Dr. Nebojša Romčević – Principal Investigator
Full Research Professor
email: romcevi@ipb.ac.rs
Nebojša Romčević graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade in 1987. He got his M.Sc. at the Faculty of Physics in 1991. defending his thesis named Physics of impurities autolocalized states in Pb1-xSnxTe(In). He earned his PhD in 1997. at the Faculty of Phyiscs on the topic: Light absorption and scattering on impurity levels in doped lead telluride based semiconductors.
He has rich professional experience as a researcher, gaining highest titles – Full Research Professor at the Insitute of Physics, as well as Director in two companies: Kristal Infiz ltd and CDI ltd.
He is a member of several professional associations: American Nano Society, Serbian Physical Society (Secretary from 2004 to 2006), ETRAN Society and Materials Research Society.
He holds a patent: Crystal growth chamber for Czochralski method; Document of the small patent – No. 885 MP, 2007: Intellectual Property Office, Republic of Serbia
He participated in numerous international projects:
- Electronic, magnetic and optical properties of high temperature superconductors and semiconductors; Institute of Physics, Belgrade – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 1993-1997.
- Center of excellence for optical spectroscopy application in physics, material science and environmental protection; European Commission, 2006-2009.
- Local structures, displacements, and phase transitions in Pb1-xAxTe1-yBy (A=Mn, In, Ga, B=S) semiconductors, Deutsches Elektronen-Sinhrotron, project at HASYLAB, 2005.
- Local structures in PbTe:A (A=Ni, Co, Yb) semimagnetic semiconductors, Deutsches Elektronen-Sinhrotron, project at HASYLAB, 2008.
- Cost 539 – Electroceramics from Nanopowders Produced by Innovative Methods (ELENA); expert position, 2005-2009.
Also, Nebojša was a manager of International projects:
- Optical properties of semiconducting materials; Institute of Physics, Belgrade – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 1997-1999.
- Optical, magnetic and transport properties of magnetic and semimagnetic semiconductor nanoparticles, film and bulk materials; Institute of Physics, Belgrade, – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 2002-2007.
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2002-2006.
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures; Pavle Savic Project between Serbia and France, 2006-2007.
- Optical properties of metallic nanoparticles; Serbia and Slovenia, 2010-2011.
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic nanocrystals and nanostructures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2007-2021.
Manager of National Projects:
- Optical and transport properties of lead and mercury halogens; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2002-2005.
- Spectroscopy of elementary excitations in semimagnetic semiconductors; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2006-2010.
- Construction of Faraday sensor for fiberoptical current sensor from monocrystal Bi12GeO20; innovation project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2006-2007.
- Faraday crystal – magnetic field sensor; innovation project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2008-2009.
- Adaptation of workspace of Developmental and production center Kristal infiz doo; innovation project of infrastructural type, Ministry of Sciences and technological development, Republic of Serbia, 2010-2011.
- Modification of device for growth of ruby and sapphire single crystals; Project for incitement of companies for investing in innovation increasing for 2009 year, Ministry of economy and regional development, 2009.
- Optoelectronic nanodimensional systems – toward to applications, interdisciplinary project, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, 2011-20120.
Coordination and projects implementation:
As director and founder of Developmental and production center Kristal infiz doo, he is a leader in implementation of 41 innovation projects.
Awards and Acknowledgments:
Winner of competition – The best technological innovation in Republic of Serbia for 2006th, as a Team KRISTAL leader, for innovation: Faraday crystal – magnetic field sensor.
Specializations:
Visiting researcher:
- Moscow State University, Physics Department, Moscow, Russian federation – several visits for a period from two weeks to two months, from 1991 to 2001.
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland – several visits for a period from two weeks to one month, from 2004 to 2019.
- Saint-Etienne University, Physics Department, France, two visits of two weeks, from 2006 to 2007.
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia – two visit of 10 days in 2010.
Educational Engagement:
- Engaged at D. studies at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, at Department of microelectronics and technical physics, at the course – Electrical and optical characteristics of materials in nanoelectronics and photonics, from 2011.
- Engaged at D. studies at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrad, at the course – Innovation, transfer technology and intellectual property, from 2013.
- Engaged at High medical school at the subject – Biophysics, from 2002 to 2008.
- Mentor of more then 10 graduate thesis.
- Mentor of one Master thesis.
- Mentor of 7D. thesis.
Conference Organizing:
- By Developmental and production center Kristal infiz doo, 11 conferences were organized – Transfer of technology and knowledge from scientific and research organizations to small and medium enterprises, from 2008 to 2019.
- Organizer of fair-exhibition – Through innovation projects to products, 2010.
- Member of Organizing committees at several National conferences and one international conference.
Reviewer in international journals:
- Guest editor in Acta Physica Polonica A.
