Prof. Rastko Vasilić studied physics (BSc and MSc) at the University of Belgrade and received a PhD degree in materials science from N. Dimitrov's electrochemistry group at SUNY Binghamton. He joined the Department of Applied Physics at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Belgrade in 2013. His research interests are focused on the preparation of (mixed) oxide coatings and their application as catalytic and luminescent materials.