Bio:
Professional Preparation
07/1999 degree in electrical engineering (Dipl. ing.), University of Belgrade.
05/2004 dissertation (Dr.rer.nat.) in Theoretical Physics, Technical University Berlin, title: “Study of Interplay between Structure and Flow in Embedded-atom Systems”, supervisors: Prof. Dr. Siegried Hess and Prof. Dr. Martin Kröger.
Appointments
1999-2005 Research Assistant, Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Berlin.
2005-2009 Senior Simulation Engineer, Advanced Technology Division, Toyota Motor Europe (TME), Brussels, applied research projects.
2018 visiting professor at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
2023 Fulbright Fellow at the University of California, Merced
2023 visiting professor at the University of Leoben, Austria
2009-today Principal Research Fellow/Research Professor, Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade.
Projects
2009-2012 Swiss Science Foundation SCOPES grant (co-applicant);
2013-2018 Management Committee member of COST Actions MP1305 “Flowing matter” and MP1303 “Understanding and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction”;
2012-2019 Theory and Simulation sub-project leader - Nanostructured multifunctional materials & nanocomposites, III45018;
2015-2019 Leader of the theoretical work package on the Horizon 2020 project Designing Advanced Functionalities through controlled NanoElement integration in OXide thin films (DAFNEOX);
2009-today Enterprise Europe Network technology transfer project advisor;
2018-2022 Leader of the research topic within the Centre for the Study of Complex Systems
Simulations of systems of nanoparticles, molecules, and 2d materials with long-range interactions;
2020-2025 Principal investigator of Horizon 2020 project ULtra ThIn MAgneto Thermal sEnsor-Ing (ULTIMATE-I) for the company/Institute of Physics spin-off Senzor Infiz.
2023-2027 Principal investigator of Horizon Europe project Bridging Models at Different Scales To Design New Generation Fuel Cells for Electrified Mobility (BLESSED).
2022-2027 Management Committee Member of Horizon Europe project European Network for the Mechanics of Matter at the Nano-Scale (MecaNano).
Ph.D. thesis mentor
2010 - 2017 Modeling and optimization of transport processes in modern nanoelectronic devices, Dr Milan Žeželj.
2014 - 2019 Modeling the behaviour of confined dipolar and ionic systems, Dr Miljan Dašić.
2023 - Mateja Jovanović
Collaborators
Carlos Garcia, USM, Valparaiso, Chile;
Aleksandar Matković, University of Leoben, Austria;
Olivier Noel, Universite du Maine, France;
Konstantinos Gkagkas, Advanced Technology Division TME, Belgium;
Rene Messina, University of Loraine, France;
Martin Kroeger, ETHZ, Switzerland;
Radoš Gajić, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia;
Gurvinder Sing, University of Sydney, Australia.
Publications: 34 publications (h-index 13, citations more than 550), 1 international patent
Awards & Honours
1993 Prize of City of Belgrade for the research project
1999 Award Best Student at the Department of Physical Electronics in 1999
Research fields of interest:
applications of High-Performance Computing to technical problems, modeling of friction (computational tribology), wear, ionic liquids, two-dimensional materials, and self-assembly of magnetic particles
Methods used include molecular dynamics computer simulation, particle methods, Monte Carlo method, optimization, and root-finding techniques.
Selected publications
1. M. Dašić, I. Stanković, and K. Gkagkas, Molecular dynamics investigation of the influence of the shape of the cation on the structure and lubrication properties of ionic liquids, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, 4375-4386 (2019).
2. B. Vasić, I. Stanković, A. Matković, M. Kratzer, C. Ganser, R. Gajić, C. Teichert, Molecules on rails: friction anisotropy and preferential sliding directions of organic nanocrystallites on two-dimensional materials, Nanoscale 10, 18835-18845 (2018).
3. B. Vasić, A. Matković, R. Gajić, and I. Stanković, Wear properties of graphene edges probed by atomic force microscopy-based lateral manipulation, Carbon 107, 723-732 (2016).
4. I. Stanković, M. Dašić, J.A. Otálora, C. García, A platform for nanomagnetism-assembled ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic dipolar tubes, Nanoscale 11, 2521 (2019).
5. Ll. Balcells, I. Stanković, Z. Konstantinović, A. Alagh, V. Fuentes, L. López-Mir, Judit Oró, N. Mestres, C. García, A. Pomar, and B. Martínez, Spontaneous in-flight assembly of magnetic nanoparticles into macroscopic chains, Nanoscale 11, 14194 (2019).
Languages: Serbian (native), Spanish (learning), English, German, French