocene Climate Reconstruction with High-Resolution Cryospheric Proxies from the Karst Ice Caves of Slovenia (fundamental research project • October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026)
Supplement to the Record of Hidden War Cemeteries and the Register of War Cemeteries with data on hidden war cemeteries in underground caves (target research program • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024)
Novel proxies of the Holocene climate variability in stalagmites in Slovenia (fundamental research project • September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023)
Connectivity concept in karst: the doline-cave coupling in the context of human impacts (September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023)
Preservation and valorisation of the natural and cultural heritage and development of sustainable tourism in the cross-boarder carst landscape (INTERREG • September 1, 2017 - February 29, 2020)
SHAPETOURISM - New shape and drives for the tourism sector: supporting decision, integrating plans and ensuring sustainability (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - February 28, 2018)
Preservation and valorisation of the natural and cultural heritage and development of sustainable tourism in the cross-boarder carst landscape (INTERREG • September 1, 2017 - February 29, 2020)
Possible ecological control of flood hazard in the hill regions of Hungary and Slovenia (international research project • November 1, 2017 - October 31, 2020)
TUNE UP - Promoting multilevel governance for tuning up biodiversity protection in marine areas (INTERREG • November 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
Determination of the pollution of underground caves at the level of Slovenia, their priority remediation and monitoring of the condition of caves (target research project • October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2024)
Supporting Holocene Climate Reconstruction with High-Resolution Cryospheric Proxies from the Karst Ice Caves of Slovenia (fundamental research project • October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026)
Supplement to the Record of Hidden War Cemeteries and the Register of War Cemeteries with data on hidden war cemeteries in underground caves (target research program • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024)
Novel proxies of the Holocene climate variability in stalagmites in Slovenia (fundamental research project • September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023)
Connectivity concept in karst: the doline-cave coupling in the context of human impacts (September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023)
Preservation and valorisation of the natural and cultural heritage and development of sustainable tourism in the cross-boarder carst landscape (INTERREG • September 1, 2017 - February 29, 2020)
SHAPETOURISM - New shape and drives for the tourism sector: supporting decision, integrating plans and ensuring sustainability (INTERREG • November 1, 2016 - February 28, 2018)
Preservation and valorisation of the natural and cultural heritage and development of sustainable tourism in the cross-boarder carst landscape (INTERREG • September 1, 2017 - February 29, 2020)
Possible ecological control of flood hazard in the hill regions of Hungary and Slovenia (international research project • November 1, 2017 - October 31, 2020)
TUNE UP - Promoting multilevel governance for tuning up biodiversity protection in marine areas (INTERREG • November 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
Determination of the pollution of underground caves at the level of Slovenia, their priority remediation and monitoring of the condition of caves (target research project • October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2024)
Other
Awards and recognitions
- Distinction of the Association of the Geographical Societies of Slovenia, 2022
- ZRC SAZU Silver Award for a top-level PhD, 2021
- Reward of the Research Group of the Mountaineering Association of Slovenia for doctoral thesis, 2021
- Reward for »Excellent trainee« at International Training Course on Integrated Control on Rocky Desertification, Carbon Cycle and Sink in Karst System, Guilin, China, 2016
- Department of Geography student Award for the graduation thesis, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, 2013