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Research area
- Structural,
- electronic, magnetic and transport properties of graphene and 2D materials,
- nanotubes,
- nanowires,
- multiferroics,
- topological insulators, etc.
Skills
- Density functional theory (DFT), semiempirical method (density functional-based tight binding method – DFTB), molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, group symmetry analysis, etc.
- Development of codes in C, C++, python.
- Uses scientific software for atomistic simulations including Siesta, DFTB+, ASE, Abinit, Smeagol, etc.
Work experience:
- 2016 – present Associate research professor at the Institute of Physics Belgrade and the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.
- 2016 – present associate research scientist at the Texas A&M University in Doha, Qatar.
- 2014 – 2015 Web development at an IT company
- 2009 – 2013 Postdoctoral position at the School of Physics and CRANN Institute, Trinity College Dublin
- 2008 – 2009 Postdoctoral position at the Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, TU Dresden
Education:
- 2004 – 2008 PhD studies at the Dresden University of Technology, Germany under supervision of Gotthard Seifert. Thesis: ”Molybdenum Chalcohalide and Sulfide Nanowires as New Building Blocks of Electromechanical Nanodevices”, under special honnor.
- 1996 – 2003 Sc. degree at the Department of theoretical and experimental physics, Faculty of physics, Belgrade University. Thesis: ”Realization of Characteristic Quantum Circuits on Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices”. GPA: 9.25 out of 10
- 1992-1996 High school of mathematics in Belgrade
Awards and certificates:
- Professor-Schwabe-Preis of Dresden University of Technology “for outstanding achievements in preparing his thesis on the topic Molybdenum chalcogenide nanowires as building blocks of nanodevices”
- SFI grant at CRANN, Trinity College Dublin
- Doctoral scholarships from the German Science Foundation.
Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):
- Reviewer in many journals including Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Nanotechnology, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Carbon, etc.
Memberships:
- Physics society of Serbia
Current:
- Participant of the national project number OI 171005 (principal investigator Radoš Gajić)
- Principle investigator of the bilateral Serbia-German project titled Engineering electronic properties of thin-films of transition metal dichalcogenides for applications in solar cells – a combined theoretical-experimental approach
- Principal investigator of the bilateral Serbian-France project titled MXene nanostructures for clean energy storage devices.
- Participant of the project funded by Qatar National Research Fund, cycle eleven, (QNRF) the grant number NPRP11S-1126-170033, principle investigator Milivoj Belić
- Carbon 162, 497 (2020), Superior hardness and stiffness of diamond nanoparticles
- Surf. Sci. 458, 446 (2018), Reducing sheet resistance of self-assembled transparent graphene films by defect patching and doping with UV / ozone treatment
- Nanoscale 9, 19337 (2017), Fortune teller fermions in two-dimensional materials
- 28, 495706 (2017), Designing topological defects in 2D materials using scanning probe microscopy and a self-healing mechanism: a density functional based MD study
- Rev. B 90, 035418 (2014), Proximity-induced topological state in graphene
- Rev. Lett. 108, 156802 (2012), Designing electrical contacts to MoS2 monolayers: a computational study
- Rev. Lett. 108, 107205 (2012), Magnetism and antiferroelectricity in MgB6
- Phys. Chem. C 115, 24586 (2011), New route for stabilization of 1T-WS2 and MoS2 phases
- Nano Lett. 8, 4093 (2008), Electromechanical switch based on Mo6S6 nanowires
- Rev. Lett. 99, 085503 (2007), Unique structural and transport properties of molybdenum chalcohalide nanowires