PERSONAL DATA:

  • Date and place of birth: 13.10 1973. Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina.

  • Married, two children.

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    POSITIONS:

  • Research assistant, Institut Ruđer Bošković, Department of Material Science, Laboratory of Semiconductors (2001-today).

  • postdoc, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (2008-2009).

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    EDUCATION:

  • University in Zagreb, Croatia, Ph.D. in Physics, (July 2008). PhD thesis title: “Properties of semiconductor quantum dots in amorphous SiO2 matrix”. Supervisor:  Dr.sc. Uroš V. Desnica.

  • University in Zagreb, Croatia, undergraduate education (2000).Title: “Investigation of structure of V(100)(5×1)-O and Ag/V(100)(5×1)-O by diffraction of low energy electrons”. Supervisor: Dr.sc. Petar Pervan.

  • High school: I Gymnasium, Sarajevo 1992.

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    WORK EXPERIENCE:

  • Israel, Haifa, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in duration of 9 months during 2003 and 2004.

  • Experimental measurements at synchrotron radiation sources: Participation in many experimental projects at synchrotrons: Elettra Trieste, Italy; Anka Karlsruhe, Germany and ESRF Grenoble, France.

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    FIELD OF RESEARCH:

    1.)   Investigation of production methods and physical properties of semiconductor quantum dots

    - Preparation of quantum dots:

  • Preparation of regularly ordered quantum dots in amorphous matrices by self-assembling growth type.

  • Preparation of regularly ordered quantum dots by ion beam irradiation.

  • Influence of spatial arrangement of quantum dots on electrical and optical properties of QD-based materials.

  • Influence of preparation methods on crystalline quality of quantum dots.

    • -Characterization methods:

  • Grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS)

  • Transmission electron microscopy

  • Raman spectroscopy

  • X-ray diffraction

  • Ultra-violet, visible and infrared spectroscopy.

    •     2.) Theoretical investigation in the following fields:

  • Monte-Carlo simulations of the self-assembling growth of quantum dots in   amorphous matrices.

  • Monte-Carlo simulations of the formation of regularly ordered quantum dots by ion beam irradiation. 

  • Development of models for description of GISAXS intensity distributions from the lattices of quantum dots.

  • Development of methods for description of XRD spectra from nanocrystals contacting plane defects

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    PAPERS:

  • 26 CC papers, main author on 12 papers

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    CONFERENCES:

  • 17 international conferences, with oral or poster presentation.

  •  4 Croatian meetings, with oral or poster presentation.

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     INVITED LECTURES:

    1. 6. Znanstveni sastanak Hrvatskog fizikalnog društva, Primošten, 8-11. October 2009.

    2. Designing and applying computational tools for reliable prediction of metal oxide properties, Zagreb 20-22 May 2010

    3. 13th Joint Vacuum Conference, Štrbske Pleso, Slovačka, 20-24 June 2010.

    INVITED SEMINARS:

    1. Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 24. 08.2008

    2. Institut Ruđer Bošković, 21.10.2008

    3. Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 15. 11.2008

    4. Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorff, Germany, 21.11.2008

    5. University of Minho, Braga, Portugal,11.05.2009

    PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

    Referee for:

  • Physica Status Solidi A

  • Nanoscale Research Letters

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    TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

    Teaching assistant at University of Zagreb, Physics department, from 2007-2010 at following courses:

  • Statistics and Basic measurements

  • Introductory Laboratory Exercises in Physics 1

  • Introductory Laboratory Exercises in Physics 2

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