Dr. Dragana Jović
| Adresse | Institut für Angewandte Physik Corrensstrasse 2 D-48149 Muenster |
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| Raum | AP 122 | |||
| jovic(at)uni-muenster.de | ||||
| Telefon | +49 251 83 36152 | |||
| Fax | +49 251 83 33513 |
Lebenslauf - Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
Born on July 16 1977 in Kragujevac, Serbia.
Besides mother’s tongue, speaks English.
EDUCATION
2006
Ph.D. in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia (Adviser: M. Belić)
Thesis: Dynamics of counterpropagating optical beams in photorefractive crystals
2004
M. Sc. in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Thesis: Counterpropagating spatial solitons in photorefractive crystals
2000
B. Sc. in Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Thesis: Simon’s quantum algorithm
1996
H.S. Diploma, School of Mathematics and Physics, Kragujevac
POSITIONS HELD
2004-2007
Research Assistant, Center of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia
2007-2010
Assistant Research Professor, Center of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia
2010
present Associate Research Professor, Center of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia
2008-2010
Visiting Researcher Postdoctoral position, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar
VISITING POSITIONS
2004-2005
Optique Nonlineaire, Theorique, Universite Paris Sud
FELLOWSHIPS
2010-2011
Humboldt Fellow, Institute for Applied Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
RESEARCH INTERESTS
-Nonlinear optics: spatial solitons, optical patterns.
-Nonlinear dynamics: instabilities and chaos, transverse patterns.
-Photonic crystals: optoelectronics, photonic crystal fibers.
-Liquid crystals: spatiotemporal instabilities in nematic solitons.
-Computational physics: computational nonlinear optics, dynamics of laser-crystal interactions. PDE algorithms, spectral beam propagation methods.
MAJOR RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Wave propagation in optically induced photonic lattices.
- Counterpropagating vector solitons and waveguides in saturable media.
- Development of the split-step beam propagation method, and its application to a number of interesting problems.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2003-2005
“Spatial solitons, vortices, and self-organized structures in photorefractive crystals, fusion plasma and ionosphere” (Ministry of Science, Technologies, and Development, Serbia)
2006
present “Nonlinear dynamical phenomena in photorefractive media, liquid crystals, plasmas and left-handed materials” (Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection, Serbia)
2008-2010
“Nonlinear Photonics for All-optical Telecommunication and Information Technologies”, QNRF National Priorities Research Program, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar