Dragan Damjanovic

Dragan Damjanovic (born 1957 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Former Yugoslavia) is a Swiss-Bosnian-Herzegovinian materials scientist. From 2008 to 2022, he was a professor of material sciences at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and head of the Group for Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides.[1][2]

Dragan Damjanovic
Dragan Damjanovic
Dragan Damjanovic in 2021
Born1957 (age 6566)
CitizenshipSwitzerland, Bosnia and Hercegovina
EducationPhysics, materials science
Alma materUniversity of Sarajevo,
Pennsylvania State University
Known forPiezoelectric, ferroelectric and dielectric materials
Scientific career
InstitutionsEPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
ThesisHighly anisotropic electromechanical properties in modified lead titanate ceramics (1987)
Doctoral advisorL. Eric Cross
Websitepeople.epfl.ch/dragan.damjanovic

Career

Damjanovic received a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) in physics from the University of Sarajevo in 1980.[1] He then joined L. Eric Cross at Pennsylvania State University for a Ph.D. In 1987, he graduated with a thesis in ceramics science titled: "Highly anisotropic electromechanical properties in modified lead titanate ceramics." The Philips Fellowship funded his research.[3] He continued as a research associate at Pennsylvania State University's Materials Research Laboratory. He mainly worked on the pyroelectric properties of synthetic polypeptides, piezoelectric composites for underwater applications, and thermo-optical imagers. In 1991, he joined EPFL's Ceramics Laboratory at the Institute of Materials. Until 2022, he led the Group on Ferroelectrics and Functional Oxides as a professor at EPFL. He taught undergraduate and graduate courses on structure, defects, and electrical properties of materials[2]

Research

Damjanovic investigated physical processes at different driving fields over a wide range of spatial (atomic to macroscopic device size) and time (mHz to GHz) scales.[4][5] He also studied how those processes affect the macroscopic behavior of ceramics, polymers, single crystals, and thin layers.[6][7] His current research focuses on oxide perovskites, organometallic lead halide perovskites, and oxides with fluorite structures.[8]

Distinctions

Damjanovic is an IEEE Fellow,[9] a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society,[1] and since 2022 the President-elect of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Frequency Control and Ferroelectrics Society (UFFC-S).[9]

He is the recipient of the 2021 Humboldt Research Award,[10] the 2020 Distinguished Service Award of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society,[11] the 2018 IEEE Robert E. Newnham Ferroelectrics Award,[12] the 2017 International Award of the Japanese conference on Ferroelectric Materials and Their Applications,[1] the 2009 Rodolphe and René Haenny Award,[13] and the 2009 Ferroelectrics Recognition Award of the IEEE UFFC-S.[14]  He was distinguished lecturer for the IEEE UFFC-S in 2010/2011.[15]

Selected works

References

  1. "Dragan Damjanovic". The American Ceramic Society. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. "EPFL People Dragan Damjanovic". EPFL People. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. "Highly anisotropic electromechanical properties in modified lead titanate ceramics". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. Ignatans, Reinis; Damjanovic, Dragan; Tileli, Vasiliki (2021-10-12). "Individual Barkhausen Pulses of Ferroelastic Nanodomains". Physical Review Letters. 127 (16): 167601. arXiv:2011.05842. Bibcode:2021PhRvL.127p7601I. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.167601. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 34723579. S2CID 226300048.
  5. Bencan, Andreja; Oveisi, Emad; Hashemizadeh, Sina; Veerapandiyan, Vignaswaran K.; Hoshina, Takuya; Rojac, Tadej; Deluca, Marco; Drazic, Goran; Damjanovic, Dragan (2021-12-01). "Atomic scale symmetry and polar nanoclusters in the paraelectric phase of ferroelectric materials". Nature Communications. 12 (1): 3509. arXiv:2010.10860. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12.3509B. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23600-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 8175364. PMID 34083529.
  6. Davis, Matthew; Damjanovic, Dragan; Setter, Nava (2006-01-27). "Electric-field-, temperature-, and stress-induced phase transitions in relaxor ferroelectric single crystals". Physical Review B. 73 (1): 014115. Bibcode:2006PhRvB..73a4115D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.73.014115. ISSN 1098-0121.
  7. McGilly, Leo J.; Sandu, Cosmin S.; Feigl, Ludwig; Damjanovic, Dragan; Setter, Nava (April 2017). "Nanoscale Defect Engineering and the Resulting Effects on Domain Wall Dynamics in Ferroelectric Thin Films". Advanced Functional Materials. 27 (15): 1605196. doi:10.1002/adfm.201605196. S2CID 100197882.
  8. Park, D.-S.; Hadad, M.; Riemer, L. M.; Ignatans, R.; Spirito, D.; Esposito, V.; Tileli, V.; Gauquelin, N.; Chezganov, D.; Jannis, D.; Verbeeck, J. (2022-02-11). "Induced giant piezoelectricity in centrosymmetric oxides". Science. 375 (6581): 653–657. arXiv:2111.00829. Bibcode:2022Sci...375..653P. doi:10.1126/science.abm7497. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 35143321. S2CID 240354425.
  9. "IEEE Fellow | IEEE UFFC". ieee-uffc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  10. "Material Sciences". service.humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  11. "Distinguished Service Award | IEEE UFFC". ieee-uffc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  12. "IEEE Robert E. Newnham Ferroelectrics Award | IEEE UFFC". ieee-uffc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  13. "Prix et Distinctions". EPFL School of Engineering. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  14. "IEEE Ferroelectrics Recognition Award | IEEE UFFC". ieee-uffc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  15. "ISAF-PFM-2011, Dragan Damjanovic". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
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