EDUCATION

2001-2004 D.Phil. in Theoretical Physics, Centre for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford University, UK; Thesis: “The Role of Indistinguishability of Identical Particles in Quantum Information Processing”, done under joint supervision of Prof. Artur Ekert and Prof. Vlatko Vedral.

1998-2000 M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, “Classical, Quantum and Mathematical Physics” profile, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Studies interrupted in 2000 to start studies in Oxford.

1992-1998 B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia, GPA 9.39 (out of 10.00). Thesis: “Nonlocality and Quantum Teleportation” (in Serbian).

1988-1992 Mathematical High School, Belgrade, Serbia. High School with advanced education in mathematics, physics and computer science. Diploma Work: “Formal Theories” (in Serbian).

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005- Referee for Physical Review (Letters, A, B, E).

2002-2003 Class Tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford University, for the second year students (Quantum Mechanics and Atomic & Quantum Physics).

2001-2003 Teaching Assistant at the Oxford University in Theoretical Physics for the fourth year students (Tensor Algebra, General Relativity and Stochastic Processes).

1999-2000 Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, for the first year students (Mechanics).

POSITIONS

2006- Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

2005-2006 Research Fellow, Institute for Scientific Interchange, Turin, Italy.

1999-2000 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

1998-2000 Research Assistant at the Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia.

AWARDS

1. Three year research fellowship (starting January 2007), FCT, Portugal.

2. One year research fellowship (2006), Center for Logic and Computation, Department of Mathematics, IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

3. One year research fellowship (2005), Institute for Scientific Interchange, Turin, Italy.

4. Four months research fellowship (2004), The Erwin Schroedinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics.

5. Three years PhD scholarship (2001-2003), Elsag S.p.A., Genova, Italy.

6. Two years student scholarship (1997-1998), Serbian Ministry of Education.

PUBLICATIONS

1. J. Bouda, P. Mateus, N. Paunković, and J. Rasga, “On the power of quantum tamper-proof hardware”, International Journal of Quantum Information 6, 219 (2008).

2. N. Paunković, P. D. Sacramento, P. Nogueira, V. R. Vieira, and V. K. Dugaev, “Fidelity between partial states as signature of quantum phase transitions”, Physical Review A 77, 052302 (2008).

3. N. Paunković and V. R. Vieira, “Macroscopic distinguishability between quantum states defining different phases of matter: Fidelity and the Uhlmann geometric phase”, Physical Review E 77, 011129 (2008).

4. N. Paunković, Y. Omar and V. Rocha Vieira, “Macroscopic thermal entanglement”, Chapter 21 in “Strongly Correlated Systems, Coherence and Entanglement”, edited by J. M. P. Carmelo, J. M. B. Lopes dos Santos, V. Rocha Vieira & P. D. Sacramento, World Scientific, Singapore, p. 567 (2007).

5. P. Zanardi and N. Paunković, “Ground State Overlap and Quantum Phase Transitions”, Phys. Rev. E 74, 031123 (2006).

6. Y. Omar, N. Paunković, L. Sheridan and S. Bose, “Quantum Walk on a Line with Two Entangled Particles”, Phys. Rev. A 74, 042304 (2006).

7. L. Sheridan, N. Paunković, Y. Omar and S. Bose, “Discrete Time Quantum Walk on a Line with Two Particles”, International Journal of Quantum Information 4, 573 (2006).

8. C. Brukner, N. Paunković, T. Rudolph and V. Vedral, “Entanglement-assisted Orientation in Space”, International Journal of Quantum Information 4, 365 (2006).

9. N. Paunković, “The Role of Indistinguishability of Identical Particles in Quantum Information Processing”. PhD thesis, Centre for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford (2004). Supervised by V. Vedral and A. Ekert.

10. Y. Omar, N. Paunković, S. Bose and V. Vedral, “Quantum Entanglement and Particle Statistics”, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC), edited by J. H. Shapiro and O. Hirota, Rinton, Princeton, p. 33 (2003).

11. S. Bose, A. Ekert, Y. Omar, N. Paunković and V. Vedral, “Optimal State Discrimination Using Particle Statistics”, Phys. Rev. A 68, 052309 (2003).

