Prof. Branko N. Popov is among the world’s highly cited researchers for the year 2014, based on the Thomson Reuters (http://highlycited.com) report. Highly Cited Researchers 2014 represents some of world’s leading scientific minds. Over three thousand researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated by Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Papers-ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication, earning them the mark of exceptional impact.Prof. Popov's current position at University of South Carolina is Carolina Distinguished Professor and Director of the Centre for Electrochemical Engineering. He has established at USC an internationally recognized research program in corrosion and electrochemical engineering. In the last four years, his work at University of South Carolina led to research grants of $10M from the government and industry. During his seventeen years of service at USC and as the Director of the Centre for Electrochemical engineering, his research group has published 220 peer-reviewed articles, 52 proceeding volume articles, and 13 book chapters. His research group presented more than 220 conference papers on the National and International Conferences organized globally. Dr. Djukic is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Materials and Welding & Welding and Welded Structures Module at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia and Lecturer at the International Welding Engineers (IWE) course at University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering as an IIW ATB in Serbia. He is a specialist in the field of materials science and engineering, corrosion science and engineering; and hydrogen degradation of metallic materials. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience and is the author/co-author of 3 books, 5 book chapters, and 41 refereed technical papers, 112 papers published in the proceeding, and ~ 150 studies, reviews, reports and expertise for industrial partners. The last book chapter (co-authored with Dr. Popov and Dr. Lee), entitled: “Chapter 7 - Hydrogen Permeation and Hydrogen-Induced Cracking in the “Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials was published by Elsevier in 2018. He presented more than 70 conference papers on the National and International Conferences organized globally. He is a Keynote Speaker on the “Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) 2018 Conference, “Environmentally assisted cracking of high-strength alloys Symposium, and he was also an Invited Speaker in the field of hydrogen embrittlement on the “13th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids, DSL 2017“, and on the “CORROSION 2015 Conference, RTS: “Environmentally Assisted Cracking. He has received funding from MESTDS and EPS, Serbia, CEATI International Inc., Canada and from SaskPower and Nova Scotia Power companies from Canada.
