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Researcher and assistant professor currently working on the topic of biomagnetism and (magnetoencephalography) MEG and fNIRS. I started my research journey by enrolling in undergraduate study program of Physics at the University of Maribor. I completed this study with my graduate work on the field of computational neuroscience and statistical physics. Later I enrolled in graduate study program of Physics at the University of Maribor. The master’s thesis was on topic of complex networks, statistical physics and computational neuroscience with title: “Physiological determinants of critical behavior in a system of coupled excitable oscillators”. After obtaining the bachelors degree I started a job at the position of young researcher at the Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics (IMFM), this work position is funded by the Slovenian research agency ARRS. At the same time, I enrolled in a doctorate program in Physics at the University of Maribor. At the institute I started to work with my mentor dr. Vojko Jazbinšek in the field of biomagnetism especially on the topic of MEG. I succesfuly finished my PhD.
Publications
Proper spatial heterogeneities expand the regime of scale-free behavior in a lattice of excitable elements, Urban Marhl, and Marko Gosak, Phys. Rev. E 100, 062203 (2019)
Application of source localization algorithms in magnetoencephalography: test on a new generation of magnetometers, U. Marhl, A. Jodko-Wladzinska, R. Brühl, T. H. Sander and V. Jazbinšek ,2019 42nd International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), Opatija, Croatia, 2019, pp.
Comparison between conventional SQUID based and novel OPM based measuring systems in MEG, U. Marhl, A. Jodko-Wladzinska, R. Brühl, T. Sander and V. Jazbinšek, European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Springer, Cham., 2020, pp. 254-261.
Simulation Study of Different Sensing Directions in OPM and SQUID MEG., U. Marhl, T. Sander and V. Jazbinšek, IJBEM , 23(2), pp. 16/1-4 (2021)
A 50 channel optically pumped magnetometer MEG in an externally actively shielded two-layer room., T. Sander, U. Marhl and V. Jazbinšek, IJBEM , 23(1), pp. 5/1-4 (2021)
Avoiding non-linearity of optically pumped magnetometer MEG within an actively shielded two-layer mu-metal room, T. Sander, U. Marhl and V. Jazbinšek, Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering 100, 7(2), pp. 543-546 (2021)
Transforming and comparing data between standard SQUID and OPM-MEG systems, U. Marhl, A. Jodko-Wladzinska, R. Brühl, T. Sander and V. Jazbinšek, PLoS ONE, 17(1): e0262669 (2022)
Simulation Study of Different OPM-MEG Measurement Components, U. Marhl, T. Sander and V. Jazbinšek, Sensors, 22(9): 3184 (2022)