▁Nash - Will iams . ▁ ▁Mar u š ič ▁has ▁published ▁extens ively , ▁and ▁has ▁super vised ▁seven ▁Ph D ▁students ▁( as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 ). ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁third ▁re ctor ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Prim or ska ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 9 , ▁a ▁university ▁he ▁lo bb ied ▁to ▁have ▁established ▁in ▁his ▁home ▁town ▁of ▁K oper . ▁His ▁research ▁focus es ▁on ▁topics ▁in ▁algebraic ▁graph ▁theory , ▁particularly ▁the ▁symmetry ▁of ▁graphs ▁and ▁the ▁action ▁of ▁finite ▁groups ▁on ▁combin atorial ▁objects . ▁He ▁is ▁regarded ▁as ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Sloven ian ▁school ▁of ▁research ▁in ▁algebraic ▁graph ▁theory ▁and ▁permut ation ▁groups . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁career ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁Mar u š ič ▁attended ▁g ymnasium ▁in ▁K oper . ▁He ▁studied ▁under grad uate ▁mathematics ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁L jub lj ana , ▁gradu ating ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁He ▁completed ▁his ▁Ph D ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁in ▁England , ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Reading ▁under ▁the ▁super vision ▁of ▁Cris pin ▁Nash - Will iams . ▁ ▁After ▁comple ting ▁a ▁post - do ctor al ▁fellow ship ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Reading ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁Mar u š ič ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁teaching ▁high ▁school ▁mathematics ▁in ▁K oper . ▁ ▁He ▁worked ▁for ▁one ▁year ▁at ▁the