Dr Natasa Vasiljevic
Panelist: Materials & Devices
Dr Natasa Vasiljevic is a senior lecturer at the School of Physics, working in the areas of surface science, interfacial electrochemistry, and electrodeposition. She is leading a Surface Physics research group focused on the design of functional nanomaterials and structures relevant to energy applications, (electro)catalysis, sensing and optoelectronics.
Dr Vasiljevic completed a Theoretical Physics Honours degree at the University of Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia) and obtained her PhD in Science and Engineering of Materials at Arizona State University, US, in 2004. During her PhD, she conducted some of the first in-situ Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM) and surface stress studies of the electrode/solution interface structure during metal deposition. Dr Vasiljevic worked as a postgraduate intern in 2003 at Seagate Research Centre in Pittsburgh, US, on optimising and understanding the effect of additives adsorption during electrodeposition of high-moment alloys for magnetic recording heads. From 2004-2008, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, US, working on the in-situ Scanning Probe Microscopy (AFM and STM) in studies of localised corrosion phenomena.
Dr Vasiljevic joined the School of Physics at Bristol in 2008 as a Great Western Research Fellow and became a lecturer in 2011. From 2009 to 2021, she served as the Director of Foundations of Physics and Physics with a Preliminary year, delivering and organising teaching, mentoring, and supporting many mature students with diverse backgrounds and unconventional education pathways. Since 2022, she has been the Year-1 Director, assisting in designing and rolling out the new curriculum for Year-1 teaching in the School of Physics, which commenced in 2023/24.
Dr Vasiljevic has been an active member of the electrochemical science community. She was elected Electrodeposition Division Chair of the Electrochemical Society, the largest international society in electrochemical solid-state science, from 2012 to 2023. Dr Vasiljevic's research includes areas of thin film growth, electrocatalysis for fuel cells, green electrodeposition of metal alloys, oxides and nanostructures for microelectronics, plasmonic as well as electrochromic (smart windows) applications.