Dr. Emil S. Bozin, Principal Research Fellow
HIP-2D-QM European Research Area Chair
Room 160E
Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials,
Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade,
Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Research field
Quantum / condensed-matter materials (atomic/nanoscale structure & dynamics)
Education
1997–2003 Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics, Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Thesis: Charge Stripes and Local Structural Inhomogeneities in La₂₋ₓ(Sr,Ba)ₓCuO₄ High-Temperature Superconductors, Supervisor: Prof. Simon J. L. Billinge
1999–2001 M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Materials and Devices), Michigan State University
1997–1999 M.S. in Physics, Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
1991–1995 B.Sc. in Physics, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physics
Employment
2024 - Senior Physicist & European Research Area Chair, Institute of Physics Belgrade
2010 - 2024 Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2008-2010 Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
Projects
Project Manager
2007–2011 „Beyond Crystallography: Structure of Nanostructured Materials“ – NSF Focused Research Group (FRG), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University.
2006–2011 „Distributed Data Analysis for Neutron Scattering Experiments (DANSE) – Diffraction“ – NSF, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University.
2004–2007 „Structure of Nanocrystals“ – NSF Nanotechnology and Interdisciplinary Research Initiative, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University.
Skills
Using advanced scattering and total-scattering (pair-distribution‐function) methods to probe hierarchical atomic structures and ultrafast transient states in complex materials.
Awards
2019 Stephenson Distinguished Scientist Award, DESY
2014 Science Prize of the Neutron Scattering Society of America
Selected publications
1. Bozin, E. S. et al., “Local orbital degeneracy lifting as a precursor to an orbital-selective Peierls transition.” Nature Communications (2019).
2. Božin, E. S., Masadeh, A. S., Hor, Y. S., Mitchell, J. F. & Billinge, S. J. L., “Detailed mapping of local Ir⁴⁺ dimers through the metal–insulator transitions of CuIr₂S₄ thiospinel by X-ray atomic pair distribution function measurements.” Physical Review Letters 106, 045501 (2011).
3. Mangelis, P.; Lei, H.; McDonnell, M. T.; Feygenson, M.; Petrovic, C.; Bozin, E. S.; Lappas, A., “On the Nanoscale Structure of KₓFe₂₋yCh₂ (Ch = S, Se): A Neutron Pair Distribution Function View.” Condensed Matter 3 (2018) 20.
4. Bozin, E. S.; Huq, A.; Welberry, R., “Advances in Structural Studies of Materials Using Scattering Probes.” MRS Bulletin 35 (7): 520-530 (2010).
5. Aryal, N.; Melnick, C.; Bozin, E. S.; Konik, R. M., “Origin of metal-insulator transitions in the parent compounds of ruthenium-pnictide superconductors.” Phys. Rev. B 110, 235153 (2024).