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Institute of Physics
Photonics Center
Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
email: jovic@ipb.ac.rs
room : 368<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/mark><\/strong>
2006 Ph.D. in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia (Adviser: M. Beli\u0107)
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\u2019s quantum algorithm
1996 H.S. Diploma, School of Mathematics and Physics, Kragujevac<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POSITIONS HELD<\/mark><\/strong>
2015-present Research Professor, Photonics Center, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia
2010-2015 Associate Research Professor, Center of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia
2007-2010 Assistant Research Professor, Center of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia
2004-2007 Research Assistant, Center of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VISITING POSITIONS<\/mark><\/strong>
2008-2011 Visiting Researcher Postdoctoral position, Texas A&M University, Doha, Qatar
2004-2005 Optique Nonlineaire, Theorique, Universite Paris Sud<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FELLOWSHIPS<\/mark><\/strong>
2011-2012 Humboldt Fellow, Institute for Applied Physics, Westf\u00e4lische Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/mark><\/strong>
-Nonlinear photonics: surface waves, Anderson localization.
-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.
-Solid state physics: photorefractive materials, effects and devices, band structure of solids and photonic crystals, laser-crystal interactions.
-Computational physics: computational nonlinear optics, dynamics of laser-crystal interactions. PDE algorithms, spectral beam propagation methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAJOR RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n