Summary
Miroslav Popovic is a Full Professor and interdisciplinary R&D leader with 14 years of experience bridging nuclear materials science, clean energy technologies, and environmental impact assessment. He has led multi-million dollar research programs at institutions including UC Berkeley, developed corrosion- and irradiation-resistant materials for next-generation reactors and CSP systems, and transitioned lab innovations toward scalable energy solutions. Equally at home in academia and industry, he has grown academic programs, secured grants, supervised PhD students, and consulted on solar and waste-treatment technologies. His technical breadth spans molten-metal heat transfer, additive manufacturing of graded materials, green hydrogen and LCA, complemented by hands-on skills in grant writing and feasibility analyses. Based in Banja Luka, he combines deep experimental expertise with cross-cultural partnership building and a practical drive to commercialize novel energy technologies. An unexpected facet: he pairs hard nuclear materials research with training in theology, reflecting a rare blend of technical rigor and broader humanistic perspective.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc/MSc, Physics, BSc/MSc, Physics at University of Belgrade
Ph.D., Solar & nuclear materials engineering, Ph.D., Solar & nuclear materials engineering at UC Berkeley
English, German, French, Greek, Serbian, Russian, Italian, Latin