Dr. Vesna M. Maksimovic,  Full Research Professor / Principal Research Fellow. She graduated and finished her master’s (2003) and PhD studies (2008) at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. Since 2001 she has been permanently employed at the Department of Material Science of the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade.

The area of her scientific research includes synthesis, processing, and characterization of powders of metals and alloys, as well as materials used in extreme conditions, with special emphasis on their microstructural characterization. She has published 85 papers in SCI journals and one chapter which have been cited more than 1000 times (h-index 21). She has participated in projects related to basic research, technological development, innovation and international projects. She is a member of the organizational and scientific committees of numerous international conferences and a reviewer of papers proposed for publication in international journals. She supervised the preparation of one master’s thesis and participated in the preparation of three doctoral dissertations and was the supervisor of two doctorates in the field of composite materials. She is the current manager of the Department of Material Sciences at the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences within the Centre of Excellence is accredited.

Head of the
Laboratory for Qualitative and Quantitative Microstructural Analysis