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Branimir Jovančićević

Full Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade.

Finished B.Sc. study in Chemistry in 1985 at the Belgrade University. He obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in 1989., and 1993.

He was a postdoctoral fellow in Hannover, as Alexander von Humboldt scholar, in the period 2000-2002. He became a full professor in 2003 at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry. The member of scientific committee of European Association of Environmental Chemistry, associate editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) and expert for the evaluation of FP7 projects.

One of chiefs of two TEMPUS projects. Until now, investigations of Branimir Jovančićević were included in five projects of Serbian Ministry of Science and in two projects of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. Three times he has been a chief. Until now, in the field of organic geochemistry and environmental chemistry he has about 250 scientific contributions (86 papers published in SCI journals). Selected papers:

1. Jovančićević B. and Schwarzbauer J. (2015) Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry - Fossil Matter in the Geosphere, Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-11552-8, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11938-0, 160 pp.

2. Šaban M., Jovančićević S.B., Saračević S., Hollerbach A. and Vitorović D. (1988) Correlative geochemical study of crude oils from southeastern parts of the Pannonian Basin. Organic Geochemistry13, 325-333.

3. Jovančićević B., Vitorović D., Šaban M. and Wehner H. (1992) Evaluation of the effects of native minerals on the organic matter of Aleksinac oil shale based on the composition of free and bound bitumens. Organic Geochemistry18, 511-519.

4. Jovančićević B., Vučelić D., Šaban M., Wehner H. and Vitorović D. (1993) Investigation of the catalytic effects of indigenous minerals in the pyrolysis in Aleksinac oil shale substrates: steranes, triterpanes and triaromatic steroids in the pyrolysates. Organic Geochemistry20, 69-76.

5. Žujović Z., Srejić R., Vučelić D., Vitorović D. and Jovančićević B. (1995) Structural analysis of Aleksinac oil shale kerogen using high resolution solid state 13C n.m.r. spectroscopy. Fuel 74, 1903-1909.

6. Stojanović K., Jovančićević B., Pevneva G.S., Golovko J.A., Golovko A.K. and Pfendt P. (2001) Maturity assessment of oils from the Sakhalin oil fields in Russia: phenanthrene content as a tool. Organic Geochemistry32, 721-731.

7. Jovančićević B., Antić M., Šolević T., Vrvić M., Kronimus A. and Schwarzbauer J. (2005) Investigation of interactions between surface water and petroleum type pollutant, Environmental Science and Pollution Reserach 12, 205-212.

8. Jovančićević B., Vrvić M., Schwarzbauer J., Wehner H., Scheeder G.and Vitorović D (2007) Organic-geochemical differentiation of petroleum-type pollutants and study of their fate in Danube alluvial sediments and corresponding water (Pančevo Oil Refinery, Serbia). Water Air and Soil Pollution 183 225-238.

9. Šolević T., Stojanović K., Bojesen-Koefoed J., Nytoft H.P., Jovančićević B. and Vitorović D. (2008) Origin of oils in the Velebit oil-gas field, SE Pannonian Baisn, Serbia - source rocks characterization based on bilogical marker distributions. Organic Geochemistry39, 118-134.

10. Jovančićević B., Antić M., Pavlović I., Vrvić M., Beškoski V., Kronimus A. and Schwarzbauer J. (2008) Transformation of petroleum saturated hydrocarbons during soil bioremediation experiments. Water Air and Soil Pollution 190, 299-307.

11. Radovanović A., Radovanović B. and Jovančićević B. (2009) Free radical scavenging and antibacterial activities of southern Serbian red wines. Food Chemistry 117, 326-331.

12. Životić D., Jovančićević B., SchwarzbauerJ., Cvetković O., Gržetić I., ErcegovacM., Stojanović D. and Šajnović A. (2010) Coalpetrology and organic geochemistry of tertiary coal in the east field, Bogovina basin, Serbia. International Journal of Coal Geology81, 227-241.

13. Ilić M., Antić M., Antić V., Schwarzabauer J., Vrvić M and Jovančićević B. (2011) Investigation of bioremediation potential of zymogenous bacteria and fungi for crude oil degradation. Environmental Chemistry Letters9, 133-140.

14. Životić D., Stojanović K., Gržetić I., Jovančićević B., Cvetković O., Šajnović A., Simić V., Stojaković R. and Scheeder G. (2013) Petrological and geochemical composition of lignite from the D field, Kolubara basin (Serbia) International Journal of Coal Geology 111, 5-22.

15. Grba N., Šajnović A., Stojanović K., Simić V., Jovančićević B., Roglić G. and Erić V. (2014) Preservation of diagenetic products of β-carotene in sedimentary rocks from the Lopare basin (Bosnia and Herzegovina): implications from geochemical study. Chemie der Erde 74, 107-123.

Ivan Gržetić

Full professor and Dean of Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry. In 1975 he graduated chemistry at the Department of chemistry and physics chemistry - Faculty of natural sciences - University of Belgrade. In 1977 he took his M.S. degree and in 1984 he defended his Ph.D.

Ivan Gržetić stayed or worked at: (1) Max-Planck Institute for nuclear physics, Heidelberg, Germany; (2) Institute of Physics – Uppsala University, Sweden; (3) University of Heidelberg, Germany, as “Wissenschaftliche mitarbeiter”; (4) At the Faculty for Geosciences, University of Heidelberg, Germany, he worked firstly as a guest docent and then as a guest professor.

Scientific interest: Environmental Chemistry, States and Processes in the Environment, Instrumental Analysis.

