Research Associate
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irena.debeljak@zrc-sazu.si
Since 1990 employed at Ivan Rakovec Institute of Paleontology ZRC SAZU. Her main research interest are fossil vertebrates: from Triassic ichthyosaurs, Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and crocodiles, to Quaternary mammals. Currently she is mostly working on cave bear paleobiology. She teaches archaeozoology within the subject of Environmental archaeology at the Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana.
Turk, I., Dirjec, J., Debeljak, I., Huber, Đ. 1992: Divje babe I - poskus uporabe statistične analize množičnih živalskih ostankov v paleolitski arheologiji. IV. Posamično najdeni zobje jamskega medveda. – Arheol. vestn., 43, 7-22, Ljubljana.
Buser, S., Debeljak, I. 1996: Lower Jurassic beds with bivalves in south Slovenia. (Spodnjejurske plasti s školjkami v južni Sloveniji.) – Geologija, 37-38, 23-62, Ljubljana.
Debeljak, I. 1996: A simple preparation technique of cave bear teeth for age determination by cementum increments. – Rev. paleobiol., 15/1, 105-108, Geneve.
Debeljak, I. 1996: Ontogenetic development of dentition in the cave bear. – Geologija, 39, 13-77, Ljubljana.
Debeljak, I. & Buser, S. 1997: Lithiotid bivalves in Slovenia and their mode of life. – Geologija, 40, 3-25, Ljubljana.
Debeljak, I., Košir, A., Otoničar, B. 1999: A preliminary note on dinosaurs and non-dinosaurian reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate platform succession at Kozina (SW Slovenia). – Razpr. IV. razr. SAZU, 40, 3-25, Ljubljana
Debeljak, I. 2000: Dental cementum in the cave bear; comparison of different preparation techniques. – Geol. zb. 15, 25-40, Ljubljana.
Debeljak, I. 2002: Fossil population structure of the cave bear from Divje babe I site, Slovenia. – Abh. Karst- Höhlenkd. A, 34, 41-48, München.
Debeljak, I., Košir, A., Buffetaut, E. & Otoničar, B. 2002: The Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and crocodiles of Kozina (SW Slovenia): a preliminary study. – Mem. Soc. Geol. It., 57/1, 193-201, Roma.
Debeljak, I. 2004: Fossil population structure of the cave bear from Potočka zijalka (Slovenia). – Mitt. Komm. Quartärforsch. Österr. Akad. Wiss., 13, 173-182, Wien.
Debeljak, I., Buffetaut, E., Buser, S., Košir, A., Krivic, K., Mikuž, V., Otoničar, B. 2005: Terrestrial vertebrate locality in Upper Cretaceous Gosau Beds near Stranice (NE Slovenia). – Geol. zb., 18, 26-28, Ljubljana.
Debeljak, I. 2007: Fossil population structure and mortality of the cave bear from the Mokrica cave (North Slovenia). – Acta Carsol., 36/3, 475-484.
Rabeder, G., Debeljak, I., Hofreiter, M., Withalm, G. 2008: Morphological responses of cave bears (Ursus spelaeus group) to high-alpine habitats. – Die Höhle, 59, 59-72, Wien.
Debeljak, I. 2011: Determination of Individual Age and Season at Death in Cave Bear from Ajdovska jama near Krško (Slovenia). – Mitt. Komm. Quartärforsch. Österr. Akad. Wiss., 20, 51-63, Wien.
B.Sc. – 1989, Department of Geology, FNT, University of Ljubljana
M.Sc. – 1996, Department of Geology, NTF, University of Ljubljana
Ph.D. – 2003, Department of Geology, NTF, University of Ljubljana