Tihomir Novakov
| Tihomir Novakov | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Serbia |
| Spouse(s) | Marica Cvetković |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Profession | Physicist |
Tihomir Novakov, Ph.D known also as Tica Novakov (born March 16, 1929) is an American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov is known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research.
Education and career
After graduating from the University of Belgrade with a PhD in Nuclear Physics, he taught at the University of Belgrade and worked at the Vinca Nuclear Institute. Novakov immigrated to the United States in 1963 and began working as a research scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He later founded an Aerosol Research Group, which traveled the world conducting ground breaking research on climate change. Dr. Novakov is a distinguished member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Publications
Novakov has had his work published hundreds of times in peer-reviewed journals. In October, 1974 Science Magazine published Sulfates as Pollution Particulates: Catalytic Formation on Carbon (Soot) Particles, which Novakov co-wrote with S. G. Chang and A. B. Harker.[1] In 1982, Real-time measurement of the absorption coefficient of aerosol particles was published by Applied Optics, which he co-wrote with A.D.A. Hansen and H. Rosen.[2] In 2008 he published a paper for LBNL entitled Response of California temperature to regional anthropogenic aerosol changes.[3]
Personal life
Novakov was born in Sombor, Serbia in 1929. His father was a veterinarian and his mother was a homemaker. While in high school, Novakov began to build x-ray tubes and radios, furthering his scientific knowledge on his own. Novakov has been married to Marica Cvetković for over 50 years. The couple have a daughter, Anna Novakov, now an Art History professor at Saint Mary's College of California.