Jasna Jankovic

Dr. Jasna Jankovic is an Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut (UConn) and Lead of the international Network of Networks titled international hydrogen network of networks titled Research and Education Accelerated by Connections in Clean Hydrogen (REACH2). Prior to joining UConn in 2018, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, Department of Chemical Engineering, under the supervision of Dr. David Wilkinson, followed by a 7 years employment as a Senior Research Scientist at the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation in Burnaby, Canada, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Daimler. Dr. Jankovic’s research focus is in advanced characterization of fuel cells, electrolyzers and batteries using microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, fabrication of novel electrodes for electrochemical devices, as well as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and clean energy education. She has more than 25 years of experience in clean energy sector, extensive list of publications, 2 patents and 2 provisional patents. Dr. Jankovic is a recipient of several prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) awards in Canada, a number of National Science Foundation (NSF) awards (including NSF CAREER and PFI awards), and Department of Energy (DOE) sub-awards in the US. Most recently she was awarded the Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to spend 6 months sabbatical stay at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy in Freiburg, Germany.