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'''Jasmina Vujic''' (born 1953) is an American professor of nuclear engineering at UC ] in ]. She is also the first woman to serve as chair of a university nuclear engineering department in the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobelova nagrada je ispolitizovana|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/drustvo/aktuelno.290.html:689573-Nobelova-nagrada-je-ispolitizovana|accessdate=26 April 2018|website=www.novosti.rs}}</ref> '''Jasmina Vujic''' is an American professor of nuclear engineering at the ] and the first woman to serve as chair of a collegiate nuclear engineering department in the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobelova nagrada je ispolitizovana|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/drustvo/aktuelno.290.html:689573-Nobelova-nagrada-je-ispolitizovana|access-date=26 April 2018|website=Novosti.rs}}</ref><ref name="Department History">{{Cite web|title=Department History|url=https://nuc.berkeley.edu/department-history/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=Nuc.berkeley.edu}}</ref>


==Background== ==Background==
Born in ], ], Vujic grew up in the town of ]. She studied at ]'s School of Electrical Engineering, graduating in 1977. From 1977 until 1985, she worked at the ] near ].<ref name="hpschapters.org"/> After moving to the United States in 1985, Vujic obtained her Masters in 1987 and her Ph.D. in 1989, both from the ], Ann Arbor.<ref name="hpschapters.org"/> She then worked at the ] before starting her career at ].<ref name="hpschapters.org"/> She has also been involved in educational initiatives in ], like giving a speech at a summer math camp for children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/mladi-matematicari-kao-nastavnici/|title=Mladi matematičari kao nastavnici|date=20 August 2017|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> Born in ], ], Vujic grew up in the town of ]. She studied at ]'s School of Electrical Engineering, graduating in 1977. From 1977 until 1985, she worked at the ] near ].<ref name="hpschapters.org">{{Cite web |url=http://hpschapters.org/ncchps/BIO_-_Jasmina_Vujic.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-04-22 |archive-date=2013-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630104541/http://hpschapters.org/ncchps/BIO_-_Jasmina_Vujic.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref> After moving to the United States in 1985, Vujic obtained her Masters in 1987 and her Ph.D. in 1989, both from the ], Ann Arbor.<ref name="hpschapters.org"/> She then worked at the ] before starting her career at ].<ref name="hpschapters.org"/> She has also been involved in educational initiatives in ], like giving a speech at a summer math camp for children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/mladi-matematicari-kao-nastavnici/|title=Mladi matematičari kao nastavnici|website=Dana.rs|date=20 August 2017|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
Since 1992, Vujic has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in nuclear engineering at ]. She is co-director of the Berkeley Nuclear Research Center, which she also co-founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/people/jasmina_vujic|title=Jasmina Vujic - Berkeley Nuclear Engineering|website=www.nuc.berkeley.edu|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> From 2005 to 2009, she was chair of ]'s nuclear engineering school, making her the first American woman to head such a department. Since 1992, Vujic has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in nuclear engineering at ]. She is co-director of the Berkeley Nuclear Research Center, which she also co-founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/people/jasmina_vujic|title=Jasmina Vujic - Berkeley Nuclear Engineering|website=Nuc.berkeley.edu|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=20 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920052439/http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/people/jasmina_vujic|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 2005 to 2009, she was chair of ]'s nuclear engineering school, making her the first American woman to head such a department.<ref name="Department History"/>


Her current research interests include reactor core design and biomedical applications of radiation, as well as neutron and photon transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/jasmina-l-vujic|title=Jasmina L. Vujic - Research UC Berkeley|website=vcresearch.berkeley.edu|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> Vujic has published over 240 papers, with about one quarter of them appearing in top archival journals.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=HCQndTBSlGAC&pg=PA179&dq=jasmina+vujic#v=onepage&q=jasmina+vujic&f=false|title=Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium|first1=National Research|last1=Council|first2=Division on Earth and Life|last2=Studies|first3=Nuclear and Radiation Studies|last3=Board|first4=Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched|last4=Uranium|date=27 May 2009|publisher=National Academies Press|accessdate=26 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780309141093}}</ref> Her current research interests include reactor core design and biomedical applications of radiation, as well as neutron and photon transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/jasmina-l-vujic|title=Jasmina L. Vujic - Research UC Berkeley|website=Vcresearch.berkeley.edu|access-date=26 April 2018|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228010902/https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/jasmina-l-vujic|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vujic has published over 240 papers, with about one quarter of them appearing in top archival journals.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HCQndTBSlGAC&q=jasmina+vujic&pg=PA179|title=Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium|first1=National Research|last1=Council|first2=Division on Earth and Life|last2=Studies|first3=Nuclear and Radiation Studies|last3=Board|first4=Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched|last4=Uranium|date=27 May 2009|publisher=National Academies Press|access-date=26 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780309141093}}</ref>
She has been the recipient of several awards, including ]'s 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award and the 1991 ] best paper award.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="hpschapters.org">http://hpschapters.org/ncchps/BIO_-_Jasmina_Vujic.doc</ref> She has given numerous presentations and lectures abroad and in the United States. She has given numerous presentations and lectures abroad and in the United States.


In 2016, she became the program director of a 25 million dollar research grant focused on nuclear science and national security.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/02/05/nuclear-science-and-security-consortium-2/|title=UC Berkeley to lead new $25M nuclear science and security consortium|date=5 February 2016|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> The grant benefits a coalition of eight universities headed by a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycal.org/2016/01/31/uc-berkeley-led-consortium-receives-grant-research-nuclear-energy-security/|title=UC Berkeley-led consortium receives grant to research nuclear energy, security - The Daily Californian|date=31 January 2016|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> Vujic is a member of RadWatch, a ] project that provides data on radiation to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.berkeley.edu/2014/06/19/radwatch-provides-radiation-data-to-the-public/|title=RadWatch project brings near real-time radiation data to the public|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2018}}</ref> She is also considered to be a leading specialist on nuclear reactors and has been quoted in the news media on such issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12762608|title=Surprise 'critical' warning raises nuclear fears|first=Richard|last=Black|date=16 March 2011|publisher=|accessdate=26 April 2018|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> From 2010-2012, she led the "Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization " in the USA. Vujic has also worked as a consultant for companies like ], Transware, and VeriTainer.<ref name="hpschapters.org"/> Vujic is a member of RadWatch, a ] project that provides data on radiation to the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.berkeley.edu/2014/06/19/radwatch-provides-radiation-data-to-the-public/|title=RadWatch project brings near real-time radiation data to the public|date=30 November 2001|website=News.berkeley.edu|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> She is a leading specialist on nuclear reactors and has been quoted in the news media on such issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-12762608|title=Surprise 'critical' warning raises nuclear fears|first=Richard|last=Black|work=BBC News|date=16 March 2011|access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> From 2010 to 2012, she led the "Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization " in the USA. Vujic has also worked as a consultant for companies like ], Transware, and VeriTainer.<ref name="hpschapters.org"/>

=== Awards ===
Vujic has received numerous professional and charitable awards throughout her career, including ]'s 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award and the 1991 ] best paper award.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="hpschapters.org" />


== Politics == == Politics ==
In 2015, she publicly opposed the Serbian government's sale of ], claiming the sale would eliminate thousands of jobs and enrich corrupt Serbian government officials.<ref>{{Cite web|last=YouTube|first=|date=|title="Naša priča" - Jasmina Vujić, žena koja je spasla "Telekom"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqcF89dGFg|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> In 2015, during an interview on Our Story, a Serbian television news program hosted by journalist Marina Dabic, Vujic stated that she opposed the Serbian government's sale of ] because the sale would eliminate thousands of jobs and enrich corrupt Serbian government officials.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Telecom is Ours (translation)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmtKH-WUpiA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Our Story: Jasmina Vujic, the Woman Who Saved Telekom (translation)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmtKH-WUpiA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=YouTube}}</ref>

