Profile
Background:
Graduated summa cum laude from the Department of Food Technology and Biochemistry of the University of Belgrade. Obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Belgrade, where he worked as a Full-Time Teaching Fellow, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Visiting Professor.
Awarded a Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from 2000 to 2002 and then moved to Japan from 2002 to 2003 to take up a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship at Miyazaki Prefectural Industrial Technology Centre. Worked at Leeds University with the Royal Society Fellowship in 2004 and received a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2005. Awarded an Invitation JSPS Fellowship in 2006 to work at the National Food Research Institute in Japan. In 2007, he worked in the Department of Physics at Harvard University and in the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg. In 2023 and 2013, he was awarded a UK-JSPS Bridge Fellowship in recognition of his excellent achievements towards Japan-UK academic collaboration. In 2021, he was awarded an International Excellence Fellowship from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
He became a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Loughborough University in 2006 and Senior Lecturer in 2010.
Qualifications:
- PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- MSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- BSc in Food Technology and Biochemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Key awards:
- UK-JSPS Bridge Fellowship, JSPS Office, London, 2023.
- Named in the world's top 2% of Scientists List published by Stanford University, US, 2022.
- International Excellence Fellowship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2021.
- UK-JSPS Bridge Fellowship, JSPS Office, London, 2013 - 2014.
- Teaching Innovation Award, Teaching Centre, Loughborough University, 2010.
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Most Cited Paper Award, Elsevier, 2004 – 2007.
- JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 2006.
- Fulbright Fellowship, Washington, 2005.
- Royal Society Fellowship, Royal Society, London, 2004.
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 2002 - 2003.
- Humboldt Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2002 - 2002.
- Scholarship from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1986 – 1988.
Professional affiliations:
- International Excellence Fellowship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2021.
- UK-JSPS Bridge Fellowship, JSPS Office, London, 2013 - 2014.
- Teaching Innovation Award, Teaching Centre, Loughborough University, 2010.
- Advances in Colloid and Interface Most Cited Paper Award, Elsevier, 2004 – 2007.
- Invitation JSPS Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 2006.
- Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Washington, 2005.
- Royal Society Fellowship, Royal Society, London, 2004.
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 2002 - 2003.
- Humboldt Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2002 - 2002.
- Scholarship from the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1986 – 1988.