Bozidar Novakovic

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ABOUT BOZIDAR NOVAKOVIC

My general area of expertise is creating physics simulation software, simulation, and modeling in the areas of optoelectronics, electronics, and photonics. I have industrial experience and academic experience and qualifications in:* Semiconductor physics and numerical techniques.* Quantum and semi-classical charge and heat transport.* Optical modes and optical wave propagation.* Efficient and robust simulation software implementation.* Modeling and simulation of electronics and photonics devices and circuits.* People and project management of engineering teams. I have experience working in large teams in industry and academia on developing high performance computing simulation software and providing simulation and modelling support for semiconductor and optoelectronic industry customers who want to improve their semiconductor process and device performance with the help of computer simulations and modeling. My current focus is on developing simulation software and modelling optoelectronic and photonic devices and circuits, such as:* semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, modulators,* developing and coupling electrical, thermal, and optical physics solvers. In the first half of my career my focus was on developing simulation software and modelling improved switching characteristics and reduced short-channel effects in electronic devices such as:* Semiconducting 2D material FETs (TMD, phosphorene),* Nanowires * Ultra-thin body MOSFETs * Tunneling field effect transistors. As an MSc and PhD student researcher, I published works on:* The effects of scattering relaxation of charge carriers in electrical interconnects on the operation of semiconductor devices in the nanoscale, nearly ballistic, limit.* Numerical techniques to calculate the conductance and related electronic properties in nanoscale semiconductor devices with curved 2D geometry.* The explanation of experimental results of efficient electron field emitters with low work function coatings.* The explanation of experimental results of strained Si nanomembranes with improved thermoelectric properties.* The calculation of the contribution of electron-electron scattering on non-radiative transitions in quantum cascade lasers. For a while in my early research career, I have been in charge of ultra-high vacuum scanning probe microscopy equipment where I had a chance to image surfaces of various crystalline and amorphous solids to atomic precision. My interests and limited experience also include phonons, thermionic and field emission, and thermoelectric properties.