Dušan Pejaković
Research Physicist
Molecular Physics Laboratory

Dušan Pejaković joined staff at the Molecular Physics Laboratory in 2005.  His areas of expertise include laser spectroscopic methods for species detection; optical spectroscopy; collisional energy transfer in small molecules; materials for thermal protection systems; solid state magnetism and molecule-based magnets; and various methods for physical characterization of materials.

At SRI International, Dr. Pejaković has participated in or led research projects funded by NASA, NSF, and AFOSR in the following areas:

• Surface-catalyzed recombination of O and N atoms
• Oxidation of ultra-high temperature ceramics in dissociated oxygen
• Calibration of heat flux gauges using periodic laser heating
• Synthesis of candidate thermal protection materials by pulsed laser deposition
• Three-body recombination of O atoms
• Kinetics and collisional energy transfer in excited oxygen molecules relevant to the upper atmosphere
• Analysis of the pyrolysis of preceramic polymers by simultaneous thermogravimetry and single-photon-ionization mass spectroscopy

Before joining SRI International, Dr. Pejaković investigated molecule-based magnets and photoinduced magnetic effects at The Ohio State University with Prof. Arthur J. Epstein.

Dr. Pejaković holds a B.S. in Physics (1994) from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and a Ph.D. in Physics form The Ohio State University (2001).  His studies included postdoctoral fellowships at The Ohio State University and SRI International. He is a member of the American Physical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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