Ivanka Popović

Ivanka Popović is a Serbian professor and the former rector of the University of Belgrade from 2018 to 2021. She authored and co-authored more than 85 scientific documents.

Biography

She was born in Rio de Janeiro to a prominent family, her father was Yugoslav ambassador and diplomat and her grandfather was Daka Popović, a member of the. She studied chemical engineering at the University of Maryland, she finished her studies at Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy of the University of Belgrade, where she earned her doctorate. She became a professor at the University of Belgrade in 2001. She was chosen for rector of the University of Belgrade in May 2018, and she was sworn in same year on October 1.