Dr. Branimir Blagojevic EDUCATION Ph.D. Physicist - Researcher, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1999) Ph.D. Thesis Title: Broadening and Shift of Analogous Ionic Spectral Lines in Plasma along Isoelectronic Sequences Ph.D. Thesis Advisor: Professor Nikola Konjevic M.S. Physicist - Researcher, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1995) M.S. Thesis Title: Temperature Dependence of Width and Shift of Spectral Lines Along Boron Isoelectronic Sequence M.S.Thesis Advisor: Professor Milan V Popovic B.S. Physicist - Researcher, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1991) Graduate Work Title: Construction and Testing of Generator and Detector of Ions in Air RESEARCH Spectroscopy of highly charged Xe ion spectra Research on highly charged Xe ion spectra produced in the Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) facility at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, U.S.A., and building the grazing incidence EUV spectrometer and EUV focusing optics. Spectroscopy of Tokamak Plasmas Research on plasma impurities in Tokamaks. Building of scientific instrumentation for plasma spectroscopy for NSTX Tokamak in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, U.S.A., such as soft X-ray spectrometer with transmission grating and soft X-ray detector, miniaturized USXR diode arrays, etc. XUV Lithography Sources Creating industrial standard 13.5 nm light source for XUV lithography. Testing and optimization of electrical and spectroscopical performances of capillary pulsed XUV lithography sources). Plasma Broadening Experimental and theoretical research in spectral line broadening in plasmas, especially Stark broadening of spectral lines emitted from laboratory plasmas. Stark broadening of ionic spectral lines in medium electron density plasmas, including secondary effects of ions as perturbers. Calculations of LTE plasma composition. Semiclassical and semiempirical theoretical calculations of Stark line broadening and shifting. Results of research are of interest for different fields of plasma physics, such as laboratory and astrophysical plasma diagnostics, thermonuclear plasma devices, industrial plasma applications, pulse and continual light sources, lasers, etc. Plasma Diagnostics Improving spectroscopic methods of plasma diagnostics. Reliable and high precise measurements of electron concentration and electron temperature in laboratory plasmas. Testing of LS coupling Experimental check of LS (spin-orbital) coupling for atomic energy levels of light elements. Results are important for Stark broadening theories and different quantum mechanical calculations. WORKING EXPERIENCE Oct.1991/Mar.2000 Physicist-Researcher, employed at The Institute of Physics, Belgrade 1994/1995 Teaching Assistant in Physical and Geometrical Optics and Lasers for Foreign Students, Institute of Physics and Faculty of Physics, Belgrade 1995 Promoted to position of a research assistant 1993/1999 Software programming: data acquisition, data processing and theoretical modeling. Spectroscopy instruments inspecting, mounting, repairing and calibrating in Institute of Physics and Faculty of Physics, Belgrade 2000 Promoted to position of a research fellow Mar.2000/Mar.2001 Post-doctoral research to create industrial XUV Lithography Source, at Institute G.R.E.M.I.,Institute, University of Orleans, France. Apr.2001/May 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A., in plasma spectroscopy and building of plasma spectroscopy instrumentation for NSTX Tokamak at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, U.S.A. He works with Visiting Professor Mike Finkenthal. Jan.2003/Aug.2004 Guest Researcher at National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, on EUV lithography project funded by Sematech International and Intel. Aug.2004/Aug.2008 Science & Engineering Services, Inc., Columbia, MD, USA Aug, 2008/Present General Resonance, LLC, Havre De Grace, MD AWARDS Award of Belgrade Institute of Physics for the best masters work in physics for 1995. Award "Prof. Ljubomir Cirkovic" of Belgrade Faculty of Physics for the best graduate work for 1991. MEMBERSHIP American Physical Society (APS) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)