Nina Marković facts for kids

Nina Marković is a scientist from Croatia and the United States. She is a physicist who studies tiny materials and how electricity moves through them. Her work helps us understand things like quantum computing, which is a new way to solve problems using the strange rules of the quantum world. She also studies superconductivity, where electricity flows without any loss.

Early Life and Education

Nina Marković started her science journey in Croatia. In 1993, she earned her first degree in Physics from the University of Zagreb. This was like getting her high school diploma but for university!

Advanced Studies

She then moved to the United States to continue her studies. In 1998, she earned her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Minnesota. A Ph.D. is the highest degree you can get in a subject. Her special project, called a thesis, was about how electricity moves in very thin layers of metal. She even won an award for her excellent thesis!

Postdoctoral Research

After getting her Ph.D., Nina Marković worked as a postdoctoral researcher. This means she continued to do research and learn more, often in different places.

• From 1998 to 2000, she worked at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
• From 2000 to 2002, she was a research fellow at Harvard University in the United States.

Career in Physics

In 2003, Nina Marković became a professor at Johns Hopkins University. She taught and continued her important research there.

Major Research Awards

She has received several important awards for her work:

• In 2004, she won a Sloan Research Fellowship. This award helps young scientists do exciting new research.
• In 2006, she received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. This award helps scientists who are just starting their careers to do long-term research projects. Her project focused on how electricity behaves in materials that are incredibly small, called nanometer-scale materials.

Later Work and Discoveries

Nina Marković continued to make progress in her field.

• In 2009, she became an associate professor at Johns Hopkins.
• In 2011, she received funding to study "Spin Control in One-Dimensional Quantum Dots." This research looks at how to control tiny particles called electrons in very small structures.
• In 2015, she joined the Goucher College Department of Physics and Astronomy.
• Also in 2015, she received more funding to study "Designing Quantum Matter with Superconducting Nanowires." This project explores how to create new materials using tiny wires that can carry electricity without any resistance.

Nina Marković is also a member of important science groups, like the American Physical Society and the Materials Research Society. These groups help scientists share their discoveries and work together.

See also

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