Qualifications

*  Excellent knowledge of various computer languages (Basic, Pascal, Fortran, C, C++, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C++)
*  Knowing DOS, Windows and UNIX
*  Strong background in modeling and mathematical computer programming
*  Knowledge of various numerical methods of solving different classes of nonlinear differential equations
*  CCD, video and photographic astronomy skills
*  Teaching and presentation skills
*  Familiarity with Oracle system for running large databases
*  Project management skills
*  Web page design in HTML
*  Knowledge of LATEX
*  fluent in Serbo-Croatian and English
 
 

Work experience

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2000 - present

*  ADSP-21062 SHARC digital signal processor (DSP) programming in C for BLAST experiment

*  working as a teaching assistant - laboratory demostrator

Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1998 – present
*  working as a research assistant on the project  “Nonlinear Optics and Plasma Dynamics”
*  making computer simulations of waves passing through nonlinear media, programming in C++ and Fortran under UNIX

Petnica Science Centre, Valjevo, Yugoslavia, 1995 – present
*  working as an assistant in all Astronomy programs, giving lectures to talented high school students
*  working on observational projects (Visual, video and photographic meteor observations, CCD observations, Total Solar Eclipse 1999 Expedition)

The Serbian Philatelists Union, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1995 – 1998
*  technical editor of  “Filatelist” magazine, computer design and making Internet presentations
*  working with various Windows  applications: MS Office, Quark X Press, Adobe PhotoShop and Corel Draw
 
 

Education

Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada, graduate studies - programme in Colaborative Astrophysics programme, 2000-present

Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, graduate studies – programme in Theoretical plasma physics toward Master of Science degree, 1998 – present

Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Project Management course – Primavera Project Planner, January – February, 1999

Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, undergraduate studies in Applied Physics, 1995 – 1998, not finished because of money problems

Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, graduated in astrophysics in 1998
 
 

Interests and activities

*  Taking part in many astronomical camps
*  14 published papers (see abstracts)
*  Presenting papers at 5 international conferences
*  Writing a class in C++  for calculations with arbitrary precision
*  In 1996 wrote a program “Meteor” in Turbo Pascal which is being used as a database for storing and processing the data obtained during meteor observations
*  Observing meteor showers with Petnica Meteor Group
*  CCD astronomy
*  Planning expeditions for observing 1999 and 2001 Total Solar Eclipses
*  Volunteer work on a few ecological camps (Eko kamp, Backa Topola, Yugoslavia, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,1999 and 2000)
*  Photography
*  Playing computer games
*  Reading science fiction
 
 

Memberships

Petnica Meteor Group, 1995 – present (leader of the group since 1997)

RR Trupac, group of people dedicated to ecology, surviving in nature and travelling, 1993 – present (I am one of  the founders)

Society of Voluntary Blood Donors, 1993 – present

MENSA, IQ>156 on the Cattell’s scale, 1975 – 2000 – present
 
 

Scholarships

Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, Canada
2000 – present

Ministry of Science and Technology research scholarship, Republic of Serbia
1998 – 2000

Institute of Physics research scholarship, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1998 – 2000

Ministry of Education undergraduate student scholarship, Republic of Serbia,
1994 – 1998
 
 

Other

*  Clean driving license
*  High energy and motivation
*  Excellent problem solving skills
*  Non–smoker
 
 

References

C. Barth Netterfield, Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
e-mail: cbn@omega.astro.utoronto.ca

Dr Istvan Vince, Belgrade Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
e-mail: ivince@aob.bg.ac.yu

Dr Najdan Aleksic, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
e-mail: aleksic@phy.bg.ac.yu

Nikola Bozinovic, Head of the Astronomy Department, Petnica Science Centre, Valjevo, Yugoslavia
e-mail: nikolab@junis.ni.ac.yu, nikolaboz@yahoo.com

Dr Jelena Milogradov Turin, Faculty of Mathematics, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
e-mail: jelenam@matf.bg.ac.yu

Zoran Stankovic, Serbian Philatelists Union, Sremska 6/ IV, Belgrade, Yugoslavia