Dr. Predrag Vulić Assistant Professor Research Associate Professor Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade Date and place of birth: August 26th, 1973, Zemun, Serbia e-mail: predrag.vulic@rgf.bg.ac.rs

Education

• 1999 BSc in Geology/Mineralogy and Crystallography, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade
• 2005 MSc in Geology/Crystallography, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade
• 2010 PhD in Mineralogy, Crystallography and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Scientific and academic positions

• Research Assistant Professor, 2012. Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade
• Assistant Professor, 2016. Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade
• Research Associate Professor, 2017. Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade

Research interests

• Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
• Single Crystal and Powder X-ray Diffraction
• X-ray Structure Analysis and Rietveld Method

Teaching (Courses)

• General Mineralogy
• Crystal Chemistry
• Genetic Mineralogy
• Structures and Properties of Modern Materials
• Synthesis of Minerals
• Clay Mineralogy
• Crystal Structure Determination
• Crystallography of Advanced Materials – Selected Chapters
• Instrumental Mineralogy – Selected Chapters

Selected references

• Dimitrijević, R., Dondur, V., Vulić, P., Marković, S., Macura, S.: Structural characterization of pure Na-nephelines synthesized by zeolite conversion route, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (2004) 65(10), 1623-1633.
• Marinković, Z.V., Mančić, L., Vulić, P., Milošević, O.: Microstructural characterization of mechanically activated ZnO-Cr2O3 system, Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2005) 25 (12 SPEC. ISS.), 2081-2084.
• Vulić, P., Kahlenberg, V., Konzett, J.: On the existence of a Na-deficient monoclinic trinepheline with composition Na₈₅Al_7.85Si_8.15O₃₂, American Mineralogist (2008) 93(7), 1072-1079.
• Vulić, P., Balić-Žunić, T., Belmonte, L.J., Kahlenberg, V.: Crystal chemistry of nephelines from ijolites and nepheline-rich pegmatites: influence of composition and genesis on the crystal structure investigated by X-ray diffraction, Mineralogy and Petrology (2011) 101(3-4), 185-194.
• Tančić, P.I., Vulić, P.J., Kaindl, R., Sartory, B., Dimitrijević, R.Ž.: Macroscopically-Zoned Grandite from the Garnetite Skarn of Meka Presedla (Kopaonik Mountain, Serbia), Acta Geologica Sinica – English Edition (2012) 86(2), 393-406.