Publications

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First author

  • C/O alone is a no-go I. The importance of major elemental ratios for thermal structure, balance, & temperature inversions in rocky exoplanet atmospheres

    I. Stanković et al. — in prep.

  • C/O alone is a no-go II. Relating rocky exoplanet atmospheric mass loss to H/C/N/O/S elemental ratios

    I. Stanković et al. — in prep.

Coauthor

  • The physical and chemical structure of Titan's upper atmosphere. Energy balance, photochemistry, and Jeans escape

    S. Boro Saikia, J. Tennyson, S. Ji, N. Robeling, I. Stanković, G. Van Looveren, S. Schleich, C. Johnstone, K. Kislyakova, M. Güdel — submitted to MNRAS

  • Self-consistent 1D modelling of Jupiter's upper atmosphere as an exoplanet analogue

    N. Robeling, S. Boro Saikia, G. Van Looveren, I. Stanković, S. Schleich, C. P. Johnstone, K. Kislyakova, M. Güdel — A&A 2026

Curriculum Vitae

About

I am a second-year PhD student in Astronomy at the University of Vienna, working on modelling upper planetary atmospheres with a focus on chemistry, photochemistry, and atmospheric escape mechanisms. My research involves improving an in-house first-principles 1D model (The Kompot Code), particularly its chemical network, and applying it to a range of exoplanets observable with JWST and ESA's Ariel mission. My main interests include atmospheric characterisation, mass loss and evolution, along with transmission and emission spectroscopy.

Education

  • 2024–now

    Doctor rerum naturalium in Astronomy

    University of Vienna, Austria

  • 2022–2024

    Laurea Magistrale in Astrophysics and Cosmology

    University of Padua, Italy – Master's thesis: Atmospheric retrieval of the hot Jupiter WASP-39b

  • 2017–2022

    Bachelor in Astronomy

    University of Belgrade, Serbia

Work experience

  • 2024–now

    Predoctoral University Assistant

    University of Vienna, Austria

  • 2019–2022

    Junior Assistant

    Petnica Science Center, Serbia

Teaching

  • 2026W

    Stars and Planetary Systems (exercise leader)

    University of Vienna, Austria

  • 2026S

    Radiative Processes & Quantum Mechanics (exercise leader)

    University of Vienna, Austria

  • 2025W

    Stars and Planetary Systems (exercise leader)

    University of Vienna, Austria

  • 2025S

    Radiative Processes & Quantum Mechanics (exercise leader)

    University of Vienna, Austria

Conferences & talks

  • 09.2026

    Ariel Consortium Meeting

    Vienna, Austria – talk

  • 09.2026

    Europlanet Science Congress

    The Hague, Netherlands – contributed talk

  • 07.2026

    Exoplanets VI

    Porto, Portugal – poster

  • 06.2026

    Evaporating worlds: Linking theory and observations of atmospheric loss

    Sesto, Italy – contributed talk

  • 06.2026

    Wienerwald Astronomy Symposium

    Vienna, Austria – contributed talk

  • 04.2026

    Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes VIII

    Vienna, Austria – poster with context talk

  • 02.2026

    Austrian early career conference

    Salzburg, Austria – contributed talk

  • 02.2026

    Padova exoplanet seminar

    Padova, Italy – invited talk

  • 12.2025

    Wienerwald Astronomy Symposium

    ISTA, Klosterneuburg, Austria – contributed talk

  • 10.2025

    Graz-Vienna Exoplanet Scientist Meeting (GVESM VII)

    Vienna, Austria – contributed talk

  • 06.2025

    European Astronomical Society (EAS) Annual Meeting

    Cork, Ireland – ePoster with short presentation

  • 05.2025

    Advanced School on Exoplanet Science V (ASES V)

    Vietri sul Mare, Italy – participant

  • 05.2025

    Graz-Vienna Exoplanet Scientist Meeting (GVESM VI)

    Graz, Austria – flash talk

  • 04.2025

    Ariel Consortium Meeting

    Leiden, Netherlands – participant

  • 07.2024

    European Astronomical Society (EAS) Annual Meeting

    Padua, Italy – participant & volunteer

Memberships

  • 2025–now

    VISESS PhD board

  • 2024–now

    Ariel Consortium

  • 2024–now

    European Astronomical Society (EAS)

  • 2024–now

    Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics (ÖGAA)

Outreach and volunteering

  • 04.2026

    Lange Nacht der Forschung

    Vienna, Austria – station leader (in German)

  • 01.2026

    Berufspraktische Tage

    Vienna, Austria – presenter (in German)

  • 10.2021

    European Researchers' Night

    Belgrade, Serbia – presenter – video

  • 2014–2020

    Petnica Meteor Group

    Serbia – member

  • 11.2019

    Belgrade Festival of Science

    Belgrade, Serbia – volunteer

  • 8.2017

    International Meteor Conference

    Petnica Science Center, Serbia – member of Local Organising Committee

Skills

  • Python:numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, scipy, astropy, pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow
  • Other: LaTeX, Git, MATLAB (basic), Fortran (basic)

Languages

  • Native Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian
  • Fluent English
  • Independent Italian, German