НИНОСЛАВ СТОЈАДИНОВИЋ, редовни члан Академије Инжењерских Наука Србије (АИНС) од 1999


FACTA UNIVERSITATIS 

Series: Electronics and Energetics Vol. 34, No 1, March 2021, pp. i-ii 

© 2021 by University of Niš, Serbia | Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND 

In memoriam 

Ninoslav Stojadinović, a friend of many, passed away on December 25, 2020, after one 

month of fight with Covid-19. Ninoslav, for friends Nino, was a chairman of many 

conferences, editor of many scientific journals, well-known and famous professor, a highly 

respected mentor to his students, and a role model for colleagues.  

He was Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Facta Universitatis, Series: Electronics 

and Energetics (University of Niš) in the period 2013-2020.  

Ninoslav D. Stojadinović was born in Niš on 20 September 1950 (father Dobrivoje 

Stojadinović and mother Nadežda Đorđević). He was married to Anđelka with whom he 

had a son Dragan. He spent most of his student and working life at the Faculty of Electronic 

Engineering, University of Niš, Serbia. It was at this university where he obtained all his 

degrees, B.S. (1974), M.S. (1977), and Ph.D. (1980), all in Electrical Engineering. He 

started first professional job in "Ei-Semiconductors" in Niš in 1974, joined the Faculty of 

Electronic Engineering in 1976, where he became Full Professor in 1991. He was Head of 

the Department of Microelectronics (1984-2005), Vice-Dean (1986-1989), and Dean of the 

Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš (1989-1994). He was Vice-Director of SASA 

Research Center at the University of Niš from 1991-1996. Based on his versatile scientific 

and teaching work, as well as the achieved results, he became an Academician at the 

Department of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA, 

corresponding member from October 30, 2003; full member from November 1, 2012). He 

was President of the SASA branch in Niš from 2016-2020.  

Ninoslav Stojadinović was a member of commissions for promotion of teaching staff 

at Griffith University (Australia), Brown University (USA), National Technical 

University of Athens (Greece), Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria), and Banaras 

Hindu University (India). In 1997 he was a visiting professor at the Technical University 

of Wien. Under his supervision 48 Dipl. Ing. theses, 13 M.Sc. theses, and 17 Ph.D. theses 

were realised. Since 1990 he was a member of the Editorial Board of Microelectronics 

Journal (Elsevier), while from 1993-1995 he was Editor-in-Chief of this very journal. 

From 1993-1996 he was Regional Editor for Europe of Microelectronics Reliability 

(Elsevier), and Editor-in-Chief of this journal in period 1996-2017. From 2013-2020 he 

was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Facta Universitatis, Series: Electronics and Energetics 

(University of Niš). Also, he was member of the Scientific and/or Programme Committee 

of more than 50 international and numerous national scientific meetings.  

Since 1986 he was a member of the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers (IEEE). In the period 2002-2005 he was Chair of Serbia & Montenegro IEEE 

Section, from 1994-2020 he was Chair of its IEEE ED/SSC Chapter. In 1998 he became 

IEEE Senior member, in 2003 IEEE Fellow, and in 2019 Life Fellow. Since 1996 he was 

IEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer for the field of microelectronics. He was Chair of 

Society for ETRAN in the period 2001-2006. He was Editor-in-Chief of journal IEEE 

EDS Newsletters in the period 1998-2001, and IEEE EDS AdCom member in the period 

2002-2007. In the period 1984-1991 he was member of expert teams for creation of 

development strategy of microelectronics and electronics in Serbia and Yugoslavia. From 



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1990-1995 he was Chair of Committee for Electrotechnics, and from 1995-1998 he was 

member of Committee for Information Technology at the Ministry of Science and 

Technology of Republic of Serbia.  

In 1988 he founded the Department of Microelectronics at the Faculty of Electronic 

Engineering in Niš, and course in microelectronics. In the period 1988-1991 within the 

Department of Microelectronics at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš, he founded 

three scientific research laboratories where several scientific research projects were realised. 

Since 2001 he was a member of International Scientific Advisory Boards at Center for 

Nanotechnologies, Clemson University (USA) and Center of Excellence: Micro and 

Nanotechnology Applied Research, Warsaw Technical University (Poland). Since 2005 

he was member of the European Expert Commission for the Seventh Research Framework 

Program EC FP7, while since 2008 he was consultant of the National Science Foundation of 

Taiwan Government (NSFTG).  

Ninoslav Stojadinović published 97 papers (9 invited/review) in the reputable international 

journals of SCI list and 185 papers (23 invited) in the proceedings of international and 

national scientific conferences. He was author/coauthor of four chapters in international 

monographs: Computer Engineering Handbook and Digital Design and Fabrication (CRC 

Press, USA), Micro Electronic and Mechanical Systems (IN-TECH Press, Boca Raton) and 

Bias Temperature Instability for Devices and Circuits (Springer Science). According to data 

from SCOPUS, his papers are cited more than 560 times. He realised a number of 

technological solutions, six of which are applied in microelectronics industry all over the 

world.  

Ninoslav Stojadinović had significant political and diplomatic experience. He was a 

member of the Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in the period 1997-2000, member of the 

Assembly of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, and its representative to the 

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in the period 2004-2006, Deputy 

Speaker of Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in the period 2014-2016. Also, he was 

Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Kindgom of Sweden (2005-2011) and Bosnia 

and Hercegovina (2011-2013). 

Nino was always available to support students and colleagues in their first steps in 

many important professional tasks. We will never forget his significant contribution in all 

fields. We will miss him for a long time but his contribution will stay engraved in the 

marble of the history of many universities, institutions, journals and conferences.  

We express our deepest condolences to all scientists around the world who followed 

his works, known him, or met him. 

Editorial Board