12. N. Paunković, Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral, “Entanglement Concentration Using Quantum Statistics”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 187903 (2002).

13. Y. Omar, N. Paunković, S. Bose, and V. Vedral, “Spin-Space Entanglement Transfer and Quantum Statistics”, Phys. Rev. A 65, 062305 (2002).

14. V. Božin, M. Hruška, N. Paunković and F. Herbut, “On Statistical and Deterministic Quantum Teleportation”, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31, 4403 (1998).

15. S. Sakadžić, N. Paunković, Ð. Sarač and Z. Petrović, “Electron Transport in Amonnia”, Contributed Papers and Abstracts of Invited Lectures and Progress Reports, 18^th SPIG (Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases), Kotor, Yugoslavia, p. 132 (1996).

PRESENTATIONS

1. “Fair contract signing with decoherence”, with J. Bouda and P. Mateus. Talk given at LQCIL´07 Workshop on Quantum Cryptography, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007.

2. “Fidelity and the detection of some macroscopic phase transitions”, with V. R. Vieira, P. D. Sacramento, P. Nogueira, and V. K. Dugaev. Poster presented at the Statphys 23 Satellite Meeting on Statistical Field Theory of Quantum Devices, Perugia, Italy, July 2007.

3. “Topological Tests for Quantum Phase Transitions”, with A. Hamma and P. Zanardi. Talk given at TOPQIP meeting, ISI, Turin, Italy July 2005.

4. “Quantum Entanglement and Particle Statistics”, with Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral. Poster presented at the Third Conference of the ESF programme Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Computing, Erice, Sicily, Italy, March 2003.

5. “Quantum Entanglement and Particle Statistics”, with Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral. Poster presented at the Sixth International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC), Rinton, Princeton, USA, July 2002.

6. “Quantum Entanglement and Particle Statistics”, with Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral. Poster presented at the International Conference on Quantum Information, Oviedo, Spain, July 2002.

7. “Creation of Entanglement due to Indistinguishability of Identical Particles”. Talk given at the Internal Seminar of the Quantum Experiments and the Foundations of Physics Group, Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, Austria, July 2002.

8. “Indistinguishability and Particle Statistics in Quantum Information Processing: Entanglement Transfer and Entanglement Concentration Without any Controlled Operations”, with Y. Omar, S. Bose and V. Vedral. Talk given at the Biannual Meeting of the International Quantum Structures Association, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, July 2002.

9. “Nonlocality and Quantum Teleportation”, with V. Božin, M. Hruška and F. Herbut. Talk given at the Research Program “Quantum Measurement and Information”, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria, September 2000.

10. “On Theory of Quantum Teleportation”, with V. Božin, M. Hruška and F. Herbut. Talk given at NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Decoherence and its Implications in Quantum Computation and Information Transfer”, Mykonos, Greece, July 2000.

11. “Electron Transport in Ammonia”, with S. Sakadžić, Ð. Sarač, Z. Petrović. Poster presented at the Conference of Ionised Gases, SPIG 96, Kotor, Yugoslavia, May 1996.

PERSONAL

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH 26^th November 1973, Zagreb, Croatia

NATIONALITY Serbian

REFEREES

· Prof. Vitor Rocha Vieira, CFIF and Department of Physics, IST, TU Lisbon, P-1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal. Email: vrv@cfif.ist.utl.pt

· Prof. Vlatko Vedral, The School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; Email: v.vedral@leeds.ac.uk

· Prof. Paolo Zanardi, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0484 (USA) and Institute for Scientific Interchange, Viale Settimio Severo 65, 10133 Torino, Italy; Email: zanardi@usc.edu zanardi@isiosf.isi.it

· Prof. Sougato Bose, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Email: sougato@theory.phys.ucl.ac.uk sougato.bose@qubit.org

· Prof. Časlav Brukner, Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; Email: caslav.brukner@univie.ac.at

· Prof. Artur Ekert, Centre for Quantum Computation, DAMPT, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK; Email: artur.ekert@qubit.org