Tomaž Pisanski (b. May 24, 1949 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) is a Slovene mathematician working mainly in graph theory. He studied at the University of Ljubljana where he obtained a B.Sc., M.Sc and Ph.D. in mathematics. His Ph.D. thesis from topological graph theory was written under the guidance of Torrence Parsons. During his undergraduate studies he was an exchange student at the University of Nancy , France. He also obtained a M.Sc. in computer science from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a professor for discrete and computational mathematics at the University of Ljubljana. Since 2004 he has a joint position at University of Primorska in Koper. He was teachnig undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics and computer science at the University of Zagreb, University of Udine , University of Leoben, California State University, Chico, Simon Fraser University, University of Auckland and Colgate University.
In 2005 he was decorated with the Order of Merit (Slovenia).
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