Branislav Popović, Ph.D. - CV

Personal Data

Full name: Branislav Popović
Birthdate: July 14th, 1954
Birthplace: Zrenjanin, Serbia
Children: Višnja (1981), Vukašin (1983) Milena (1988), Natalija (2015), Bogdan (2018)
Marital status: Married (Marija)
Nationality: Serbian
Religion: Orthodox Christian

 

Education and Academic Degrees

Ph.D. in Mathematics (Numerical analysis): University of Kragujevac, September, 1999 (Advisor: Boško S. Jovanović)
  Dissertation: Some applications of interpolation theory for numerical solution of boundary value problems by finite difference method
M.Sc. in Mathematics (Numerical analysis): University of Belgrade, March, 1988 (Advisor: Boško S. Jovanović)
  Thesis: Approximation of generalized solutions of the third boundary problem for Poisson's equation
B.Sc. in Mathematics: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, October, 1978
High School: Gymnasium "Slobodan Penezić Krcun", Vrnjačka Banja,  1969 1973
Primary School: "Živadin Apostolović", Trstenik,  1961 1969 

 

Professional Experience

2019 – present: Retired Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
2008 – 2019: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
1999 – 2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
1988 – 1999: Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
1979 – 1988: Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
1979 – 1979: Teacher of Mathematics, XIII Belgrade gymnasium, Belgrade

 

Professional Positions

2015 – 2017: Member of National Education Council of the Republic of Serbia
2015 – 2018: Member of Council of University of Kragujevac
February 2009 – February 2018: Vice Dine for Finance, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
2003 – 2007: Head of Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
September 2009 – October 2019: President of the State Committee for Mathematics Teachers Licensing, Ministry of Education and Science
2005 – 2010: President of the Mathematical Society of Serbia
January 2012 – January 2022: President of the Managing Board of the Mathematical Society of Serbia
1979 – 2019: Member of Scientific-Educational Council of Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
2011 – 2012: Member of Council of University of Kragujevac
January 2010 – January 2012: Member of Executive Board of the Mathematical Society of Serbia
2015 – 2022: Representative of Serbia in the KSF association
2002 – 2008: Leader of national team on JBMO
2002 – 2013: President of the Committee for Mathematical Primary School Competitions in Serbia

 

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Mathematical Society of Serbia

 

Mathematics Genealogy Project - Branislav Popović

My Scientific Genealogy (back to the year 1500)

 

Erdös Number: 3 - over Ivan Gutman

 

Research Interests

Numerical Analysis, Fixed Point Theory, Teaching of Mathematics and History of Mathematics