- Reviewer in Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Luminescence, Vibrational spectroscopy, Acta Physica Polonica A, Journal of Physics D – Applied Physics, Material Science Forum, Crystal Research and Technology, Solid State Communication…
References:
He published more then 250 scientific and professional papers -222 in international journals (112 in leading journals). They are cited more then 3000 times (h-index is 31).
Dr. Biljana Babić
Full Research Professor
email: babicb@ipb.ac.rs
Biljana Babić is Research Professor at the Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade. She received engineering, MSc and PhD degrees in chemistry and chemical technologies from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. The fields of research are materials, surface and colloid science and electrochemistry, with emphasis on synthesis and characterization of carbon based, oxide and non-oxide ceramics materials, as well as porous materials and their composites. Author of over 120 peer-reviewed international publications. Dr Biljana Babic was the head of the one fundamental project and three innovative projects. In the period of 2012-2015, she was the leader of the project package of the FP7 project. Also, Dr Biljana Babic was the supervisor of two doctoral dissertation and one master work. She achieved significant international collaboration.
Dr. Maja Romčević
Full Research Professor
email: romcevic@ipb.ac.rs
Maja Romčević graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade in 1991. In 1998. she got her M.Sc. degree at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering with the thesis Influence of gallium doping on the optical and transport properties of lead telluride. She earned her Ph.D. degree in 2001 at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, defending her thesis Optical and transport properties of alloys based on lead telluride and mercury.
Membership in professional associations:
- Member of Serbian Physical Society
- Member of ETRAN Society
- Member of Materials Research Society.
Patents: Protective chamber in a furnace for the growth of magneto-optical single crystals by the method Chohralski;Document of the small patent – No. 1098 MP, 2008th: Intellectual Property Office, Republic of Serbia
International projects, participation:
- Electronic, magnetic and optical properties of high temperature superconductors and semiconductors; Institute of Physics, Belgrade – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 1993-1997.
- Center of excellence for optical spectroscopy application in physics, material science and environmental protection; European Commission, 2006-2009.
- Local structures, displacements, and phase transitions in Pb1-xAxTe1-yBy (A=Mn, In, Ga, B=S) semiconductors, Deutsches Elektronen-Sinhrotron, project at HASYLAB, 2005.
- Local structures in PbTe:A (A=Ni, Co, Yb) semimagnetic semiconductors, Deutsches Elektronen-Sinhrotron, project at HASYLAB, 2008.
- Optical properties of semiconducting materials; Institute of Physics, Belgrade – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 1997-1999.
- Optical, magnetic and transport properties of magnetic and semimagnetic semiconductor nanoparticles, film and bulk materials; Institute of Physics, Belgrade, – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 2002-2007.
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2002-2006.
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic nanocrystals and nanostructures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2007-2015.
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures; Pavle Savic Project between Serbia and France, 2006-2007.
- Optical properties of metallic nanoparticles; Serbia and Slovenia, 2010-2011.
National projects, participation:
- Optical and transport properties of lead and mercury halogens; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2002-2005.
- Spectroscopy of elementary excitations in semimagnetic semiconductors; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2006-2010.
- Construction of Faraday sensor for fiberoptical current sensor from monocrystal Bi12GeO20; innovation project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2006-2007.
- Faraday crystal – magnetic field sensor; innovation project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2008-2009.
- Adaptation of workspace of Developmental and production center Kristal infiz doo; innovation project of infrastructural type, Ministry of Sciences and technological development, Republic of Serbia, 2010-2011.
- Modification of device for growth of ruby and sapphire single crystals; Project for incitement of companies for investing in innovation increasing for 2009th year, Ministry of economy and regional development, 2009th.
- Optoelectronic nanodimensional systems – toward to applications, interdisciplinary project, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, 2011-2020.
Specializations:
Visiting researcher:
- Moscow State University, Physics Department, Moscow, Russian federation – several visits for a period from two weeks to two months, from 1997st to 2001st.
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland – several visits for a period from two weeks to one month, from 2004th to 2013th.
- Saint-Etienne University, Physics Department, France, two visits of two weeks, from 2006th to 2007th.
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia – two visit of 10 days in 2010th..
Educational engagement:
- Mentor of two Master thesis.
- Mentor of one Ph.D. thesis.
Conference organizing:
- By Developmental and production center Kristal infiz doo, 11 conferences were organized – Transfer of technology and knowledge from scientific and research organizations to small and medium enterprises.
- Member of Organizing committy of fair-exhibition – Through innovation projects to products, 2010th.
Reviewer in international journals:
- Reviewer in Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Luminescence, Vibrational spectroscopy, Acta Physica Polonica A, Journal of Physics D – Applied Physics, Material Science Forum, Crystal Research and Technology, Solid State Communication…
References:
She published more than 120 papers in the international journals (over 60 in the leading international journals). They are cited more then 1500 times (h-index is 22).
