[dr Aleksandar R. Popovic]

Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd
Department of Applied Chemistry

Phone:   011-3336727

Phone (local):   727

Office:   643

Laboratory:   642

E-mail:   apopovic@chem.bg.ac.rs

Personal data

Aleksandar Popović was born in 1971 in Belgrade.

Education and qualifications

1988-1993: Undergraduate studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

1994-1996: Master of science studies - Chemistry / Florida State University - Department of Chemistry (Tallahassee, Florida, United States)

1996-2002: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

History of employment

1997-2005: Teaching assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2003-2008: Assistant professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2008-2013: Associate professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2013: Full professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

Scientific interest

Chemical processes and transformations of pollutants in the environment. Reusage of waste materials.

Other activities

Member of the Committee for Monitoring and Improving the Quality of Teaching from October 8, 2020.

Chairman of the Committee for Regocnition of Foreign Higher Education Documents from November 10, 2021 till October 9, 2024.

Member of the Committee for Education Strategy from October 10, 2024.

Chairman of the Committee for Regocnition of Foreign Higher Education Documents from October 10, 2024.

Minister of Science and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia from 2004 to 2007. Minister of Mining and Energy of Republic of Serbia from 2007 to 2008.

Educational activities

Participation in research projects

Active projects:

  • 2022-2026: – Á°21134
    project type:   International cooperation - COST Actions
    project is funded by: European Commission (Brusseles, Belgium)

Finished projects:

  • 2011: – 172001
    project type:   National Fundamental Research Projects
    project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • 2011: – 43009
    project type:   National Fundamental Research Projects
    project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • 2019: Pollution state of soils and food samples in Serbia and Slovakia - bioaccessibility fraction of elements and health risk assessment – 337-00-107/2019-09/17
    project type:   International
    project is funded by: Ministarstvo prosvete, nauke i tehnolo¹kog razvoja (Belgrade, Serbia), Government of the Slovak Republic (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Author identification numbers

Representative references

Najcitiraniji radovi (na dan 31.12.2023) / Papers with the highest number of heterocitations (as of December 31st, 2023):

1. Djinovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jira, Wolfgang. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Different Types of Smoked Meat Products from Serbia. Meat Science (2008), 80, 449-456. (169)

2. Razic, Slavica; Onjia, Antonije; Djogo, Svetlana; Slavkovic, Latinka; Popovic, Aleksandar. Determination of metal content in some herbal drugs- Empirical and chemometric approach. Talanta (2005), 67, 233-239. (128)

3. Popovic, Aleksandar; Djordjevic, Dragana; Polic, Predrag. Trace and Major Element Pollution Originating from Coal Ash Suspension and Transport Processes. Environment International (2001), 26, 251-255. (106)

4. Anicic, Mira; Tasic, Mirjana; Frontasyeva, Marina Vladimirovna; Tomasevic, Milica; Rajsic, Slavica; Mijic, Zoran; Popovic, Aleksandar. Active Moss Biomonitoring of Trace Elements with Sphagnum Girgensohnii Moss Bags in Relation to Atmospheric Bulk Deposition in Belgrade, Serbia. Environmental Pollution (2009), 157, 673-679. (104)

5. Vukovic, Gordana; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Razumenic, Ivana; Kuzmanovski, Mirjana; Pergal, Miodrag; Skrivanj, Sandra. Air Quality in Urban Parking Garages (PM 10, Major and Trace Elements, PAHs): Instrumental Measurements vs. Active Boss Biomonitoring. Atmospheric Environment (2014), 31-40, 2014. (76)

6. Relic, Dubravka; Djordjevic, Dragana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Blagojevic, Tamara. Speciation of Trace Metals in Danube Alluvial Sediments Within an Oil Reffinery. Environment International (2005), 31, 661-669. (75)

7. Anicic, Mira; Tasic, Mirjana; Frontasyeva, Marina Vladimirovna; Tomasevic, Milica; Rajsic, Slavica; Strelkova, Lyudmila Pavlovna; Popovic, Aleksandar. Steinnes, Eiliv. Active Biomonitoring with Wet and Dry Moss: A Case Study in an Urban Area. Environmental Chemistry Letters (2009), 7, 55-60. (61)

