Education:

• 1956: BSc in Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Univ. of Belgrade
• 1965: PhD in Physics, Faculty of Physics, Univ. of Belgrade (PhD thesis: "Rotational γ-vibrational interaction in deformed heavy nuclei" - in Serbian: "Rotaciono γ-vibraciona interakcija kod teških deformisanih jezgara")

Professional positions in Serbia:

• 1956-1958. Research Assistant at Boris Kidrich Institute and participation there in informal post-diploma (graduate) studies in theoretical physics;
• 1958/59. Compulsory military service;
• 1959-1966. Teaching Assistant in Department of Physics, Belgrade University;
• 1967-1969. Assistant Professor in Department of Physics, Belgrade University;
• 1969-1973. Associate Professor in Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (part-time);
• 1970-1976. Research Fellow at Boris Kidrich Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia;
• 1971-1973. Acting Head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Boris Kidrich Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia;
• 1977-1985. Senior Research Fellow at Boris Kidrich Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia;
• 1975-1981. External associate to teaching faculty of graduate studies in Department of Physics, Belgrade University (part-time);
• 1993-1998. Research Professor, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia;
• 1994-1995. Professor of Physics in Department of Physics, University of Kragujevac, FR Yugoslavia (part time);
• 1998-present: Professor Emeritus, Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia (since 2003 FR Yugoslavia; 2003-2006 SCG; since 2006 R Serbia).

Professional positions at other institutions:

• 1960-1962. Research Assistant, Institute for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland - supervisor Dr. Z. Szymansky - Fellowship of Yugoslav Commission for Nuclear Energy (on leave of absence from Belgrade University);
• 1965/66. Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (on leave of absence from Belgrade University);
• 1978/79. Maitre de Recherche at LURE (laboratory for use of synchrotrone radiation), Orsay, France, under a grant from CNRS, France (on leave of absence from Boris Kidrich Institute);
• 1981-1983. Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA;
• 1983/84. Visiting Research Scholar in Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA;
• 1984/85. Research Associate in Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA;
• 1985-1990. Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, University of Virginia, USA;
• 1990-1992. Professor of Physics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey;