Who We Are?

Prof. dr Vanja Asanović

Vanja Asanović is a Full Professor at the University of Montenegro, Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology, where she teaches courses related to physical metallurgy and management of the environment. The research addresses several topics: nanocomposites, hydrogen storage, Cu-based shape memory alloys, steel and aluminium alloys, phase change materials, phase transformations, microstructural characterisation of metal materials, environmental protection, and waste management. Besides scientific research and teaching, she has more than fourteen years of experience managing the Bureau of Metrology. She was the head of the expert team that established the Centre of Metrology in July 2006. As an acting director of the newly formed Bureau of Metrology, she has performed all necessary duties to establish metrological traceability, organise the working procedures in legal, scientific, and industrial metrology, and control precious metal articles. From 2007 to February 2021, she presented Montenegro and the Bureau of Metrology in the different regional and international metrological organisations as a delegate and a member of varying working bodies.

Prof. Asanović is a reviewer for various international journals related to material science. She coordinates one international scientific project and one national scientific research project while participating in one international scientific project and one national scientific research project now. She has coordinated two national scientific research projects and one bilateral project and participated in several projects as a team member. She has published 29 papers in scientific journals and 49 in material science and environmental protection conference proceedings.