Prof. Lidija Slemenik Perše is currently Chair of mechanics of polymers and composites at the Laboratory of Experimental Mechanics, Faculty for Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Lidija Slemenik Perše holds a B.Sc., an M.Sc., and a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Lidija Slemenik Perše’s research interests are rheology, polymers, composites, and experimental mechanics; she has 55 papers publications with 702 citations and 9161 reads (ResearchGate, 17 November 2023) in these areas.