Ljupco Pejov

Name: Ljupco Pejov
Date of birth: 28.07.1972
Place of birth: Skopje, Macedonia;
Nationality: Macedonian ;
E-mail: ljupcop@iunona.pmf.ukim.edu.mk
Address: Arhimedova 5, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Telephone: +389-2-3117055 ext: 554

Studies:

1991–1996: University undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathe-matics (Institute of Chemistry) at the “Sts. Cyril and Methodius University”
March 1996: I graduated with the highest average grade (10.00).
1996–2000: Master of Science studies in Chemistry; Master of Science thesis: "Vibrational anharmonicity and vibrational Stark effect of isomorphously isolated XY4n- anions in various matrices. Vibrational spectroscopic and quantum theoretical studies".
April 2002: Defended my PhD thesis: "Latent symmetry and accidental degeneracy effects on the vibrational modes of isomorphously isolated tetraoxo anions".

Awards:

The Phoenix award from the municipality of Skopje for scientific achievements in 2003;
The Vita Pop-Jordanova award for the best young scientist in Macedonia in 2004;
Post-doctoral research grant awarded from the Swedish Institute.

Teaching experience:

As a "teaching/research assistant" during my M. Sc. studies I was teaching laboratory + numeri-cal exercises for basic Physical Chemistry courses, Quantum chemistry, Nuclear and radiochem-istry and a number of basic Physical chemistry courses for non-chemists (for students of Biol-ogy, Pharmacy, etc). More recently, after I have become a docent, I am teaching the basic courses of Physical Chemistry I and II, Computer Applications in Biochemistry and Molecular Modeling, as well as the numerical exercises in Nuclear and radiochemistry

Recent Relevant Publications:

Lj Pejov, M. La Rosa, Lj. Kocarev, DYNAMICS OF THE CENTRAL PHENYLENE RING TORSIONAL MOTION IN HALOGENATED PHENYLENE ETHYNYLENE OLIGOMERS. A QUANTUM-THEORE¬TI¬CAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF CONFORMATIONAL BASIS FOR SINGLE-MOLECULE SWITCHING PHENOMENA, Chem. Phys., 340, 1-11 (2007).
Lj. Pejov, D. Sp?ngberg, K. Hermansson, USING MD SNAPSHOTS IN AB INITIO AND DFT CALCULATIONS: OH VIBRATIONS IN THE FIRST HYDRATION SHELL AROUND LI+(aq), J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 5144-5152 (2005).
M. Solimannejad, Lj. Pejov, A COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEAKLY BOUND DIMERS HOX…SO3 (X=F, Cl, Br), J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 825-831 (2005).
Lj. Pejov, T. Skapin, ADSORPTION OF PYRIDINE ON THE LEWIS ACID SITES OF MICROCRYSTALLINE ?-ALUMINA. A QUANTUM CHEMICAL CLUSTER MODEL STUDY, Chem. Phys. Lett., 400, 453-461 (2004).
Lj. Pejov, Gj. Ivanovski, A GRADIENT-CORRECTED HYBRID HARTREE-FOCK-DENSITY FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF THE DIHYDROGEN-BONDED PHE¬NOL-BORANE-TRIMETHYLAMINE COMPLEX, Chem. Phys. Lett., 399, 247-254 (2004).
M. Solimannejad, Lj. Pejov, THE CASE OF A VERY WEAKLY ?-HYDROGEN BONDED FLUOROBENZENE-METHANOL COMPLEX. A GRADIENT-CORRECTED DENSITY FUNCTIONAL AND MP2 STUDY OF THE GROUND ELECTRONIC STATE POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACE, Chem. Phys. Lett., 385, 394-402 (2004).
Lj. Pejov, THE O-H STRETCHING VIBRATIONS IN THE HYDROGEN BONDED (PHENOL)2+ RADICAL CATIONIC DIMER. A GRADIENT-CORRECTED HYBRID HARTREE-FOCK-DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY, Chem. Phys. Lett., 376, 11-19 (2003).
Lj. Pejov, K. Hermansson, ON THE NATURE OF BLUESHIFTING HYDRO-GEN BONDS: AB INITIO AND DENSITY FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF SEVERAL FLUOROFORM COMPLEXES, J. Chem. Phys., 119, 313-324 (2003).
Lj. Pejov, THE O-H•••? HYDROGEN BONDED PHENOL-BENZENE(+) RADICAL CATIONIC DIMER. A GRADIENT-CORRECTED DENSITY FUNCTIONAL STUDY, Chem. Phys. Lett. 358, 368-376 (2002).
Ljupco Pejov, Kersti Hermansson, MD+QM CALCULATIONS OF THE OH VIBRATIONAL STRETCHING BAND IN AN AQUEOUS ALUMINIUM(III) CHLORIDE SOLUTION, J. Mol. Liq. 98-99,369-382 (2002)

Invited Lectures at conferences:

Plenary lecturer at the XXVIII European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy (EUCMOS XXVIII), 3-8 September 2006, Istanbul, Turkey (On 15 Jan 2005: http://www.eucmos2006.istanbul.edu.tr/speakers.htm);
Invited lecturer at The 8th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry ("PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2006"), 26-29 September 2006, Belgrade, Serbia. (On 15 Jan 2007: http://www.iofh.bg.ac.yu/physchem2006/program.html);
Invited lecturer at the XVIII Congress of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia, 2004, Ohrid, Macedonia.

Research-related and other professional assignments:

I am often a referee for the Journal of the American Chemical Society, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Spectrochimica Acta A, Journal of Molecular Structure, Journal of Chemi-cal Education, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Internet electronic Journal of Molecular Design.