EDUCATION

2021 –2024      PhD in MicroNano Systems, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France

2018 – 2019      Visiting Master student, Harvard University, USA

2016 – 2019      MSc in Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

2015                      International mobility, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

2012 – 2016      BSc in Electrical engineering, TU Vienna, Austria

INTERNSHIPS AND PROJECTS

2021 –2024      Doctoral thesis, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France

Subject: “Towards ultra-low-power logic gates based on contactless capacitive MEMS operating in adiabatic regime”

Development of a new information processing paradigm based on capacitive microsystem devices operating in adiabatic regime and capable of performing basic Boolean operations as well as transferring information on the scale of a logic circuit, with a goal of consuming less energy per processed bit of information than usual CMOS nanoelectronics technologies.

Thesis directors: Dr Bernard LEGRAND, Dr Gaël PILLONNET

2018 – 2019      Master’s thesis, Harvard University, Lewis Research Group

Subject: “A Silicon-based Microfabricated Printhead for Acoustophoretic Printing Application”

Design, development of a fabrication method and characterization of a silicon-based microfabricated printhead for a novel form of droplet generation – acoustophoretic printing.

Thesis directors: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brugger, Prof. Dr. Jennifer Lewis, Dr. Daniele Foresti

2018                      Six – month Internship, Sensirion AG

Development and characterization of particulate matter sensors, design of experiments, behavior simulation, measurement automatization.

2017                       Semester project, EPFL, LMIS1

Exploration of silk fibroin as a thermal resist for applications in t-SPL and subsequently for pattern transfers into SiO2. Proof of concept study was made on the exploitation of a reversible change of protein secondary structure in microfabrication.

Project director: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brugger

2017                       Semester project, EPFL, Optics Laboratory

Modification and adaptation of the existing learning tomography method for 3D modelling of cells and microbeads.

Project director: Prof Demetri Psaltis

2015                     Bachelor’s thesis, TU Vienna, Institute of Sensors and Actuator Systems

Evaluation and comparison of different thin film metallization systems targeted for the integration in Surface Acoustic Wave devices operated under high temperature conditions.

Thesis director: Univ. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schmid

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

2023 - 2024     VHDL and programmable digital electronics, INSA Toulouse

 Supervision and guidance of Master level students during development of a RISC microprocessor using VHDL programming language on the Xilinx Vivado platform (21.75 teaching hours).

2022 – 2023      LaTeX Seminar, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole

 Introduction to LaTeX given to the MSc students who are in the Finance specialty - the realization of a presentation and the writing of an article. Groups of 6-8 students, 6 hours per seminar.

2015 – 2016        Student Assistant, TU Vienna, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering

Organization, teaching and student evaluation during exercise sessions in “Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 1 and 2 “on a Bachelor level. Groups of 20-30 students. 130 teaching hours, 48 hours of laboratory session supervision.

COMPETENCIES

Languages                  Serbian (Native), German (Fluent), English (Fluent), French (Advanced)

Programming           MATLAB, C, Python, Java

Software                       SolidWorks, AutoCAD, LayoutEditor, NanoFrazor, COMSOL Multiphysics, CleWin5

Manufacturing         Laser cutting, SLA printing

Microfabrication     Photolithography, t-SPL, DRIE, DOE, wet etching, RCA cleaning, PECVD, e-beam evaporation, thermal evaporation, wafer bonding

Metrology                   SEM imaging, stylus profilometry, optical profilometry, electrical probe-tip measurements

PRIZES

December 2022 Best poster award at the 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2022) in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA).

SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH

 Journal publications

A. Marković, M. Lefebvre, L. Mazenq, S. Charlot, M. Gély, M. Arribat, G. Jourdan, and B. Legrand, Suspended tip overhanging from chip edge for atomic force microscopy with an optomechanical resonator, J. Opt. Microsyst. 4(3), 033501, 2024, doi: 10.1117/1.JOM.4.3.033501.

Marković A, H. Fanet, G. Pillonnet, B. Legrand, Behavior analysis of comb-drive actuators operating in near-zero-overlap configuration, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 376, 2024, 115652, ISSN 0924-4247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2024.115652.

M. Rostami, A. Marković, Y. Wang, J. Pernollet, X. Zhang, X. Liu, J. Brugger, Multi- and Gray-Scale Thermal Lithography of Silk Fibroin as Water-Developable Resist for Micro and Nanofabrication. Adv. Sci. 2024, 11, 2303518. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202303518.

M. Gillinger, T. Knobloch, A. Marković, G. Pfusterschmied, M. Schneider, U. Schmid, Performance of thin AlxOy, SixNy and AlN passivation layers for high temperature SAW device applications, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 81, 2018, Pages 1-6, ISSN 1369-8001, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2018.02.028.

Publications in conference proceedings

A. Marković, A. Laborde, H. Fanet, G. Pillonnet and B. Legrand, "High-temperature dual-rail contactless MEMS logic for industrial edge computing," 2025 38th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2025.

A. Marković, L. Mazenq, A. Laborde, H. Fanet, G. Pillonnet and B. Legrand, "Adiabatic Logic Gates for Ultra-Low-Power Operation Using Contactless Capacitive MEMS," 2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), Kyoto, Japan, 2023, pp. 546-549.

A. Marković, L. Mazenq, A. Laborde, H. Fanet, G. Pillonnet and B. Legrand, Ultra-Low-Power Logic with Contactless Capacitive MEMS, 2022 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2022, pp. 223-227, doi: 10.1109/PowerMEMS56853.2022.10007572.

A. Markovic, G. Pillonnet, B. Legrand. Towards near-zero-power logic gates based on capacitive MEMS devices operating in adiabatic regime. Workshop nano, meso, micro: Science and innovation for radio and photonics, International Union of Radio Science, URSI France JS22, URSI, Mar 2022, Paris, France.

Conference and workshop presentations

Poster presentation at 38st International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS), Jan 2025, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Oral presentation at 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), June 2023, Kyoto, Japan.

Invited talk at Nonlinear Micro/Nanosystems Symposium, May 2023, Grenoble, France.

Poster presentation at 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), December 2022, Salt Lake City, United States.

Poster presentation at 2022 Advanced Manufacturing for Energy and Transportation International Summer School (AMETIS), June 2022, Taglio, Corse, France.

Oral presentation at the Workshop nano, meso, micro: Science and innovation for radio and photonics, International Union of Radio Science, URSI France JS22, URSI, March 2022, Paris, France.

Patents

D. Foresti, A. Markovic, J. A. Lewis, Subwavelength resonator for acoustophoretic printing,

Publication number: 20220176694, Candidate: President and Fellows of Harvard College.