Ab-initio calculations of layered and 2D materials

• Electronic, vibrational, mechanical and structural properties
• Electron-phonon interaction and superconductivity in 2D and layered materials
• Strain effects in low-dimensional systems

Density Functional Theory: GPU application, HPC and High Troughput computation, automatization and machine learning methods for material science

2D material synthesis and characterization: 2D materials synthesis by mechanical exfoliation and characterization, dry transfer technique for heterostructure building, AFM/KPFM

2013 – 2017  PhD Studies, Faculty of Physics,  Condensed Matter Physics

Thesis: Investigation of Superconductivity in Graphene and Related Materials using Ab-Initio Methods; Supervisor: dr Radoš Gajić

2005 – 2013  Dipl/M.Sc. Physics,  Faculty of Physics, Theoretical and Experimental Physics

Thesis: Application of GPU programming in Density Funtctional Theory calculations; Supervisor: dr Radoš Gajić

Institute of Physics Belgrade            2013 - 2014      Ph.D. student/ Research Trainee

Institute of Physics Belgrade             2014 - 2018      Research Assistant

Institute of Physics Belgrade             2018 - 2023      Research Associate

Montanuniversität Leoben                2023 - 2024       PostDoctoral Researcher

Institute of Physics Belgrade             2023 -                  Research Associate Professor

2024-2026 - Bilateral exchange project with MontanUniversitaet, Leoben Austria 337-00-216/2023-05/258

2023-2025 - Multilateral Scientific And Technological Cooperation In The Danube Region: "Nonthermal Phase transitions in 2D Gallium Sulphide for Applications in Next-Generation Devices"

2023-2026 - Science Fund of Republic of Serbia – PRIZMA project “2D Material-based Tiled Network Films for Heritage Protection – 2DHeriPro”

2023-2024 - The Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship (SAIGE) Project at Institute of physics Belgrade – “Graphene-impregnated wood with increased biological resistance and durability”

2023-2025 - Bilateral exchange project with Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia “Synthesis and characterization of ternary Van der Waals MoxWx-1S2 nanotubes for advanced field emission application”

2020 -  2023    The Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia: Promis grant number: 6062656 – “StrainedFeSC - Strain effects in iron chalcogenide superconductors”

2020-2021  The Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia: Proof of Concept - grant number: 5574 "Nano-reinforced wood for structural elements"

2013 – 2019        Project of Ministry of education, science and technological development of Republic of Serbia OI171005,  "Physics of ordered nanostructures and new materials in photonics"

2014-2015            Innovation project of Ministry of education, science and technological development of Republic   of Serbia, "Functional inks based on graphene and printing radio-frequent identificatiors (RFID)"

2015-2017           Bilateral project with China, University of Shanghai, "Crystal growth and peculiar physics of  normal state of ReBCO crystals"

2016-2017           Bilateral project with University at Leoben, Austria, "Two dimensional materials as templates for the growth of organic semiconductors"

2013-2015           DAAD bilateral project 51-03-01858/2013-09/1 between Republic of Serbia and Germany

2015-2018           Project with Texas A&M University Qatar,  NPRP 7-665-1-125 Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) project, "Intercalated Graphene: Effects of Substrates on Functionalities"

• Research of physics of layered and 2D materials using ab initio methods (electronic, vibrational, magnetic, mechanical, optical and structural properties, Electron-phonon interaction and superconductivity in 2D and layered materials and strain effects in low-dimensional systems);
• Sample production and characterization (AFM, KPFM, Raman…) of 2D materials
• Dry transfer for 2D materials heterostrucutres production
• Advance computational methods in solid state physics: GPU application, HPC and High Throughput computation, automatization and machine learning methods for material science;

1. Pešić J. , Gajić R., Hingerl K. and Belić M., Strain-enhanced superconductivity in Li-doped graphene, EPL 108 67005 (2014)
2. V Čelebonović, Pešić, R. Gajić, B Vasić, A Matković, Selected transport, vibrational, and mechanical properties of low-dimensional systems under strain, Journal of Applied Physics 125 (15), 154301 (2019)
3. J Pešić, I Popov, A Šolajić, V Damljanović, K Hingerl, M Belić, R Gajić, Ab Initio Study of the Electronic, Vibrational, and Mechanical Properties of the Magnesium Diboride Monolayer, Condensed Matter 4 (2), 37 (2019)
4. S Djurdjić-Mijin, A Šolajić, J Pešić, M Šćepanović, Y Liu, A Baum, Cedomir Petrovic, N Lazarević, ZV Popović, Lattice dynamics and phase transition in CrI₃ single crystals, Physical Review B 98 (10), 104307, (2018)
5. V Damljanovic, N Lazic, A Solajic, J Pesic, B Nikolic and M Damnjanovic Peculiar symmetry-protected electronic dispersions in two-dimensionalmaterials, (2020) J. Phys.: Condens. Matter in press https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abaad1