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Biographical Information
  
Personal record
I Born: 26. January 1965. Belgrade, Serbia. Married. One child.
 
Languages: 
English (fluent), 
Serbo-Croatian (mother tongue)
French, Dutch, Russian (basic communication).
 
Academic Degrees:
 
1989 
B.S. Faculty of Physics, University of  Belgrade
thesis: "Differential Cross Section for Elastic and Inelastic Electron Scattering by Mercury". 
 
1990 
M.S. Clarkson University, Potsdam New York, USA
thesis: "Transient Birefringence Effect in Uniform Spherical and Ellipsoidal Particles". 
 
1994 
Ph.D. Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade
thesis: "The Study of Vibrational and Magnetic Properties in Copper-oxides Materials Bi2CuO4 and CuO".
 
Awards
 
1997 
Roman-Herzog, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany
 
2001 
Research Grant, Onderzoekfond Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
 
Experience/Employment
1984-1989 
Student, Faculty of Physics University of Belgrade, Serbia
 
1989-1990 

Research Assistant, Clarkson University, Potsdam New York, USA
 
1991-1994 
Graduate Student, Institute of Physics University of Belgrade, Serbia
 
1995-1997 
Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics University of Belgrade, Serbia
 
1998-1999 
Roman-Herzog Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Max-Planck Institute fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
 
2000-2001 
Postdoc, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Canada
 
2001-2004 
Research Fellow Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
 
Skills
Experiment: 
- Optical spectroscopies (Raman , Ellipsometry, Photoluminescence, Infrared).
- Transport properties, Hall effect measurements.
- Susceptibility measurements, magnetisation.
- High magnetic field measurements.
- Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Electron energy loss spectroscopy
Sample preparation: 
- Sintering of high-temperature superconductors, powder samples, bulk single crystals, and sputtering of thin/thick films.
Theory: 
- Green function formalism, statistics, statistical mechanics. 
Programing: 
- Fortran, Mathematica, Quick Basic; basic knowledge of Unix, 
Teaching/lecturing
1988-1999 
Laboratory demonstrator, Faculty of Physics University of Belgrade, Serbia.
 
1993-1994 
Teaching assistant, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
 
1994-1995 
Teaching assistant, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
 
1992-1998 
Private lecturing, mathematics and physics for high school and University levels.

2001-2004 
Laboratory exercise, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
 
Project coordination / Supervision of master and PhD theses
1995-1997 
Management of the project Optically active materials, financed through the Ministry of science and technology, Serbia.
 
1995-1997 
Member of the scientific board, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade.
Promotor/Co-Promotor/Supervision of: Several diploma theses, two master of science theses, one PhD thesis.
Membership
- Belgian Physical Society
- American Physical Society
- Serbian and Montenegro Physical Society
 
Current research
Magnetic interactions in low-dimensinal magnetic systems. 
Antiferromagnetic chains, ladders etc. 
Optical properties: Raman scattering, IR spectroscopy, Ellipsometry. 
Physical properties of vanadates, XV2O5 (X=Na, Li, Ca, Mg, Cs). 
Superconductivity: MgB2
 
Lectures/Seminars(selected)
1994 
21 September, Institute of Physics Belgrade Serbia, Vibrational and magnetic properties of copper-oxide materials Bi2CuO4 and CuO.
 
1996 
20 February, SSC conf. San Hose, USA Elastic and inelastic light scattering in the Zn and Ni doped YBa2Cu3O7, .
 
1998 
07 July, 5th world congress on superconductivity Budapest, Hungary, Light scattering by spin-excitations in copper-oxide-based materials.
 
1999 
24 August, II. Physikalishches Institut der RWTH Aachen, Germany, Charge ordering in NaV2O5.

2000 
27. November, Max-Planck-Instutute fur Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany Raman scattering in spin-ladder materials.
 
March 8, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada, Quantum effects in the low-dimensional magnetic structure. A Raman scattering study.
 
2001 
March 13, March Meeting, Seatle, USA Raman scattering on magnetic excitations in S=1/2 two-leg-ladders CaV2O5 and Sr14Cu24O41.
  
17 November, Katholieke Universiteit Leueven, Belgium, Strongly correlated electron systems. What we can learn from optical measurements? 
  
2003 
15 May, BPU conf. Ghent, Belgium, Orbital dimerisation In NaTiSi2O6. An orbital analogue of the spin_Peierls phase transition..
 
06 April, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Nederlands, Raman scattering study of the vibrational and magnetic properties of NaMSi2O6 (M = Ti, V, and Cr).
 
2004 
16 March, SCK.CEN Mol, Belgium, Material characterization and the investigation of fundamental interaction s in solids. The optical spectroscopy study.
Other/non-scientific activities
Amateur basketball player. 
 
References/Collaboration
Prof. J. C. Irwin, Canada
Physics department, Simon Fraser University
8888 University drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Email: irwin@sfu.ca 
 
Prof. Z. V. Popović, Serbia
Institute of Physics P.O.Box 68, Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 
Email: popozor@ipb.ac.rs 
 
Prof. G. Guentherodt, Germany 
RWTH Aachen Physikal. Institut (IIA)
52056 Aachen, Germany
Email: gunther@physik.rwth-aachen.de 
 
Prof. J. van den Brink, Holland
Universiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Nederlands
Email: brink@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl 
 
Prof. Y. Ueda, Japan 
Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, 
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan 
Email: yueda@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp 
 
Prof. P. Lievens, Belgium
Laboratorium voor Vaste Stoffysica en Magnetism
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Email: peter.lievens@fys.kuleuven.ac.be 
 
Prof. J. Villain, France
Institute de France, Académie des sciences - 23, quai de Conti - 75006 PARIS 
Email: jvillain@cea.fr 
 
Current research
Magnetic interaction and orbital dynamics in strongly correlated electron systems. 
Optical properties of nanostructures. Electronic structure of uranium oxides and silicates.
 
Citations
The papers of M.J.Konstantinović are about 250 times cited in the literature.

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