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Branislav Vlahovic

Professor, Director of CREST and NASA Research Centers, Centers For Research Excellence in Science and Technology

Branislav Vlahovic is a professor of physics in the Department of Mathematics and Physics and the director of the Computational National Science Foundation (NSF) Center of Research Excellence, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) University Research Center for Aerospace Devices, and the Department of Homeland Security Center for Detectors at NCCU.

He was awarded the Oliver Max Gardner Award, the only statewide recognition from the University of North Carolina system, for his significant research contributions and outstanding work with students. His research resulted in over 400 peer-reviewed publications and spans a broad spectrum of fields, encompassing experimental and theoretical nuclear and hypernuclear physics, material science, nanotechnology, photonics and photovoltaics, chemistry, cosmology, genomics and mathematics. He is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Courses

PHYS 1050 - Astronomy
PHYS 3310 - Modern Physics
PHYS 4300 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
PHYS 4900 - Senior Thesis
PHYS 5700 - Research Physics Seminar
PHYS 5800 - Graduate Research
PHYS 5900 - Thesis

Publications

Selected Publications

  1. Effective mass of a-cluster in C-12 nucleus, I Filikhin, A Karoui, B Vlahovic, International journal of modern physics E, Vol. 31, No. 10n11, 2250098 (2022).
  2. Spontaneous Exciton Collapse in a Strongly Flattened Ellipsoidal InSb Quantum Dot, KG Dvoyan, A Karoui, B Vlahovic, Nanoscale Research Letters 17 (1), 77 (2022).
  3. Electronic properties and quasi-zero-energy states of graphene quantum dots, HV Grushevskaya, GG Krylov, SP Kruchinin, B Vlahovic, S Bellucci, Physical Review B 103 (23), 235102 (2021).
  4. Three-body model for resonance, I Filikhin, RY Kezerashvili, VM Suslov, SM Tsiklauri, B Vlahovic, Physical Review D 102 (9), 094027 (2020).
  5. Three-body model for resonance, I Filikhin, RY Kezerashvili, VM Suslov, SM Tsiklauri, B Vlahovic, Physical Review D 102 (9), 094027 (2020).
  6. Effect of impurities ordering in the electronic spectrum and conductivity of graphene, SP Repetsky, IG Vyshyvana, SP Kruchinin, B Vlahovic, S Bellucci, Physics Letters A 384 (19), 126401 92020).
  7. Limit on the anisotropy of the one-way maximum attainable speed of the electron, W Bergan, MJ Forster, V Khachatryan, N Rider, DL Rubin, B Vlahovic, B Wojtsekhowski, Physical Review D 101 (3), 032004 (2020).
  8. I. Filikhin, R. Ya. Kezerashvili, B. Vlahovic, On Binding Energy of Trions in Bulk Materials, Physics Letters A Volume 382, Issue 11, 787 (2018).
  9. Maxim Eingorn, Lakma Fernando, Branislav Vlahovic, Cosmin Ilie, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Guido Maria Urciuoli, Fulvio De Persio, Franco Meddi, Vladimir Nelyubin, High energy photon polarimeter for astrophysics, J. of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4, 011006 (2018).
  10. B. Vlahovic, V.M. Suslov, I. Filikhin, S-wave approach for nnp and ppn Systems with Phenomenological Correction for Singlet NN Potentials, Few Body Syst. 58 (2), 71 (2017).
  11. B. Vlahovic, M. Eingorn and C. Ilie, Uniformity of Cosmic Microwave background as a non-Inflationary Geometric Effect, Modern Physics Letters A 30, 1530026 (2015).
  12. Gurzadyan V. G., Yan H., Vlahovic G., Kashin A., Killela P., Reitman Z., Sargsyan S., Yegorian G., Milledge G., Vlahovic B., Detecting somatic mutations in genomic sequences by means of Kolmogorov–Arnold analysis, Royal Society Open Science, 2, 150143 (2015).
  13. I. Filikhin, S. G. Matinyan and B. Vlahovic, Electronic Structure of Quantum Dots and Rings, Reviews in Theoretical Science, 3, 1 (2015).
  14. M. Eingorn, M. Brilenkov and B. Vlahovic, Zero average values of cosmological perturbations as an indispensable condition for the theory and simulations, Eur. Phys. J. C, 75, 381 (2015).
  15. S. Golge, B. Vlahovic, B. Wojtsekhowski, High-intensity positron microprobe at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, [J. Appl. Phys. 115, 234907 (2014)], Journal of Applied Physics 117 (4), 049902 (2015).

Patents/Copyright/Trademarks

  • 2018 US patent 2015/0154346 A1: Revealing somatic sequences in human genome via Kolmogorov Arnold technique.
  • 2012 US patent 8,617,469: Nanostructure based methods for detection structure determination separation transport extraction and control of chemical and biochemical material.
  • 2005 US patent 8,262,998: Detection methods and detection devices based on the quantum confinement effects
  • 1986 Patent No. 108/86, 1-27-1986: New chemical deposition method of SnO2:Sb.
  • 1986 Patent No. 567/86, 4-9-1986: Electrical power generator by fixed
  • armature and inductive coils.
  • 1985 Patent No 195/85, 2-8-1985: Modified AC electrical power generator with fixed armature and inductive coils.

Grants

Selected Grants:

  • NSF Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology, Phase I and II – Computational Center for Fundamental and Applied Science and Education
  • NASA University Research Center – Center for Aerospace Device Research and Education
  • NSF PREM: NCCU-PSU Partnership for Research and Education in Nanoscale Materials
  • Homeland Security-Center for Research, Education, and Sensor Technology
  • NSF-RISE: Enhancement of Research and Education Infrastructure on Nanobiomaterials, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Environmental Science
  • DOE/NNSA Consortium for Nuclear Security Advanced Manufacturing Enhanced by Machine Learning