Dr. Zorica Lazarević
Full Research Professor
email: lzorica@ipb.ac.rs
PhD in Materials Science at University of Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Physics Belgrade, a National Institute of the Republic of Serbia,
Department – Laboratory for Electronic Materials
Research areas:
- General research interest: material science, solid state physics and chemistry, electroceramics, microstructural, spectroscopy, magnetic and electrical characterization of materials.
- Specific research interest: synthesis of soft magnetic materials, structural characteristics and properties of materials.
- Current research activities: magnetic materials, single crystals, optical materials.
- Field of Expertise: mechanochemical synthesis and spectroscopy characterization of nanostructured materials
Publications
- As author or co-author, has published over 80 scientific papers.
- According to data from the Web of Science, papers were cited a total of 661 times (with autocitations 694 times), with an h-index equal to 15.
Dr. Jelena Trajić
Associate Research Professor
email: jelena@ipb.ac.rs
Education
M.Sc. thesis: The study of phase transitions in PbS – PbTe semiconductor alloys by spectroscopic methods, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade.
Ph.D. thesis: Optical, structural and galvanomagnetic properties of PbTe1-xSx and Pb1-xMnxTe solid solutions, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade.
Areas of Research
The analysis of the vibrational properties of semiconductor bulk crystals, thin films, nanoparticles and nanostructures using Raman, Far – infrared spectroscopy and Galvanomagnetic measurements in wide temperature range.
Participation in projects
She has been working at the Institute of Physics since 1990, where she was, and still is engaged in projects of the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, as well as in international projects.
She managed the subproject: Characterization of nanoparticles and nanostructures within the project of Integral interdisciplinary research of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia: Optoelectronic nanodimensional systems – the path to application, number III 45003 (2011-2019.)
- National projects
– Optical and transport properties of lead and mercury halogens; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2002-2005.
– Spectroscopy of elementary excitations in semimagnetic semiconductors; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2006-2010.
– Optoelectronic nanodimensional systems – toward to applications, interdisciplinary project, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, 2011-2015.
- International projects
– Electronic, magnetic and optical properties of high temperature superconductors and semiconductors; Institutte of Physics – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 1993-1997.
– Optical properties of semiconducting materials Institutte of Physics – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 1997-1999.
– Optical, magnetic and transport properties of magnetic and semimagnetic semiconductor nanoparticles, film and bulk materials; Institutte of Physics – Moscow State University, Russian Federation, 2002-2007.
– Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2002-2006.
– Center of excellence for optical spectroscopy application in physics, material science and environmental protection; European Committee, 2006-2009.
– Local structures, displacements, and phase transitions in Pb1-xAxTe1-yBy (A=Mn, In, Ga, B=S) semiconductors, Deutsches Elektronen-Sinhrotron, Project on HASYLAB, 2005.
– Local structures in PbTe:A (A=Ni, Co, Yb) semimagnetic semiconductors, Deutsches Elektronen-Sinhrotron, Project on HASYLAB, 2008.
– Cost 539 – Electroceramics from Nanopowders Produced by Innovative Methods (ELENA); 2005-2009.
– Elementary excitations in semimagnetic nanocrystals and nanostructures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2007-2015.
– Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures; Pavle Savic Project between Serbia and France, 2006-2007.
– Optical properties of metallic nanoparticles; Serbia and Slovenia, 2010-2011
Rewiever of journal papers and projects
Rewiever of journals: Optical Materials, Journal of Electronic Materials, Materials Science & Engineering B, Applied Physics A, Journal of Applied Physics, Science of Sintering, Revista Mexicana de Física, RSC Advances, Optoelectronics and Аdvanced Materials – Rapid Communications, Acta Physica Polonica…
Rewiever of project SONATA BIS grant project Narodowe Centrum Nauki – NCN, Poland.
Membership in the program committes of conferences
Committee member of the Scientific Committee Conference: Transfer of technology and knowledge from research organizations to small and medium-sized enterprises, 2008.
Committee member of the Organizing Committee Conference: Transfer of technology and knowledge from research organizations to small and medium-sized enterprises, 2010.
Menagment Commity member of the COST action CA18112 – Mech@SusInd – Mechanochemistry for Sustainable Industry.
Membership in the societies
Physics Society of Serbia, ETRAN Society, Optical Society of Serbia
References
She published more than 60 papers in the international journals (over 37 in the leading international journals). They are cited more than 460 times (h-index is 12).
