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University of Zagreb: Zagreb, HR

2023-04-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Physics)
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Maja Novak

University of Zagreb: Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, HR

2020-04-01 to 2023-04-01 | Postdoctoral fellow (Department of physics)
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Techniche Universitaet Dresden: Dresden, Sachsen, DE

2017-10-18 to 2020-03-15 | Postdoctoral fellow (CFAED)
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University of Zagreb, Faculty of science: Zagreb, HR

2016-07-01 to 2017-10-16 | PhD training, theoretical biophysics of cell division (Department of physics)
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Maja Novak

Institut Ruder Boskovic: Zagreb, HR

2015-10-15 to 2016-06-31 | PhD training, theoretical biophysics of cell division (Department of molecular biology)
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University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science: Zagreb, HR

2014-05-01 to 2015-10-14 | PhD training, theoretical biophysics of cell division (Department of physics)
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Laboratoire SUBATECH: Nantes, FR

2012-10-01 to 2013-02-01 | PhD training, theoretical nuclear physics (Department of theoretical physics)
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Institut Ruder Boskovic: Zagreb, HR

2011-11-15 to 2012-01-10 | external associate, theoretical nuclear physics (Department of experimental physics)
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Laboratoire SUBATECH: Nantes, FR

2011-10-01 to 2011-11-25 | visitor, theoretical nuclear physics (Department of theoretical physics)
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Institut Ruder Boskovic: Zagreb, HR

2011-02-05 to 2011-10-01 | External associate, theoretical nuclear physics (Department of experimental physics)
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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH: Darmstadt, Hessen, DE

2010-08-01 to 2010-10-25 | PhD training, data analysis in heavy ion experiment (Nuclear physics)
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Institut Ruder Boskovic: Zagreb, HR

2010-04-10 to 2010-07-31 | research assistant (Department of experimental physics)
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Institut Ruder Boskovic: Zagreb, HR

2008-07-15 to 2010-04-10 | volunteer, data analysis in heavy ion experiment (Department of experimental physics)
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GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH: Darmstadt, Hessen, DE

2009-07-10 to 2009-09-05 | visitor, data analysis in heavy ion experiment (Department of nuclear physics)
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GANIL: Caen, Basse-Normandie, FR

2009-04-10 to 2009-06-10 | visitor, data analysis in heavy ion experiment (Department of nuclear physics)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science: Zagreb, HR

2014-02-01 to 2017-10-13 | PhD (Department of physics)
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University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science: Zagreb, HR

2002-10-11 to 2009-01-28 | M. Sc. (Department of physics)
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CERN: Geneva, CH

2007-07-01 to 2007-08-31 | Summer student, instrumentation for experiments in particle physics (ALICE)
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Works (24)

Information Theory of Chemotactic Agents Using Both Spatial and Temporal Gradient Sensing

PRX Life
2024-06-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Julian Rode; Maja Novak; Benjamin M. Friedrich
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Gradient sensing in Bayesian chemotaxis

Europhysics Letters
2022-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrea Auconi; Maja Novak; Benjamin M. Friedrich
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Bayesian gradient sensing in the presence of rotational diffusion

New Journal of Physics
2021 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Bayesian gradient sensing in the presence of rotational diffusion

New Journal of Physics
2021-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Maja Novak; Benjamin M Friedrich
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Helical Twist and Rotational Forces in the Mitotic Spindle

Biomolecules
2019 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

The mitotic spindle is chiral due to torques within microtubule bundles

Nature communications
2018 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Torques and Forces in the Mitotic Spindle

Biophysical Journal
2018 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Coulomb breakup of neutron-rich 29, 30Na isotopes near the island of inversion

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
2017 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Probing the Symmetry Term of the Nuclear Equation of State at High Baryonic Densities

Journal of Physics Conference Series
2017 | Conference paper
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Maja Novak

The symmetry energy at suprasaturation density and the ASY-EOS experiment at GSI

The European Physical Journal Conferences
2017 | Conference paper
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Maja Novak

Direct experimental evidence for a multiparticle-hole ground state configuration of deformed Mg 33

Physical Review C
2016 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Overlap microtubules link sister k-fibres and balance the forces on bi-oriented kinetochores

Nature Communications
2016 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000369021100015

Contributors: Kajtez, Janko; Solomatina, Anastasia; Novak, Maja; Polak, Bruno; Vukusic, Kruno; Ruediger, Jonas; Cojoc, Gheorghe; Milas, Ana; Sestak, Ivana Sumanovac; Risteski, Patrik et al.
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Results of the ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: The symmetry energy at supra-saturation density

Physical Review C
2016 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

The ASY-EOS Experiment at GSI

The European Physical Journal Conferences
2016 | Conference paper
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Maja Novak

A Bundle of Antiparallel Microtubules Connects Sister K-Fibers and Balances Forces within the Metaphase Spindle

Biophysical Journal
2015 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

The ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: Constraining the symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities

EPJ Web of Conferences
2015 | Conference paper
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Maja Novak

13, 14B (n, $γ$) via Coulomb Dissociation for Nucleosynthesis towards the r-Process

Nuclear Data Sheets
2014 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Dynamical exploration of complex states of matter in neutron stars crusts

PoS
2014 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Beyond the neutron drip line: The unbound oxygen isotopes 25 O and 26 O

Physical Review C
2013 | Journal article
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Maja Novak

Constancy of energy partition in central heavy-ion reactions at intermediate energies

11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Nn2012)
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000318430800101

Contributors: Basrak, Z.; Eudes, Ph; Zoric, M.; Sebille, F.; Li, BA; Natowitz, JB
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Dynamical description of exotic structures at subnuclear densities

10th International Conference on Clustering Aspects of Nuclear Structure and Dynamics (Cluster'12)
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000320267700066

Contributors: de la Mota, V.; Sebille, F.; Novak, M.; Eudes, Ph; IOP
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Fusion excitation function revisited

Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2013 | Conference paper
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Maja Novak

The ASY-EOS experiment at GSI: investigating the symmetry energy at supra-saturation densities

Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2013 | Conference paper
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Maja Novak

Symmetry energy from elliptic flow in 197Au + 197Au

Physics Letters B
2011 | Journal article
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0907160532340-1

Contributors: Russotto, P.; Wu, P. Z.; Zoric, M.; Chartier, M.; Leifels, Y.; Lemmon, R. C.; Li, Q.; Lukasik, J.; Pagano, A.; Pawlowski, P. et al.
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Peer review (4 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Biophysical journal. (2)
Review activity for European journal of cell biology. (2)