Biography:

Professor, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana University, Slovenia. His and his research group's research field has been mainly the subterranean habitats, including their ecology, biogeography and biodiversity. Not limited to the underground are his interests in taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of some invertebrates (mainly crustaceans and leeches).

Boris Sket trained at the Ljubljana University where he has also served as a teacher (zoology, evolution, speleobiology) and researcher. He was the Dean of the Biotehniska fakulteta and than the Rector of Univerza v Ljubljani. He was also the President of the Caving Association of Slovenia and recently, the President of the International Society for Subterranean Biology and. He obtained some state awards for his scientific and organisational activity

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