Tijana Rajh
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Tijana Rajh | |
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| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
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| Institutions | Argonne National Laboratory Arizona State University |
Tijana Rajh (Serbian: Тијана Рајх; born 1957) is an American materials scientist who is a professor and director of the Arizona State University School of Molecular Sciences. Her research considers the development of nanomaterials and materials for quantum technologies. She was awarded the Association for Women in Science Innovator Award in 2009, and named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2014.
Rajh was born in 1957, Belgrade, former Yugoslavia in a Serbo - Jewish family.[1][2] Her father Zdenko Rajh (Reich, 1905–1990) was a publicist and lawyer, and her mother Gordana Nikolić Rajh was a linguist.[3] Despite being interested in Aristotle, Rajh became fascinated by better understanding the natural world.[citation needed] She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Belgrade, where she specialized in physical chemistry. After earning her doctorate, Rajh worked in solar energy research between National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Boris Kidrič Institute in Belgrade, where she worked on photo-electrochemistry and semiconductors.[4]
