About the Author | Miodrag “Mickey†Mićić , Ph.D., Sc.D., M.T.M., C.S.W.P. is the Department Chair and Professor at the Department of Engineering Design Technology and Department of New Products Development at Cerritos College. He is also a Project Scientist at the BioMEMS Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine. He is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Applied Ecology―Futura at Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia. Dr. Mićić is a consultant to several life sciences, medical devices, and biotech companies. Prior to his current position at Cerritos College, Dr. Mićić was the Vice President of Research and Development at MP Biomedicals LLC (Formerly ICN Biomedicals Inc), Irvine, CA, USA. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Application Scientist at Veeco Metrology, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Dr. Mićić did his postdoctoral work as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Pacifi c Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA. He is theauthor of 67 publications in leading scientific journals, with over 1,400 citations. Dr. Mićić holds a Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. He holds an M.T.M. degree from Washington State University, WA, USA. Further, Dr. Mićić holds Sc.D. and M.Sc. degrees in Physical Chemistry; a B.Sc./B.Ed. in Physics and Fundamentals of Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; and a B.Eng. degree in Mechanical/Naval Architecture Engineering from the Polytechnic Academy of New Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. He is also an FAA licensed instrument-rated commercial pilot and a PADI master scuba diver. Read more |