He was a leader or participant on numerous national or international projects. He has over 150 scientific contributions (over 50 papers published in SCI journals).

1. T. Rakić, K. Ilijević, M. Lazarević, I. Gržetić, V. Stevanović, B. Stevanović, The resurrection flowering plant Ramonda nathaliae on serpentine soil – coping with extreme mineral element stress Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, (2013), 208, 618-625.

2. N. P. Jović-Jovičić, A. D. Milutinović-Nikolić, M. J. Žunić, Z. D. Mojović, P. T. Banković, I. A. Gržetić, D. M. Jovanović, Synergic adsorption of Pb2+ and reactive dye - RB5 on two series of organomodified bentonites, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, (2013), 150, 1-11

3. Dragana Životić, Ksenija Stojanović, Ivan Gržetić, Branimir Jovančićević, Olga Cvetković, Aleksandra Šajnović, Vladimir Simić, Rajko Stojanović, Georg Scheeder, Petrological and geochemical composition of lignite from the D field, Kolubara basin (Serbia), International Journal of Coal Geology, (2013), 111, 5-22

4. Ilijević Konstantin, Gržetić Ivan, Živadinović Ivan and Popović Aleksandar, Long-term seasonal changes of the Danube River eco-chemical status in the region of Serbia, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, (2012) 184, 2805-2828,

5. Poleti Dejan, Karanović Ljiljana, Balić-Žunić Tonči, Gržetić Ivan, Crystal structure of (Bi0.94Sb1.06)S3 and reconsideration of cation distribution over mixed sites in the bismuthinitestibnite solid-solution series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie – Abhandlungen, (2012) 189, 177 - 187

6. N. Jović-Jovičić, A. Milutinović-Nikolić, P. Banković, B. Dojčinović, B. Nedić, I. Gržetićand D. Jovanović, Synthesis, Characterization and Adsorptive Properties of Organobentonites, Acta Physica Polonica A, (2010), 117, 849-854

7. Ivan Živadinović, Konstantin Ilijević, Ivan Gržetić and Aleksandar Popović, (2010), Long term changes of the Danube river ecochemical status in the region of Serbia, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, (2010), 75, 1125-1148.

8. Ivan Gržetić and Nataša Čamprag, (2010), The evolution of trophic state of the Palić lake (Serbia), Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, (2010), 75, 717-732.

9. N. Jović-Jovičić, A. Milutinović-Nikolić, P. Banković, Z. Mojović, M. Žunić, I. Gržetić, D. Jovanović, Organo-inorganic bentonite for simultaneous adsorption of Acid Orange 10 and lead ions, Appl. Clay Sci. (2010), 47, 452-456

10. Dragana Životić, Branimir Jovančićević, Jan Schwarzbauer, Olga Cvetković, Ivan Gržetić, Marko Ercegovac, Ksenija Stojanović, Aleksandra Šajnović, The petrographical and organic geochemical composition of coal from the East field, Bogovina Basin (Serbia), Int. J. Coal Geol. (2010), 81, 227–241

11. Rabia Ahmed Ghariani; Ivan Gržetić; Mališa Antić; Snežana Nikolić Mandić, Distribution and availability of potentially toxic metals in soil in central area of Belgrade (Serbia), Environ Chem Lett (2010) 8:261–269

Dubravka Relić

Assistant professor at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade. Obtained PhD in Chemistry at the University of Belgrade in 2012. She teaches Human Health and Environment Risk Assessment at the Graduate academic studies.

The subject of her research area is environmental chemistry, mainly inorganic pollutants if all area of environment.

1. Relić D., Đorđević, D., Popović A., Blagojević T. Speciations of trace metals in the Danube alluvial sediments within an oil refinery, Environment International, (2005), 31, 661-669.

2. Relić D, Đorđević D, Popović A, Jadranin M, Polić P. Fractionation and potential mobility of trace metals in Danube alluvial aquifer within an industrialized zone, Environment monitoring and assessment, (2010), 171, 229-248.

3. Relić D, Đorđević D, Popović A. Assessment of the pseudo total metal content in alluvial sediments from Danube River, Serbia, Environmental Earth Science, (2011), 63, 1303-1317.

4. Relić D, Đorđević D, Sakan S, Anđelković I, Miletić S, Đuričić J. Aqua regia extracted metals in sediments from the industrial area and surroundings of Pančevo, Serbia, Journal of Hazardous Materials, (2011), 186, 1893-1901.

5. Relić D, Đorđević D, Sakan S, Anđelković I, Miletić S, Đuričić J. Aqua regia extracted metals in sediments from the industrial area and surroundings of Pančevo, Serbia, Journal of Hazardous Materials, (2011), 186, 1893-1901.

6. Sakan S, Đorđević D, Dević G, Relić D, Anđelković I, Đuričić J. A study of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using microwave-assisted aqua regia digestion and multivariate statistical analysis, Microchemical Journal (2011), 99, 492-502.

7. Đorđević D, Mihajlidi-Zelić A, Relić D, Ignjatović Lj, Huremović J, Stortini AM, Gambaro A. Size-segregated mass concentration and water soluble inorganic ions in an urban aerosol of the Central Balkans (Belgrade). Atmospheric Environment (2012), 46, 309-317.

8. Pergal M, Relic D, Tesic Z, PopovicA,. Leaching of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Power Plant Lignite Ash-Influence of Parameters Important for Environmental Pollution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2014), 21, 3435-3442.

9. Sakan S, Dević G, Relić D, Anđelković I, Sakan N, Đorđević D. Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study. Environmental earth science, DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3886-1.