Dr. Igor Jovanovic

Biography

Igor Jovanovic received his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. He has extensive experience as a staff physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and has held academic positions at Purdue University and Penn State University. His core expertise encompasses radiation detection and measurement, intense laser science technology, and laser-matter interactions. His research interests focus on nuclear security, nuclear energy, and fundamental science, with significant contributions supported by the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and various industry partners. Jovanovic is a member of large collaborative sponsored research frameworks including the NNSA Consortium for Nuclear Forensics and the NNSA Consortium for Monitoring, Technology, and Verification. He has made notable advancements in nuclear optical sciences, developing novel detectors from heterogeneous composites and two-dimensional materials, and has pioneered techniques for remote detection of nuclear chemical threats using laser-produced plasmas. He has also innovated high-power laser technology based on optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification. As a recognized leader in his field, Jovanovic has received multiple prestigious awards, including the DARPA Young Faculty Award and the DHS Nuclear Forensics Junior Faculty Award, and is a Fellow of both the American Nuclear Society and Optica. Additionally, he serves as an editor for the journal Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research.

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