Ivanka Popović (; born 1959) is a Serbian professor and the incumbent

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of the

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since October 1, 2018. She authored and co-authored more than 85 scientific documents.

Biography

She was born in

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to a prominent family, her father was Yugoslav ambassador and diplomat and her grandfather was Daka Popović, a member of the . She studied

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at the

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, she finished her studies at Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the

, where she earned her

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. She became a professor at the

in 2001. She was chosen for

of the

in May 2018 and she was sworn in same year on October 1.

References

1959 births Living people University of Belgrade faculty People from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Serbia-academic-bio-stub