Dušica Jovanović is a PhD candidate in Applied Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Serbia, specializing in quantum chemistry and materials science. Her doctoral research focuses on structure prediction, energy landscapes, and the investigation of pristine and doped TiO₂-based compounds, as well as hybrid organic-inorganic materials. She holds MSc and BSc degrees in Physical Chemistry from the University of Belgrade, with master’s research focused on quantum chemical studies of ice modifications and bachelor’s in forensic physical chemistry.
During her doctoral studies, she gained international research experience through collaborations with the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, and HLRS in Stuttgart, Germany. She participated in 3 major EU-funded projects such as ESTEEM3 and HPC-Europa3 (ESTEEM3 Transnational Access (TA) project – “ZnO/ZnS structural and lattice modifications in doped nanometric systems”, Stuttgart, Germany (2022–2023); HPC-Europa3, project “Search for new hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites: Energy landscapes of Guanidinium-BX3 substituted by B = (Sn2+, Ge2+, Ba2+, Zn2+) and X = (I−, F−)”) (December 2021 – May 2022,), and project “Energy landscapes of amino acids on a doped TiO2 surface”(September 2019 – February 2020)), and one bilateral project “ZnO/ZnS heterostructures, from theory to experiment”, a collaboration between the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the period 2020–2021, contributing to both theoretical and experimental investigations of nanomaterials and hybrid perovskites.
Beyond academia, she has held editorial roles at MDPI – Academic Open Access Publisher from Assistant Editor to Section Managing Editor and Journal Relations Specialist. She has also served as a Teaching Assistant for the course “Basics of Materials Technology”, at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, supervised medical students’ team for database processing, Bezanijska Kosa Medical Centre, Neurocardiological laboratory, Belgrade, and worked as a physics and chemistry teacher in several elementary and high schools in Belgrade.
Her main research interests are theoretical chemistry with biomedical applications, green energy production, and advanced materials technologies. She applies multidisciplinary approach to various scientific fields with experience in both the theoretical (modeling 3D, 2D, and 1D crystal structures and researching their various properties; hybrid organic-inorganic materials; surface chemistry and energy landscapes; implementation of different quantum chemical codes) and experimental domains (XRD, LC/MS, HPLC techniques; biological samples: blood, hair; psychoactive substances (THC), physiological solution and programmed placebo).
Computer skills: Crystal 17; Crystal 14; Quantum Espresso; G42+; Gaussian 09; SPSS;
Programming languages: C, Fortran, Python, JavaScript, C++; OS: Windows, Linux.
She is a member of Serbian Chemical Society, and Serbian Society for Innovative Materials in Extreme Conditions (Sim-Extreme). She has contributed to 10 SCI-indexed publications and over 50 conference presentations (oral and poster).
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