8. Anicic, Mira; Tasic, Mirjana; Frontasyeva, Marina Vladimirovna; Tomasevic, Milica; Rajsic, Slavica; Strelkova, Lyudmila Pavlovna; Popovic, Aleksandar. Steinnes, Eiliv.  Monitoring of Trace Element Atmospheric Deposition Using Dry and Wet Moss Bags: Accumulation Capacity Versus Exposure Time. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2009), 171, 182-188. (60)

9. Terzic, Oliver; Krstic, Jugoslav; Popovic, Aleksandar; Dogovic, Nikola. Synthetic Activated Carbons for the Removal of Hydrogen Cyanide from Air. Chemical Engineering and Processing (2005), 44, 1181-1187. (58)

10. Panic, Vesna; Seslija, Sanja; Popovic, Ivanka; Spasojevic, Vuk; Popovic, Aleksandar; Nikolic, Vladimir; Spasojevic, Pavle. Simple One-Pot Synthesis of Fully Bio-Based Unsaturated Polyester Resins Based on Itaconic Acid. Biomacromolecules (2017) 18, 3881−3891. (57)

11. Nikolic, Vladimir; Velickovic, Sava; Popovic, Aleksandar. Biodegradation of Polystyrene-graft-Starch Copolymers in Three Different Types of Soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2014), 21, 9877-9886. (45)

12. Djinovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jira, Wolfgang. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Traditional and Industrial Smoked Beef and Pork Ham from Serbia. European Food Research and Technology (2008), 227, 1191-1198. (45)

13. Anicic, Mira; Frontasyeva, Marina; Tomasevic, Milica; Popovic, Aleksandar. Assessment of Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals and Other Elements in Belgrade Using the Moss Biomonitoring Technique and Neutron Activation Analysis. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2007), 129, 207-219. (44)

14. Markovic, Jelena; Jovic, Mihajlo; Smiciklas, Ivana; Sljivic-Ivanovic, Marija; Onjia, Antonije; Trivunac, Katarina; Popovic, Aleksandar.  Cadmium Retention and Distribution in Contaminated Soil: Effects and Interactions of Soil Properties, Contamination Level, Aging Time, and In Situ Immoblization Agents. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2019) 174, 305-314. (42)

15. Razic, Slavica; Djogo, Svetlana; Slavkovic, Latinka; Popovic, Aleksandar. Inorganic Analysis of Herbal Drugs. Part I: Metal Determination in Herbal Drugs Originating From Medicinal Plants of the Family Lamiacae. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2005), 70, 1347-1355. (42)

16. Vukovic, Gordana; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Tomasevic, Milica; Samson, Roeland; Popovic, Aleksandar. Biomagnetic Monitoring of Urban Air Pollution Using Moss Bags (Sphagnum Girgensohnii). Ecological Indicators (2015), 52, 42-47. (41)

17. Mihajlidi-Zelic, Aleksandra; Dersek-Timotic, Ivana; Relic, Dubravka; Popovic, Aleksandar, Djordjevic, Dragana. Contribution of Marine and Continental Aerosols to the Content of Major Ions in the Precipitation of the Central Mediterranean. The Science of Total Environment (2006), 370, 441-451. (41)

18. Pergal, Miodrag; Popovic, Aleksandar; Tesic, Zivoslav. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Temperature Driven Formation and Behaviour during Coal Combustion in a Coal-Fired Power Plant. Energy & Fuels (2013), 27, 6273-6278. (39)

19. Vukovic, Gordana; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Goryainova, Zoja; Pergal, Miodrag; Skrivanj, Sandra; Samson, Roeland; Popovic, Aleksandar. Active Moss Biomonitoging for Extensive Screening of Urban Air Pollution: Magnetic and Chemical Analysis. Science of the Total Environment (2015), 522, 200-210. (34)

 20. Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Skrivanj, Sandra; Tesic, Zivoslav; Popovic, Aleksandar. Assessment of Major and Trace Element Bioavailability in Vineyard Soil Applying Different Single Extraction Procedures ad Pseudo-Total Digestion. Chemosphere (2017), 171, 284-293. (33)

 

Noviji radovi (2019-2024) / Recent papers (2019-2024):

1. Jovanovic, Gordana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Stojic, Andreja; Klicic, Darija; Matek Saric, Marijana; Grizunov Letinic, Judita; Popovic, Aleksandar. Introducing of Modeling Techniques in the Research of POPs in Breast Milk- A Pilot Study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2019) 172, 341-347.

