110 Les/Wood, Vol. 73, No. 2, December 2024 Les/Wood Novice/News Prof. dr. Lidija Zadnik Strin je prejela nagrado »EURO Distinguished Service Award« Prof. Dr Lidija Zadnik Strin received the EURO Distinguished Service Award Katarina Čufar, Leon Oblak Naša kolegica prof. dr. Lidija Zadnik Strin je prejela nagrado EURO Distinguished Service Award (EDSA) 2024 za življenjsko delo in prispevek na po- dročju operacijskih raziskav, vključno z izobraževa- njem, raziskavami in storitvami, tako v Sloveniji kot na mednarodni ravni. Nagrado je prejela na konferenci EURO 2024 v Københavnu, na kateri je bilo 3029 registriranih udeležencev iz 70 držav, ki so prisluhnili 2458 kako- vostnim predstavitvam. Konferenco je 30. junija 2024 odprl Rasmus Larsen, rektor Tehnične univerze Danske. Podeli- tev nagrade EURO Distinguished Service Award je v obliki kviza z naslednjimi vprašanji izvedel prof. dr. Michel Bierlaire iz Belgije. Kdo je oseba • ki je sodelovala z Univerzo v Washingtonu in Univerzo v Münchnu ter razvila optimizacijske modele za upravljanje naravnih virov, zlasti v gozdarstvu, • v modele okoljskega odločanja vključila stoha- stiko, mehko logiko, dinamiko in večkriterijsko odločanje, • znana po interdisciplinarnih raziskavah na po- dročju operacijskih raziskav, računalništva in okoljskega upravljanja ter avtorica več kot 600 publikacij in urednica več vrhunskih revij, • vplivna v evropskih raziskovalnih projektih in je vodila pobude, kot sta MEDMONT iz 5. okvir- nega programa EU in projekt COOL v ERA-NET WoodWisdom-Net 2, Slika 1. Prof. dr. Lidija Zadnik Strin, prejemnica na- grade EURO Distinguished Service Award, in prof. dr. Michel Bierlaire, predsednik komisije za pode- litev nagrade EDSA (Foto: dovoljenje EURO, 2024). Figure 1. Prof. Dr Lidija Zadnik Strin, the recipient of the EURO Distinguished Service Award, and Prof. Dr Michel Bierlaire, chair of the EDSA jury (photo: courtesy EURO, 2024). 111 Les/Wood, Vol. 73, No. 2, December 2024 Les/Wood Novice/News • soustanovila Sekcijo za operacijske raziskave (SOR) v Sloveniji in je od leta 1997 njena pred- sednica; s svojimi aktivnostmi pa je bistveno povečala mednarodno prepoznavnost SOR in interdisciplinarnih raziskav na področju opera- cijskih raziskav v Sloveniji? Pravilni odgovor na vsa vprašanja je bil Lidija Zadnik Stirn. Protokol o izboru nagrajencev določa, da pre- dloge za nagrajence podajo le tuje fakultete ali ustanove, ne pa tudi matična ustanova ali kolegi, s katerimi nagrajenka ali nagrajenec sodeluje. Infor- macije za nominacijo in izbor za nagrado izhajajo iz javno dostopnih virov. Lidija Zadnik Stirn se je zahvalila za priznanje na področju, na katerem že dolgo z velikim nav- dušenjem deluje. Zahvalila se je vsem, ki so z njo sodelovali na Biotehniški fakulteti ter v drugih usta- novah in združenjih v Sloveniji in v mednarodnem prostoru. Zahvalila se je Biotehniški fakulteti Uni- verze v Ljubljani, ki ji kot zaslužni profesorici nudi prijazno in spoštljivo delovno okolje. Povedala je tudi, da priznanje vidi kot obvezo, da bo še naprej delala v korist Biotehniške fakultete in Univerze v Ljubljani. Na Oddelku za lesarstvo Biotehniške fakulte- te Univerze smo na kolegico prof. dr. Lidijo Zadnik Stirn zelo ponosni. Čestitamo ji za velike dosežke in ji želimo, da bi ostala zdrava in aktivna, ter da bi še naprej prispevala k mednarodni in slovenski znanosti! Our colleague Prof. Dr Lidija Zadnik Strin has received the EURO Distinguished Service Award (EDSA) 2024 for her lifetime achievements and extensive contributions to operations research, in- cluding education, research and service activities, both in Slovenia and internationally. She received the award at the EURO 2024 con- ference in Copenhagen. This was the conference which welcomed 3,029 registered participants from 70 countries who listened to a total of 2,458 high quality presentations. On 30 June 2024, Rasmus Larsen, Rector of the Technical University of Denmark, opened the con- ference and warmly welcomed the participants. The presentation of the EURO Distinguished Ser- vice Award was introduced by Prof. Dr Michel Bier- laire from Belgium in the form of a quiz, with the following questions: Who co-operated with the University of Wash- ington and the University of Munich and developed optimization models for natural resource manage- ment, especially in forestry? Who has integrated stochastics, fuzzy logic, dynamics and multi-criteria decision making into environmental decision models? Who is known for her interdisciplinary re- search in operations research, computer science and environmental management and has authored more than 600 publications and is an editor for sev- eral top journals? Who has been an influential figure in European research projects, leading initiatives such as MED- MONT from the 5th EU Framework Programme and the COOL project in the ERA-NET WoodWis- dom-Net 2? Who co-founded the Section for Operations Research (SOR) in Slovenia and has been its presi- dent since 1997, significantly increasing its interna- tional visibility? The correct answer to all the questions was Lidija Zadnik Stirn. The protocol for the selection of the winner stipulates that nominations for the award are made only by foreign faculties or institutions, not by the home institution or colleagues with whom the award winner collaborates. The information for the Slika 2. Prof. dr. Lidija Zadnik Strin na konferenci EURO 2024 v Københavnu (Foto: osebni arhiv LZS). Figure 2. Prof. Dr Lidija Zadnik Strin, at the EURO 2024 conference in Copenhagen (photo: personal archive LZS). 112 Les/Wood, Vol. 73, No. 2, December 2024 Les/Wood Novice/News nomination and selection of the winning candidate comes from publicly available sources. Lidija Zadnik Stirn expressed her gratitude for being honoured in a field in which she has been working with great enthusiasm for many years. She thanked all those who have worked with her at the Biotechnical Faculty and in other institutions and associations in Slovenia and internationally. She thanked the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, where she finds a friendly working en- vironment and respect as a professor emerita. She sees the recognition that comes with this award as an obligation to continue working for the benefit of the Biotechnical Faculty and the University of Lju- bljana. At the Department of Wood Science and Tech- nology BF UL, we are proud of our colleague. We congratulate her on her great achievements and hope that she will stay healthy and active, and con- tinue to contribute to international and Slovenian science! VIR REFERENCE EURO the ‘Association of European Operational Research Societies’. URL: https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/255/distingui- shed-service-award-edsa (17. November 2024)