- Work experience:
- 2024 – present: University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
- 2018 – 2024: Geological Survey of Serbia
- 2011 – 2016: Schlumberger Ltd.
- 2007 – 2010: University of Vienna, Austria.
- 2002 – 2004: Schlumberger Ltd. (Geoservices)
- 2001 – 2002: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining & Geology.
- Education:
- 2007-2010: Dr.rer.nat. (PhD) University of Vienna, Austria;
- 2001-2006: Magister Thesis, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining & Geology.
- 1993-1999: Graduate geological engineer degree, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining & Geology.
- Awards and certificates:
- 2013 – Award “Jovan Žujovic”, a prestigious award for Regional Geology contribution on behalf of the Serbian Geological Society;
- 2006 – Award winner for the best Magister Thesis Project in Geology – award title “Milan Milićević, geological engineer”, Faculty of Mining & Geology, Belgrade, 2006.
- Certified Teacher and Instructor
- Other professional activities
- The pioneering study and publications dealing with the newly outlined complex “Cenerian Orogeny” – a Lower Paleozoic event observed for the first time in segments of the Balkan Peninsula
Courses taught:
- Field Geological Mapping (University of Belgrade);
- Introduction to Basin and Petroleum Systems Modeling (Schlumberger);
- PetroMod 1D, 2D, 3D modeling (Schlumberger);
- Structural Geology (field course, University of Vienna)
Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):
- Active reviewer for a number of highly cited journals: Marine and Petroleum Geology, Precambrian Research, Sedimentary Geology, Applied Science, Energies, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Fuels, Materials, Minerals, etc.
Memberships:
- Serbian Geological Society
Current:
- Science and technological cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Austria from 2024 to 2026 (337-00-216/2023-05/163): ““Comparison of the Cenerian orogenic imprints in Serbia and Austria”.
Past:
- Geological Map of Serbia, 1: 50,000;
- Petroleum Exploration Projects;
- Geological Map of Libya, 1:250,000, scientific cooperation;
- Spahić, D., Milovanović, D., Kostić, B., Kurešević, L., & Tančić, P. (2025). Reconstruction of the enigmatic pre-Variscan paleogeographic configuration of the western peri-Moesian realm (Carpathian-Balkans, eastern Serbia): An insight into Devonian small-scale continental and paleo-oceanic units. Earth-Science Reviews, 105227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105227 (M21a+)
- Spahić, D., Tančić, P., Kurešević, L., Cvetković, Ž., & Spahić, M. P. (2025). The intra-Mesozoic bauxite-bearing truncations of the peri-Neotethyan realm (Dinarides/Vardar Zone): A multidisciplinary approach shedding new light on the Neocimmerian event. Earth-Science Reviews, 262, 105040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2025.105040 (M21a+)
- Spahić, D., Cocco, F., & Tančić, P. (2024). The far-field interplay between peripheral Cenerian Orogeny and inner north Gondwanan hinterland: Cambro-Ordovician siliciclastic veneer and pre-Hirnantian unconformities (Sahara, central Libya). Earth-Science Reviews, 258, 104952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104952 (M21a+)
- Spahić, D. (2024). Elusive Permian–Triassic Western Paleotethyan paleogeography: Towards the Early Cimmerian pre-Vardar configuration (Dinarides-Carpathian Balkan Belt). Earth-Science Reviews, 104857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104857 (M21a+)
- Spahić, D., Radović, M., Blagojević, D., Tanasković, L., Jovanović, D., Vuković, S., & Cocco, F. (2024). New evidence for Alpine overprint of poly-deformed gneisses in the ‘Median Dacides’ of SE Europe: restoring polyphase deformations and transposition cycles. International Geology Review, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2024.2397416 (M21)
- Spahić, D., Nikić, Z., Poznanović-Spahić, Z. M., Mukherjee, S., & Dokmanović, P. (2023). Discovery of hyperalkaline waters in the ophiolites of western Serbia: Environmental considerations for carbon capture and sequestration. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 231, 212319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.212319 (M21)