In July 2020, the ] ran a story revealing that Vujic is a member of the far-right ] party in Serbia, and has served as their vice president. Vujic declined to comment on the story, and an official from the university noted that her activities with the group were "outside the scope of the professor's employment with the university."<ref>{{cite news|last=Winston|first=Ali|date=2020-07-25|title=Berkeley Nuke Prof's Side Gig: Far-Right Serbian Activist|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/berkeley-nuclear-security-professor-jasmina-vujics-bizarre-side-gig-is-far-right-serbian-activist|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=26 July 2020|website=]}}</ref>

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Jasmina Vujic
BornLoznica, Serbia
NationalitySerbian-American
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
University of Belgrade
OccupationNuclear Engineering Professor at Berkeley
Known forFirst female head of a nuclear engineering department in the United States.

Jasmina Vujic is an American professor of nuclear engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and the first woman to serve as chair of a collegiate nuclear engineering department in the United States.

Background

Born in Loznica, Serbia, Vujic grew up in the town of Šabac. She studied at Belgrade University's School of Electrical Engineering, graduating in 1977. From 1977 until 1985, she worked at the Vinča Nuclear Institute near Belgrade. After moving to the United States in 1985, Vujic obtained her Masters in 1987 and her Ph.D. in 1989, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She then worked at the Argonne National Laboratory before starting her career at Berkeley. She has also been involved in educational initiatives in Serbia, like giving a speech at a summer math camp for children.

Career

Since 1992, Vujic has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in nuclear engineering at Berkeley. She is co-director of the Berkeley Nuclear Research Center, which she also co-founded. From 2005 to 2009, she was chair of Berkeley's nuclear engineering school, making her the first American woman to head such a department.

Her current research interests include reactor core design and biomedical applications of radiation, as well as neutron and photon transport. Vujic has published over 240 papers, with about one quarter of them appearing in top archival journals. She has given numerous presentations and lectures abroad and in the United States.

Vujic is a member of RadWatch, a Berkeley project that provides data on radiation to the public. She is a leading specialist on nuclear reactors and has been quoted in the news media on such issues. From 2010 to 2012, she led the "Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization " in the USA. Vujic has also worked as a consultant for companies like General Electric, Transware, and VeriTainer.

Awards

Vujic has received numerous professional and charitable awards throughout her career, including Berkeley's 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award and the 1991 American Nuclear Society best paper award.

Politics

In 2015, during an interview on Our Story, a Serbian television news program hosted by journalist Marina Dabic, Vujic stated that she opposed the Serbian government's sale of Telekom Srbija because the sale would eliminate thousands of jobs and enrich corrupt Serbian government officials.

In July 2020, the Daily Beast ran a story revealing that Vujic is a member of the far-right Dveri party in Serbia, and has served as their vice president. Vujic declined to comment on the story, and an official from the university noted that her activities with the group were "outside the scope of the professor's employment with the university."

References

  1. "Nobelova nagrada je ispolitizovana". Novosti.rs. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Department History". Nuc.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2018-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Mladi matematičari kao nastavnici". Dana.rs. 20 August 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. "Jasmina Vujic - Berkeley Nuclear Engineering". Nuc.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. "Jasmina L. Vujic - Research UC Berkeley". Vcresearch.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ Council, National Research; Studies, Division on Earth and Life; Board, Nuclear and Radiation Studies; Uranium, Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched (27 May 2009). Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309141093. Retrieved 26 April 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. "RadWatch project brings near real-time radiation data to the public". News.berkeley.edu. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. Black, Richard (16 March 2011). "Surprise 'critical' warning raises nuclear fears". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. "Telecom is Ours (translation)". YouTube.
  11. "Our Story: Jasmina Vujic, the Woman Who Saved Telekom (translation)". YouTube.
  12. Winston, Ali (2020-07-25). "Berkeley Nuke Prof's Side Gig: Far-Right Serbian Activist". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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