Dr. Ivana Savic

Biography

Ivana Savic joined King's College London in 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Physics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 2003, and her PhD from the University of Leeds, UK, in 2006. She has held postdoctoral research positions at the Commission Atomic Energy in Grenoble, France, and at the University of California, Davis, USA. Prior to joining King's College London, she led a research team at the Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland. Dr. Savic’s research focuses on developing theoretical computational approaches to characterize and predict transport in ultrafast processes in bulk nanostructured materials. Her work aims to enhance the understanding of many-body interactions, such as electron-phonon and phonon-phonon interactions, and their influence on the electronic, thermal, and thermoelectric transport properties of materials. She also investigates coupled electron-vibrational dynamics in materials under intense light excitations over short time scales and employs modern first-principles electronic structure calculations combined with statistical physics and machine learning approaches. Her current research interests include materials near structural and electronic phase transitions, as well as topological and two-dimensional materials.

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