I graduated from University of Belgrade in 1986 (B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering). I joined the UBC Biomet & Soil Physics group in November 1992 to help design the eddy covariance system that was used during the BOREAS project (1993-1994). To maintain an appearance of need for an engineer in the group, I kept changing (“improving”) the system in years to follow. In 1996 I received my M.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from UBC (“Wavelet Analysis of Paper Machine Data”). From 1996 until 2000 I’ve held a joint appointment as a Research Engineer with the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since July 2000 I’ve been working full time with the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
Currently I am a Senior Research Engineer with the Biometeorology Group and with SWEL in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. I am responsible for management of numerous research and equipment design projects for various faculties and departments at UBC (mainly the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, but also the Faculty of Forestry and Department of Geography). I designed eddy covariance and soil respiration systems that are used at various North American universities (McMaster University, University of Alberta, University of Minnesota and all Canadian universities that participate in the Canadian Carbon Program) and other research institutions (Environment Canada and the Canadian Forest Service). I’ve been contributing to the preparation and implementation of the measurement protocols for large North American research networks including Canadian Carbon Program, Ameriflux and the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). My main research interests are (1) the design of automated measurement systems for long-term environmental measurements and (2) the standardization of data acquisition, quality-assurance/quality-control and data processing to insure reproducibility of research results.