Dr. Branka Hadžić
Assistant Research Professor
email: branka@ipb.ac.rs
Branka Hadžić graduated from the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade in 2004. In 2007. she got her M.Sc. degree at the Faculty of Physics with the thesis Vibration spectroscopy of Рb1-хМnхТе obtained by Bridgman method and molecular beam epitaxy. She earned her Ph.D. degree in 2009 at the Faculty of Physics, defending her thesis Vibration spectroscopy of Рb1-хМnхТе obtained by molecular beam epitaxy and nanodimensional ZnO doped with Mn, Co and Fe.
Areas of Research:
The physics of materials, the physics of semiconductor crystals, thin films, nanoparticles, and nanostructures, such as:
- structural, optical, and magnetic properties of diluted semimagnetic semiconductors based on ZnO nanopowders,
- optical and phonon properties of plastic deformed metals, and alloys,
- plasmon-phonon and plasmon-two phonon structures
- optical and electrical properties of monocrystals crystals, as well as nanodimensional systems,
- laser heating effects
- Core@Shell structures
- Raman spectroscopy in pharmacy and medicine
Skills and Expertise
- Raman, IR and Photoluminescence spectroscopy
Membership in professional associations:
- Member of Serbian Physical Society
- Member of ETRAN Society
- Optical Society of Serbia
- Member of Serbian Ceramic Society.
Patents: · Modified support for vertical positioning of tablet samples of powder materials which is part of the vacuum and cooling chamber used in spectroscopic measurements, Document of the small patent – No. 1597 U1, MP-2018/0028: Intellectual Property Office, Republic of Serbia
International projects, participation:
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic crystals and structures, Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2005-2007
- Elementary excitations in semimagnetic nanocrystals and nanostructures; Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Polish Academy of Science and Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, 2008-today.
National projects, participation:
- Spectroscopy of elementary excitations in semimagnetic semiconductors; basic science project, Ministry of Sciences, Republic of Serbia, 2007-2010.
- Optoelectronic nanodimensional systems – toward to applications, interdisciplinary project, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia, 2011-2020.
Specializations:
Visiting researcher:
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland – several visits for a period from one week to few weeks, from 2007th to 2016th.
Conference organizing:
- Member of Scientific and Organizing committee of Young Researcher’s Conference from 2013 till 2021.
Reviewer in international journals:
- Journal of Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Applied Physics Letters, Acta Physica Polonica A, and others
References:
She published more than 50 papers in the international journals (over 23 in the leading international journals). They are cited more than 339 times (h-index is 11).
Dr. Milica Ćurčić
Assistant Research Professor
email: milicap@ipb.ac.rs
Research area
- General research interest – material science, optical materials, semiconductors, nanomaterials, magnetic and electrical characterization of materials.
- Specific research interest – optoelectronics nanodimension semiconductors materials, Raman, IC and Fotoluminiscence spectroscopy.
- Field of Expertise – spectroscopy characterization of nanostructured materials.
Publications
- As author or co-author, has published over 24 scientific papers.
- According to data from the Google Sholar, papers were cited a total of 125 times, with an h-index equal to 6.
Dr. Jelena Mitrić
Assistant Research Professor
email: jmitric@ipb.ac.rs
Jelena graduated at the Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade in 2016 and has also completed her Master’s studies at the same University in 2017 in just 9 months, where she was the first in her generation to defend her master thesis. She won an annual award for the best defended bachelor thesis in the field of Physical Chemistry in February 2021. Jelena earned her PhD degree in Physical Chemistry in just 3.5 years and became one of the youngest graduated doctors in Faculty of Physical Chemistry as well as at the Institute of Physics.
She started working at the Institute of Physics in 2017 as a Junior Researcher, and now holds a title of Assistant Research Professor.
Skills and Expertise:
- X – Ray Diffraction
- Crystallography
- Nanomaterial Synthesis
Achievements and Awards:
- Scholarship funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development for best students.
- Award for the best BSc thesis in the field of Physical Chemistry – Sestre Bulajić Foundation
- Erasmus Scholarship for the best PhD students of Natural Sciences
- Award for the best Poster Presentation by Serbian Ceramic Society.
Training and International visits:
- Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Internship Trainee at Advanced Materials Department - Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia
Junior Researcher - Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute, Granada, Spain
Research Assistant at Laboratory for Crystallography
Publications:
Jelena has published 9 scientific papers, with over 60 citations, having h – index equal to 5. She participated in over 20 International conferences.
Jelena is an author of a chapter ”Properties and characterization of rare-earth-activated phosphors” in a book ”Rare Earth Activated Phosphors” which will be published by Elsevier.
Reviewer in International Journals: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Co – guest Editor on the Special Issue “Plasma Nanomaterial Fabrication and Applications”
Invited Talks:
- National Conference on Luminescence and Its Applications
Organized by Department of Physics, Govt. V. Y. T. PG. Auto. College Durg, Chhattisagarh, India.
Experience in Teaching:
- Teacher of Physics and Mathematics in High School
- Teacher of Cambridge subject – Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for high school students