Ivanka Popović

Ivanka Popović
Иванка Поповић
Ivanka Popović in 2015
Rector of the University of Belgrade
In office
1 October 2018 – 1 October 2021
Preceded byVladimir Bumbaširević
Succeeded byVladan Đokić
Personal details
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
EducationUniversity of Belgrade (MD, PhD)
University of Maryland (BD)
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade

Ivanka Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иванка Поповић; born 1959) is a Serbian professor and the former rector of the University of Belgrade from 2018 to 2021.[1] She authored and co-authored more than 85 scientific documents.[2]

Biography

She was born in Rio de Janeiro to a prominent family, her father was Yugoslav ambassador and diplomat and her grandfather was Daka Popović, a member of the Senate of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1] She studied chemical engineering at the University of Maryland, she finished her studies at Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the University of Belgrade, where she earned her doctorate.[2][3] She became a professor at the University of Belgrade in 2001.[4] She was chosen for rector of the University of Belgrade in May 2018, and she was sworn in same year on October 1.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ivanka Popović: Rektorka - Ljudi - Dnevni list Danas". www.danas.rs (in Serbian). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  2. ^ a b "Проф. др Иванка Поповић, ректорка Универзитета у Београду добитница Награде за изузетност Хемофарм фондације". Politika Online. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  3. ^ "Ivanka Popović". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  4. ^ Рачунски центар, Електротехнички факултет, Универзитет у Београду. "prof. dr Ivanka Popović | TMF". www.tmf.bg.ac.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)