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Sanja DamjanovicMontenegrin physicist and statesman
Date of Birth: 05.06.1972
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Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Doctoral Studies and Research
- Postdoctoral Research at CERN
- Contributions to CERN and Montenegro
- Return to CERN and Ministerial Appointment
Early Life and Education
Sanja Vlahović was born in Montenegro and completed her schooling in 1991. She went on to earn a degree from the University of Belgrade in 1995, specializing in elementary particle physics and gravity. Vlahović worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Montenegro from 1997 to 1998.
Doctoral Studies and Research
In 1999, Vlahović embarked on a doctoral dissertation under the guidance of physicist Hans-Joachim Specht at the University of Heidelberg. Her research focused on the production of electron pairs in gold and lead ion collisions at 40 AGeV, based on experiments conducted at CERN's Proton Synchrotron and using the CERES/NA45-2 experiment. Vlahović earned her doctorate with honors in 2002.
Postdoctoral Research at CERN
After completing her PhD, Vlahović pursued postdoctoral research at CERN in 2003, collaborating with the University of Heidelberg and the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung. Her work involved the NA60 experiment, which aimed to study the production of fast dimuons and charmed quarks using proton and heavy ion beams.
Contributions to CERN and Montenegro
Vlahović became a CERN associate in 2006 and a scientific associate in 2009, specializing in basic research, experimental physics, and high-energy atomic nucleus collisions. She also participated in applied research in high radiation fields generated by particle beams at high accelerations. In 2007, Vlahović played a crucial role in facilitating an international agreement between Montenegro and CERN.
Return to CERN and Ministerial Appointment
In 2014, Vlahović returned to Darmstadt to join the working group on radiation detection and diagnostics in the accelerator department at GSI. In 2015, she was again assigned to CERN. Vlahović has authored over 100 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings. On November 28, 2016, she was appointed Minister of Science of Montenegro by the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, serving in the government led by Duško Marković.
