stars in our Galaxy. In period 2011–2014 she was the PI of the ESA project "Relativistic Global Navigation System". Her research fields are astronomy and astrophysics, the general theory of relativity, black holes, gamma ray bursts, stellar rotation, and rotational velocities of symbiotic stars. She publishes popular science articles on astronomy and astrophysics in Slovenian astronomical magazine Spika. She is the founder and editor of the web portal Portal v vesolje. In the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA) she was the Single Point of Contact and Coordinator for Slovenia. Among other IYA activities she initiated and organized exhibition of astro-photographs From Earth to the Universe at the Jakopič promenade in Tivoli City Park in Ljubljana, Travelling exhibition From Earth to the Universe, Open door days at Astronomical and Geophysical Observatory Golovec (AGO) and other. She was also co-editor of the proceedings of the workshop Slovenia and Space – yesterday, today and tomorrow and of the catalogue of the exhibition From Earth to the Universe. She received award Prometheus of Science 2007 (Prometej znanosti 2007) for co-editing monography Physics, My Profession – Life and Work of Our Female Physicists (Fizika, moj poklic – življenje in delo naših fizičark) and Prometheus of Science 2009 (for leading the Organizing Committee of International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Slovenia). She is the president of the national committee for astronomy competition organized since 2009 by Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia. Andreja Gomboc is a member of Marie Curie Fellows Organization PAZU, European Astronomical Society (EAS) and International Astronomical Union (IAU). In 2015 she received Zois Certificate of Recognition, a Slovenian state award, for important research findings concerning Gamma Ray Bursts. In 2016 she organized astronomical symposium New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics, the first International Astronomical Union Symposium in Slovenia. See also List of astronomers Notes References Further reading Strnad, Janez; Sajovic, Tomaž. Dr. Andreja Gomboc, astrofizičarka [Dr. Andreja Gomboc, Astrophysicist] (in Slovene). Proteus 74/1. September 2011. Natural History Society of Slovenia. ISSN 0033-1805. (an interview with Andreja Gomboc) External links Home page of Andreja Gomboc at UNG 1969 births Slovenian astronomers Women astronomers 20th-century astronomers Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University Living people People from Murska Sobota University of Ljubljana alumni