Born: September 27, 1972. in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
ADDRESS:
Institute of Nuclear Sciences “VINCA”
Laboratory for Theoretical and Condensed Matter Physics (020/2)
P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
telephone: +381 11 80 65 828
fax: +381 11 80 65 829
email: natasaj@vinca.rs
EDUCATION:
- 1999. BSc in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia;
Major: Theoretical and Experimental Physics - 2003. MSc in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia;
M.Sc. thesis: ‘Structural and Magnetic Properties of Li1.33x Co2-3x Ti 1+0.67xO4Spinels’ - 2010. PhD in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia;
Ph.D. thesis: ‘The influence of cation distribution, microstructure and crystal symmetry on the magnetism in spinel compounds’
PRESENT POSITION:
- since June 2011 Research Assossiate at the “Vinca” Institute of Nuclear Sciences
PREVIOUS POSITION:
- 1999-2004 Postgraduate Research Fellow
- 2004-2011 Research Assistant at the “Vinca” Institute of Nuclear Sciences
EMPLOYMENT:
- 1999- Present Laboratory of Theoretical and Condensed Matter Physics (020), The “Vinca” Institute of Nuclear Sciences
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- 2005-2007 – ENEA C.R. Casaccia », Materials and Technology Composite and Nanostructured Materials Section, Roma, Italy (16 months fellowship) – subject: graphite and related nanocomposites; Advisors: Dr Marco Vittori Antisari andDr Amelia Montone
- October 2008 – The Angstrom Laboratory, University of Uppsala, Sveden»– One month training in refinements of crystal and magnetic structures from X-ray and neutron data by FULLPROF program, supported through FP6 programme; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Roland Tellgren
- 2011-2012 – Post-doctoral fellowship of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia in Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragon (INA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain » (6 months) Subject: synthesis and characterization of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications; magnetic hyperthermia; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Gerardo F. Goya
AWARDS:
- 2008 The European Crystallographic Association grant for participation at EPDIC-11, Warsaw, Poland
FIELDS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST:
- Crystal structure and microstructure refinements based on the Rietveld profile method (program FULLPROF)
- Synthesis of transition metal based magnetic oxides
- Magnetic properties investigation
- Mossbauer spectroscopy
- Nanocomposites