Andrija Kosti | Curriculum Vitae

Zmaja od Noaja street, 14b, 18000, Ni, Serbia

(+381)61 5853347

(+381)18 282301 Q quantum.cosmicstring@gmail.com

alas.matf.bg.ac.rs/ af14070/

Education
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Astronomy
Major in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Belgrade, Serbia
2014 present

Current GPA: 9.94/10.00

Gymnasium "Svetozar Markovi"

Special class for gifted students in physics

Ni, Serbia
2010 2014

Music high school "Vojislav Vukovi"

Guitar, Piano, Music Theory, Choir, Composing

Ni, Serbia
2010 - 2012

Publications and Conference Proceedings

Programming the LED cube with the Raspberry-Pi microcomputer:
Kosti A.; Aleksi D.; Proceedings of the IEEESTEC 7th Student project conference; Ni, Serbia; 2014; 131-136
Dynamical evolution of dust particles ejected from the surface of comets C/2012 S1 (ISON) and C/2011
W3(Lovejoy):
Kosti. A.; Mentored by Smoli. I. and Bokovi. M.; Proceedings of the 13th Petnicas annual conference; Petnike sveske;
Petnica Science Center, Serbia; 2014; (submitted)

Work and Research Experience

Max Planck Institute For Astronomy
Research Internship

Technion Institute of Technology

SciTech Summer Science Camp

Valjevo, Serbia
2014-Present
Haifa, Israel
21st July 14th August, 2014

Project name: The Hairy Ball Theorem

- Member of a team that studied topology, in particular the properties of The Hairy Ball Theorem and its applications to some
other fields of natural sciences
- Visualizations of properties of different theorems written in Python

Petnica Science Center

Junior Researcher and presenter at the annual conferences "A Step Into Science"

Gttingen, Germany
1st - 31st August, 2015

Research subject: Kuiper belt structure mentored by PhD Pedro Lacerda (link to a small report)
- N-body simulations of the Kuiper belt region with and without Nice model event
- MERCURY and REBOUND integration packages used, along with C,C++ and Python codes written for data analysis and
visualization

Petnica Science Center

Junior Teaching Assistant

Heidelberg, Germany
July - 31st August, 2016

Research subject: Hunting for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in Milky Way Globular Clusters mentored by Glenn van de Ven,
Paolo Bianchini, Alessandra Mastrobuono
- Using emcee code to model globular cluster internal dynamics
- Incorporating energy equipartition with a goal to improve the existing models
- Results: Here is a link to a small report I made

Max Planck Institute For Solar System Research

Research Internship

21st

Valjevo, Serbia
2010 - 2014

2011 - 2014 Project name: Dynamical evolution of dust particles ejected from the surface of comets C/2012 S1 (ISON) and
C/2011 W3(Lovejoy)
- Modeling the comets nucleus and the thermodynamical processes which lead to ejection of the dust particles
- Solving differential equations of motion, implementation of the created model in C++, numerical integration
2011 - Part of the Serbian team within the MONECOM project (part of BELLISSIMA initiative with teams from Croatia and Greece)
under leadership of PhD Milan Bogosavljevi
- CCD imaging, reduction and data analysis for 13 MB Comets

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Tian Observatory
Vinjan Astronomy School

Vinjan, Croatia
7th - 17th August, 2013

Project name: Tian Telescope Automation mentored by MS Denis togl

- Building the electronic boards and making different sensors for the Tian telescope
- Programming sensors and electronic board control with Arduino for remote control operation

Other relevant experiences

School of Astronomy
Lecturer

Belgrade, Serbia
2015-present

Science fair Science is not a "bugaboo"

Designed physics experiments and demonstrated them, lecturer

Ni, Serbia
2010 - 2014

Students lectures organized by the debate club

Volunteer

Ni, Serbia
2014

Petnicas Meteor Group

Meteor observations and data reduction

Debelo brdo,Serbia
2009;2010;2012

Computer skills
Proficient in: C and C++, Arduino and Raspberry Pi, Delphi
Intermediate knowledge of: Python, SQL
Scientific Software: GNUplot, IRAF, OriginLab, Tex, Mathematica, Matlab

Awards
2014: 1st place at IEEESTEC 7th Student projects conference for the best graded paper(practical and theoretical realisation),
by the reviewers marks, held in Ni, Serbia
2014: 1st place at SciTech Summer Science Camp for poster presentation of the work with the Hairy Ball theorem
Multiple awards (2004-2013):
Highlights:
- International level competition in Mathematics: 3rd prize at Archimedes mailing mathematic olimpiad in 2010
- IX International Guitar Art festival, held in Leskovac, Serbia - Music and Art: 1st prize in 2009

Grants and Scholarships

Mr. Russel N. Stern fund (2014): Merit based SciTech scholarship awarded to 4 applicants

Languages

Serbian: Native speaker

German: Intermediate

English: Fluent
Tibetan: Basic - Writing and reading

Memberships

IEEE Membership - Student member

Astronomical society "Alfa"

Astronomy students club of the Faculty of Mathematics

Petnicas Meteor Group

Interests
Guitar, Violin and Piano

Composing music

Poetry

Yoga

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