Igor Musevic is Professor of Physics at the University of Ljubljana and Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. His research focuses on self-assembly in nematic colloids and is based on tools such as optical tweezers. His group was the first to observe and explain the unusual trapping properties of laser tweezers in nematics and one of his main contributions was the discovery of 2D crystallization of colloidal particles in nematics. He also led the first group to realize a liquid crystal tunable optical microresonator and 3D microlaser. His awards include the National Boris Kidric prize for patents and technical innovation in 1981 and 1986; the 1993 Republic of Slovenia National Prize; the Glenn Brown award from the International Liquid Crystal Society in 1994; the Zlata plaketa Golden tablet, awarded by the University of Ljubljana in 2002; the National Zois Award in 2004 and 2009; and the Samsung Mid-Career Award in 2008. He serves on the editorial boards of the European Physical Journal E, Liquid Crystals Reviews and Liquid Crystals.
