Dr. Anton Bergant graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 25, 1981. The topic of his BSc Thesis was: Treatise of hydraulic transient phenomena in hydroelectric power plants with Francis turbines. On April 18, 1985 he completed his MSc studies in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana. The topic of his MSc Thesis was: Unsteadiness and vibrations in hydraulic systems. On December 9, 1985 he successfully passed an exam at the State Committee for Industry and Civil Engineering and became Professional Engineer. He successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis at the Faculty of mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana on May 6, 1993. The topic of his thesis was: Transient cavitating flow in piping systems. On September 18, 1997 he was appointed as Assistant Professor for Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery at the University of Ljubljana.
From January to May 1987 he was visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom specializing numerical modelling of hydraulic transients in piping systems. From October 1989 to January 1993 he was employed as research officer with the University of Adelaide, Australia. He designed and constructed an experimental apparatus for investigating transient cavitating flow. From April to June 1995 and from February to April 1997 he was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Adelaide conducting research on transient cavitating flow in pipelines. He was visiting professor at the same university in November 1999 and June 2006. In June 1985 he attended a special course on fluid transients at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. In April 1989 he attended a special course on unsteady flows in turbomachinery at German Military Academy, Munich. The results of his research have been published in journals and conference proceedings. He has been working for industry since 1980 in the field of hydraulic machinery and systems. He is currently employed full-time with Litostroj E.I. d.o.o., Ljubljana. His position is head of Research, Instrumenation and Control Engineering Department. In addition, he is employed part-time with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ljubljana.