Dr Andrijana Šolajić
Laboratory for Solid State Physics
Room 164A
Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials,
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade,
Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Research field
DFT calculations; Electronic structure, Lattice dynamics and optical properties in layered and 2D materials; Strain in 2D materials and heterostructures
Education
2017 – 2025
PhD Studies, Faculty of Physics, Condensed Matter Physics; Supervisor: dr Jelena Pešić
2016 – 2017
Master degree, School of Electrical Engineering, Nanoelectronics and photonics module
Thesis: DFT study of electron and phonon properties of Sr and Yb doped graphene
2010 – 2016
Bachelor degree, School of Electrical Engineering, Nanoelectronics and photonics module
Thesis: Electronic structure of strained graphene nanodots
Employment
2025 – present
Research Associate
Institute of Physics Belgrade
2022 – 2025
Research Assistant
Institute of Physics Belgrade
2018 – 2021
Research Trainee
Institute of Physics Belgrade
Projects
National Projects
2020 - present
The Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia: Promis grant number: 6062656 – “StrainedFeSC - Strain effects in iron chalcogenide superconductors”
2018 – 2020
Physics of nanostructured oxide materials and strongly correlated systems ON 171032, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia
2018 – 2020
Nanostructured multifunctional materials and nanocomposites III450018, funded the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia
International scientific collaboration projects
2024 – 2026
"Exploring spectroscopic fingerprints of defects and dopants in two dimensional magnetic insulators", Bilateral exchange project with Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria
2023 – 2025
"Nonthermal Phase transitions in 2D Gallium Sulphide for Applications in Next-Generation Devices", Multilateral Scientific and Technological cooperation in the Danube Region
2023 – 2025
Synthesis and characterization of ternary Van der Waals MoxW1-xS2 nanotubes for advanced field emission application", Bilateral exchange project with Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana Slovenia
2018 – 2020
"Modelling and measuring phase transitions and optical properties for perovskites", Bilateral exchange project with Johannes Kepler University, Linz Austria
Publications
- Šolajić A., Pešić J. Tailoring electronic and optical properties of hBN/InTe and hBN/GaTe heterostructures through biaxial strain engineering. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 1081. (2024)
Mijin, S. D., Šolajić, A., Pešić, J., Liu, Y., Petrovic, C., Bockstedte, M., ... & Lazarević, N. Spin-phonon interaction and short-range order in Mn3Si2Te6. Physical Review B, 107(5), 054309 (2023)
Šolajić, A., Pešić, J., Novel wide spectrum light absorber heterostructures based on hBN/In (Ga) Te. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 34(34), 345301. (2022)
Milosavljević, A., Šolajić, A., Pešić, J., Liu, Y., Petrovic, C., Lazarević, N., and Popović, Z.V. Evidence of spin-phonon coupling in CrSiTe3, Physical Review B 98, 104306 (2018)
Djurdjić-Mijin, S., Šolajić, A., Pešić, J., Šćepanović, M., Liu, Y., Baum, A., Petrovic, C., Lazarević, N., and Popović, Z.V. Lattice dynamics and phase transition in CrI3 single crystals, Physical Review B 98 (10), 104307 (2018).
Reviewing for scientific journals
- Electronic Structure
- Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
- Journal of Electronic Materials
- Journal of Computational Electronics
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Conference organizing
- Chair of the organizing committee of the international workshop “Advances in Solid State Physics and New Materials - Spring Workshop 2026”, 25 - 29 May, 2026, Belgrade
- Member of the organizing committee of the international conference “Advances in Solid State Physics and New Materials 2025”, 19 - 23 May, 2025., Belgrade
- Member of the organizing committee of the international conference “The 21st Symposium on Condensed Matter Physics”, 26-30 June 2023., Belgrade
- Member of the organizing committee of the workshop “The Workshop Strongly Correlated Electron Systems” 9-10 June 2022., Belgrade
- Member of the organizing committee of the international conference “The 20th Symposium on Condensed Matter Physics”, 7.-11. October 2019., Belgrade
Other
2024 - present Member of The Diversity & Gender Dimension Board of the Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials