Dr Ivana Savic joined King's College London in 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Physics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia in 2003, and PhD from the University of Leeds, UK in 2006. Her postdoctoral research positions were at the Commission of Atomic Energy, Grenoble, France and the University of California, Davis, USA. Prior to joining King's College London, she led a research team at the Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Ireland.

Research

Dr Savic’s research focus is the development of theoretical and computational approaches to characterise and predict the transport and ultrafast processes in bulk and nanostructured materials. Her research aims to develop an understanding of how many-body interactions (e.g. electron-phonon and phonon-phonon interactions) influence the electronic, thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of materials. She is also developing an understanding of coupled electron and vibrational dynamics in materials after intense light excitations on very short time scales. In her research, Dr Savic uses modern first-principles electronic structure calculations combined with statistical physics and machine learning approaches. Materials of current interest include materials near structural and electronic phase transitions, topological, two-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional (layered) materials.