Education and research experience:

1984 - 1991, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb , B.Sc. in Physics
1991 - 1994, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, MSc in Nuclear Physics
1994 - 1997, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, Ph.D in Physics

1991 - 2002: Research Assistant at the Laboratory for Ion Beam Interactions , Rudjer Boskovic Institute , Zagreb
February 1999 - February 2000: Lise Meitner Postdoc Fellow at the University of Linz , Department of Atomic Physics and Surface Science

2002 - 2006:  Research Associate at the Laboratory for Ion Beam Interactions , Rudjer Boskovic Institute , Zagreb

2006 - today:  Senior Research Associate at the Laboratory for Ion Beam Interactions , Rudjer Boskovic Institute , Zagreb

Research fields:

1. Study of atomic K-, L- and M-shell ionization by protons and heavy ions (¹² C and ¹⁶O)- subject of my PhD thsis

2. Development and application of nuclear analytical techniques, including Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE), Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS), Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy (STIM) and Ion Beam Induced Charge (IBIC) technique.

         Some projects:

• PIXE and IBIC investigations of room temperature particle and gamma-ray detectors (CVD and natural diamonds, CdTe and Si diode detectors).
• Monitoring of trace elements in single atmospheric (aerosols) and fly ash particles.
• Study of radiation exposure induced changes in elemental concentrations in pig hair.

3. Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis for large recoil angles (LA-ERDA). Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis using IEE (Ion Induced Electron Emission) for particle identification

4. Development of new TOF ERDA spectrometer for thin film analysis

5. Data base for Ion Beam Analysis (measurements of non-Rutherford cross sections for backscattering and recoil)

6. Coincident scattering techniques

Papers published in 2007-2010:

1. Jakšić, Milko; Bogdanović Radović Ivančica; Bogovac, Mladen; Desnica, Vladan; Fazinić, Stjepko; Karlušić, Marko; Medunić, Zvonko; Muto, H.; Pastuović, Željko; Siketić, Zdravko, Skukan, Natko; Tadić, Tonči: New capabilities of the Zagreb ion microbeam system,// Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B - Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 260 (2007) , 1; 114-118

2. Zdravko Siketić, Iva Bogdanović Radović, Natko Skukan, Milko Jakšić and Ana Rita Lopes Ramos: Proton elastic scattering from aluminum for 120°, 150° and 165° in the energy interval from 2.4 to 5 MeV, // Nucl. Instr. and Meth B261 (2007) 414

3. A. Gurbich, I. Bogdanovic-Radovic, M. Chiari, C. Jeynes, M. Kokkoris, A.R. Ramos, M. Mayer, E. Rauhala, O. Schwerer, Shi Liqun and I. Vickridge: Status of the problem of nuclear cross section data for IBA, // Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B266 (2008) 1198–1202

4. Desnica, Uroš V.; Salamon, Krešimir; Buljan, Maja; Dubček, Pavo; Desnica-Franković, Dunja; Radić, Nikola; Siketić, Zdravko; Bogdanović Radović, Ivančica; Ivanda, Mile; Bernstorff, Sigrid: Formation of Ge-nanocrystals in SiO2 matrix by magnetron sputtering and post-deposition thermal treatment, // Superlattices and Microstructures 44 (2008) , 4-5; 323-330

5. Zdravko Siketic, Iva Bogdanovic Radovic, Milko Jaksic: Development of a time-of-flight spectrometer at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute in Zagreb, // Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B266 (2008) 1328–1332.

6. Maja Buljan, Iva Bogdanović Radović, Uroš V. Desnica, Mile Ivanda, Milko Jakšić, Igor Djerdj, Anđelka Tonejc, Ozren Gamulin: Implantation conditions for diamond nanocrystals formation in amorphous silica, // Journal of Applied Physics 104 (2008) 034315

7. Iva Bogdanovic Radovic, Zdravko Siketic, Milko Jaksic and Alexander F. Gurbich: Measurement and parametrization of proton elastic scattering cross-sections for nitrogen, // Journal of Applied Physics 104 (2008) 074905.

8. Iva Bogdanovic Radovic, Milko Jaksic and Francoise Schiettekatte: Technique for sensitive carbon depth profiling in thin samples using C-C elastic scattering, // J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 24 (2009) 194 – 198.

9. N.P.Baradas, E. Alves, Zdravko Siketić, Ivančica Bogdanović Radović: Stopping power of different ions in Si measured with a bulk sample method and Bayesian inference data analysis, // AIP conference proceedings 1099 (2008) ; 331-334.

10. Iva Bogdanović Radović, Zdravko Siketić, Natko Skukan and Milko Jakšić: Three-dimensional imaging of carbon using an elastic scattering coincidence technique, // Journal of Applied Physics 105 (2009) 074901

11. M. Buljan, Iva Bogdanović Radović , M. Karlušić et al.: Formation of long-range ordered quantum dots arrays in amorphous matrix by ion beam irradiation, // Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (2009) 063104

12. Zdravko Siketić, Iva Bogdanović Radović, Milko Jakšić: Quantitative analysis of hydrogen in thin films using Time-of-Flight Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis, // Thin Solid Films 518 (2010) 2617

13. S. Petrović, D. Peruško, B. Gaković, M. Mitrić, J. Kovač, A. Zalar, V. Milinović, I. Bogdanović-Radović, M. Milosavljević: Effects of thermal annealing on structural and electrical properties of sputtered W–Ti thin films, // Surface and Coatings Technology, 204 (2010) 2099.

14. M. Buljan, I. Bogdanović-Radović, M. Karlušić, U. V. Desnica, N. Radić, N. Skukan, G. Dražić, M. Ivanda, O. Gamulin, Z. Matej, V. Valeš, J. Grenzer,T. W. Cornelius, H. T. Metzger and V.Holý: Structural properties of Ge quantum dots formed by ion beam irradiation in amorphous silica matrix, // Physical Review B81 (2010) 085321.

15. Z. Siketić, I. Bogdanović Radović, N. Skukan and M. Jakšić: Time of flight elastic recoil detection analysis with a position sensitive detector, // Review of Scientific Instruments 81 (2010) 033305.