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Contact Information

Name Miloš Dubajić
Professional Title Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Email md942 [at] cam.ac.uk

Professional Experience

  • Aug 2025 – Present

    Cambridge, UK

    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    University of Cambridge
    Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Stranks group.
    • Local LLM hardware and knowledge-base development for autonomous photoluminescence microscopy characterisation and data processing of epitaxially grown halide perovskites.
    • Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of epitaxially grown halide perovskite thin-film single crystals (rspace3d).
  • Aug 2023 – Aug 2025

    Cambridge, UK

    Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Cambridge
    Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Stranks group.
    • X-ray diffuse scattering to probe the link between local crystallographic structure and macroscopic properties in halide perovskites.
    • Led group synchrotron work at Diamond Light Source, nano-XRD, XRF, Bragg CDI, ptychography, etc.
  • Feb 2022 – Jul 2023

    Cambridge, UK

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Cambridge
    Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Stranks group.
    • Built a 4D hyperspectral time-resolved photoluminescence microscope with spectral and temporal resolution at every pixel and diffraction-limited spatial resolution, a unique setup worldwide.
  • Oct 2021 – Feb 2022

    Sydney, Australia

    Research Assistant
    University of New South Wales
    School of Photovoltaic Engineering and Renewable Energy.
    • Construction of an ultrafast optical pump-probe microscopy setup.
  • Sep 2017 – Oct 2021

    Sydney, Australia

    PhD Researcher
    University of New South Wales
    School of Photovoltaic Engineering and Renewable Energy.
    • Advanced spectroscopy for electron and lattice dynamics in perovskite solar cell materials, ultrafast spectroscopy, Brillouin spectroscopy, neutron scattering, etc.
  • Oct 2015 – Dec 2015

    Tokyo, Japan

    IAESTE Intern
    University of Tokyo
    Department of Materials Engineering.
    • Structural analysis of MOCVD-deposited AlN buffer layers for optimising lattice-matched GaN deposition on silicon wafers.
  • Oct 2015 – Jul 2017

    Belgrade, Serbia

    Master's Researcher
    University of Belgrade
    School of Electrical Engineering.
    • Numerical simulations of how electric field orientation influences spin splitting in semiconductor quantum wires.
    • Design of novel semiconductor active metamaterials, numerical modelling and optimisation.
    • Design and characterisation of silicon micro-ring resonators operating in the MIR and NIR.

Education

  • Sep 2017 – Apr 2022

    Sydney, Australia

    PhD
    University of New South Wales
    Photovoltaics
    • Thesis: Understanding the structure and dynamics of hybrid lead halide perovskites for photovoltaics.
  • Oct 2015 – Jul 2017

    Belgrade, Serbia

    MSc
    University of Belgrade
    Nanoelectronics and Photonics
    • Thesis: Possibilities of achieving negative refraction in cubic nitride-based quantum-cascade lasers.
  • Sep 2011 – Sep 2015

    Belgrade, Serbia

    BSc
    University of Belgrade
    Electrical Engineering
    • Thesis: Design of novel non-polar nitride metamaterials with quantum-cascade laser configuration.

Teaching

  • 2018 – 2020

    Sydney, Australia

    Academic Tutor
    University of New South Wales
    • Introduction to Electronic Devices (undergraduate).
    • Applied Photovoltaics (undergraduate / master’s).
    • PV Systems Design (undergraduate, 2019–2020).
    • Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation (undergraduate).
    • Physics Lab (undergraduate).

Grants

  • Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship — Strain manipulation for Halide Perovskite Performance Improvements
    European Commission and UKRI

    €236,748 (PI).

  • EPSRC Core Equipment Award — Time-Resolved Hyperspectral System
    EPSRC

    £20,000. Grant design and participation in the submission in the name of Prof. S. Stranks.

  • Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering access (Taipan, Sika, Pelican, Wombat)
    Australian Government

    AUD 286k (PI), AUD 228k (co-PI).

  • Australian Synchrotron access (MX1 & MX2, THz/Far-IR, Powder Diffraction)
    Australian Government

    AUD 97k (co-PI).

  • Diamond Light Source / ESRF / DESY / MAX IV access
    UK / EU synchrotron consortia

    Diamond (I07, I13, I14, I15, I19), ESRF (ID11, ID15a), DESY (P21.1, P10), MAX IV (NanoMax). co-PI.

  • PAL-XFEL access (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory Free-Electron Laser)
    PAL-XFEL, Korea

    co-PI.

Awards

  • Best Poster Award (ACS Energy Letters)
    ACS Energy Letters, PSCO Conference, Perugia, Italy
  • Postdoctoral By-Fellowship
    Churchill College, University of Cambridge
  • AINSE PGRA Award
    Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering

    Awarded to exceptional PhD students in materials science and engineering.

  • University International Postgraduate Award
    University of New South Wales

    Living-allowance scholarship and tuition-fee scholarship.

  • IAESTE Internship Award
    IAESTE

    Scholarship to attend an internship at the University of Tokyo.

  • Dositeja Award
    Serbian Government Fund for Young Talents

    Scholarship for exceptional students studying abroad.

  • Serbian Ministry of Education Award
    Serbian Ministry of Education

    Scholarship for exceptional undergraduate students in Serbia.

Service

  • Journal reviewer

    Nature Materials, Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials, Science Advances, ACS Energy Letters, ACS Nano, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Matter, Newton (Cell Press), APL Materials.

  • Grant reviewer

    Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering.

  • Symposium organiser

    MATSUS 2026 Fall — ‘Structure and Dynamics in Halide Perovskites, From Theory and Spectroscopy to Applications’.

  • Academic Mentor

    Churchill College, Cambridge, 2023–present.

  • Postdoctoral By-Fellow

    Churchill College, University of Cambridge, 2023–present.