Prof. dr Dejan Popović
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Contact: dbp(at)etf(dot)rs
Short CV
EDUCATION
- Dipl. Eng. in Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, Feb. 1974
- Ms.Sc. in Solid State Physics Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, June 1977
- Ph.D. in Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, Feb. 1981
- Dr. Techn. Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, June 2003
WORK EXPERIENCE
Academic appointments
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
- 1974 - present Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Other academic appointments
Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark
- 1999 - present Professor of Rehabilitation Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Miami College of Engineering, Florida
- 1995 - 1999 Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- 1993 - 1995 Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida
- 1991 - 1996 Professor of Neurological Surgery
Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- 1988-1996 Adjunct Professor of Physiology
- 1987-1988 Visiting Professor of Physiology
Nonacademic appointments
- Senior Fellow, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 1991 - 1996
- Consultant, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1988 – 1996)
- Consultant, FATRONIK Technalia, San Sebastian, Spain (2007 – present)
SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
- control of movement
- restoration of movement in humans with disabilities
- design of medical instrumentation
- information technology in medicine
EDITORIAL DUTIES
- Editor: Journal of Automatic Control, University of Belgrade, 1989- present
- Member of the editorial board: Medical Engineering and Physics; J Neuromodulation
- Associated Editor: IEEE Trans Neur Syst and Rehab Eng
- Reviewer: IEEE Trans on Biomed Eng, IEEE Trans on Rob and Autom, Ann of Biomed Eng, Intern J of Robotics, Intern J Kinesiology and Electromyog, IEEE Spectrum, Spinal Cord, J Physiol, Brain Research, J Neurosci Met, Art Rgans, MedBiol Eng Phys, J Neurorepair, etc.
MEMBERSHIPS: Society for Electronics, Automatics and Computer Engineering (ETRAN) – member of the Board of Directors, IEEE – Institute for Electronic and Electric Engineers, International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS) – Founding Member, Member of the Board of Directors, EMBS - Biomedical Engineering Society, Vice-president of the Society for Biomedical Engineering and Physics of Serbia