Ivan GutmanProfessor

Ivan Gutman was born on September 2, 1947 in Sombor. His father Dr. Mirko Guttman was attorney-at-law, and his mother Katarina worked in the husband’s office. I. G. attended elementary school and high school (gymnasium) in Sombor. In the period 1966–1970 he studied chemistry at the Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade, and graduated in 1970 with an average mark 10.0. After that he worked a short time as Teaching Assistant at the Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Science in Belgrade. I. G. held various courses in the field of physical, computer and theoretical chemistry. In addition to “Physical Chemistry”, what he was teaching continuously from 1977 to 2012, he taught the following courses: “Chemical Thermodynamics”, “Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Structures”, “Quantum Chemistry”, “Theoretical Organic Chemistry”, “Elaboration of Experimental Data in Chemistry”, “Informatics for Chemists”, “Programming in Chemistry”, “Computer Chemistry”, “History of Chemistry”, and “History and Philosophy of Chemistry”. At the Faculty of Science in Kragujevac he organized a seminar “Mathematical Methods in Chemistry” that was continuously active between Spring 1981 and Spring 2006, and on which over 1000 seminars were held.