In the year of the Slovenian plebiscite, he started elementary school in Malečnik near Maribor, completed it with straight A’s, became a "golden" graduate of Maribor Second Grammar School with perfect marks, and graduated with an average grade of 9.93, the highest average in the modern history of the Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana. Today, he is a member of the creative core of the Center for Open Innovation at the University of Maribor and, since 2014, the head of the Institute of Physiology at its Faculty of Medicine.

During his studies, he also successfully appeared on a television quiz show while wearing the uniform of his local volunteer fire brigade. Moreover, he is convinced that if he lives to see the age of 87, he will receive a badge for 80 years of service in firefighting.

He now spends most of his time in the laboratory and, among other things, is scientifically dedicated to researching the pancreas, studying the function of beta cells that secrete insulin and whose destruction is one of the causes of the development of diabetes. Although he has gained experience working abroad and received numerous invitations from foreign research institutions, Dr. Andraž Stožer is convinced that Slovenia offers much at low cost and cannot afford a brain drain. Therefore, he remains by the Drava River, works, and unconditionally believes in Slovenia—a country whose future, he believes, can be secured by small family businesses, tourism, high-quality service activities in the quaternary sector, information technology, and international cooperation.