2. Markovic, Jelena; Jovic, Mihajlo; Smiciklas, Ivana; Sljivic-Ivanovic, Marija; Onjia, Antonije; Trivunac, Katarina; Popovic, Aleksandar.  Cadmium Retention and Distribution in Contaminated Soil: Effects and Interactions of Soil Properties, Contamination Level, Aging Time, and In Situ Immoblization Agents. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2019) 174, 305-314.

3. Nikolic, Vladimir; Loncarevic, Branka; Popovic, Aleksandar. Biodegradation of Copolymer Obtained by Grafting Reaction Between Methacrylic Acid and Starch. Polymer Bulletin (2019) 76, 2197-2213.

4. Surucic, Ljiljana T; Janjic, Goran V; Rakic, Aleksandra A; Nastasovic, Aleksandra B; Popovic, Aleksandar R; Milcic, Milos K; Onjia, Antonije E. Theoretical Modeling of Sorption of Metal Ions on Amino-Functionalized Macroporous Copolymer in Aqueous Solution. Journal of Molecular Modeling (2019) 25, paper 177, 1-12.

5. Relic, Dubravka; Sakan, Sanja; Andjelkovic, Ivan; Popovic, Aleksandar; Djordjevic, Dragana. Pollution and Health Risk Assessments of Potentially Toxic Elements in Soil and Sediment Samples in Petrochemical Industry and Surrounding Area. Molecules (2019) 24, paper 2139, 1-19.

6. Sakan, Sanja; Sakan, Nenad; Popovic, Aleksandar; Skrivanj, Sandra; Djordjevic, Dragana. Geochemical Fractionation and Assessment of Probabilistic Ecological Risk of Potential Toxic Elements in Sediments using Monte Carlo Simulation. Molecules (2019) 24, paper 2145, 1-15.

7. Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Krmar, Miodrag; Radnovic, Dragan; Jovanovic, Gordana; Jaksic, Tatjana; Vasic, Predrag; Popovic, Aleksandar. The Use of Moss as an Indicator of Rare Element Deposition Over Large Area. Ecological Indicators (2020) 109, paper # 105828, 1-11.

8. Simic, Iva; Jovanovic, Gordana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Klincic, Darija; Matek Saric, Marijana; Popovic, Aleksandar. Optimization of Gas Chromatography-Electron Ionization-Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Determining Toxic Non-Ortho Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Breast Milk. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences (2020) 33, 58-61.

9. Sakan, Sanja; Franciskovic-Bilinski, Stanislav; Djordjevic, Dragana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Skrivanj, Sandra; Bilinski, Halka. Geochemical Fractionation and Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Sediments from Kupa River, Croatia". Water (2020) 12, paper # 2024, 16 pp.

10. Milicevic, Tijana; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Relic, Dubravka; Jovanovic, Gordana; Nikolic, Dragica; Vergel, Konstantin; Popovic, Aleksandar. Environmental Pollution Influence to Soil-Plant-Air System in Organic Vineyard: Bioavailability, Environmental and Health Risk Assessment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021) 28, 3361-3374.

11. Mendas, Gordana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Jovanovic, Gordana; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Ilic, Milos; Milicevic, Tijana; Popovic, Aleksandar. Organochlorines Burden in Moss H. cupressiforme and Topsoil Across Serbia. Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2021) 43, 273-283.

12. Sakan, Sanja; Franciskovic-Bilinski, Stanislav; Djordjevic, Dragana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Sakan, Nenad; Skrivanj, Sanja; Bilinski, Halka. Evaluation of Element Mobility in River Sediment Using Different Single Extraction Procedures and Assessment of Probabilistic Ecological Risk. Water (2021) 13, paper # 1411, 18 pp.

13. Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Jovanovic, Gordana; Mustac, Bosiljka; Stojanovic Djinovic, Jasna; Stojic, Andreja; Cadez, Tena; Popovic, Aleksandar. Fatty acids, persistent organic pollutants, and trace elements in small pelagic fish from the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin (2021) 170, paper # 112654, 8 pp.

14. Jovanovic, Gordana; Matek Saric, Marijana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Stanisic, Svetlana, Mitrovic Dankulov, Marija; Popovic, Aleksandar; Perisic, Mirjana. Patterns of PCB-138 Occurence in the Breast Milk of Primiparae and Multiparae Using SHapley Additive exPlantations Analysis. In: "Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Applications". Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer, Cham (2021) 973, 191-206.

15. Milicevic, Tijana; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Vukovic, Gordana; Vasic, Predrag; Jaksic, Tatjana; Nikolic, Dragica; Popovic, Aleksandar. Environmental Risk Assessment Based on Elemental Concentrations (with Specific Refference to the Concentration of Uranium) in Moss and Soil Samples from the Territory of the Province of Kosovo and Metohija. In: "The Truth about the Consequences of the NATO Bombing of Serbia in 1999".  Serbian Society for the Fight Against Cancer, Belgrade (2021), 253-276.

16. Milicevic, Tijana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Mustac, Bosiljka; Djinovic-Stojanovic, Jasna; Jovanovic, Gordana; Relic, Dubravka. Human Health Risks and Benefits Assessment Based on OCPs, PCBs, Toxic Elements and Fatty Acids in the Pelagic Fish Species from the Adriatic Sea. Chemosphere (2022) 287, paper # 132068, 10 pp.

17. Popovic, Aleksandar; Andjelkovic, Boban; Djordjevic, Dragana; Sakan, Sanja; Vujisic, Ljubomir; Velickovic, Sava; Relic, Dubravka. To Professor Petar Pfendt, In calidum, et plurium retributivus memoriae: FT IR ATR Analysis of Post Stamps of Principality of Serbia Issued in 1866 and 1868 and Their Forgeries. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2022) 87, 27-40.

18. Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Kuzmanoski, Maja; Milicevic, Tijana; Kodranov, Igor; Vergel, Konstantin; Popovic, Aleksandar. Moss Bag Sensitivity for the Assessment of Airborne Elements at Suburban Background Site During Spring/Summer Season Characterised by Saharan Dust Intrusions. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health (2022) 15, 1357-1377.

19. Jovanovic, Gordana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Mendas, Gordana; Jankovic, Milan; Popovic, Aleksandar. Moss Biomonitoring of Organic Pollutants: Up-to-date Achievements, Needs and Potentials. In: "Advances in Environmental Research",  Nova Science Publishers, New York (2022), Volume 90, Chapter 2, 40 pp.

20. Stevanovic, Gordana; Jovic-Jovicic, Natasa; Krstic, Jugoslav; Milutinovic-Nikolic, Aleksandra; Bankovic, Predrag; Popovic, Aleksandar; Ajdukovic, Marija. Nanocomposite Co-catalysts, Based on Smectite and Biowaste-Derived Carbon, as Peroxymonosulfate Activators in Degradation of Tartrazine. Applied Clay Science (2022) 230, paper # 106718, 8 pp.

21. Radenkovic, Marina; Momcilovic, Milos; Petrovic, Jelena; Mrakovic, Ana; Relic, Dubravka; Popovic, Aleksandar; Zivkovic, Sanja. Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Media by Sunflower Husk: A Comparative Study of Biosorption Efficiency by Using ICP-OES and LIBS. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2022) 78, 939-952.

22. Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Castanheiro, Ana; Roganovic, Jovana; Samson, Roeland; Popovic, Aleksandar. Non-Destructive Techniques for the Determination of Magnetic Particle and Element Content as an Eco-Sustainable Tool for Environmental Pollution Assessment in the Agricultural Areas. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2023) 195, paper # 858, 17 pp.

23. Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Milicevic, Tijana; Jovanovic, Gordana; Matek Saric, Marijana; Mendas, Gordana; Fingler, Sanja; Jaksic, Goran; Popovic, Aleksandar; Relic, Dubravka. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Croatian Breast Milk: An Overview of Pollutant Levels and Infant Health Risk Assessment from 1976 to the Present. Food and Chemical Toxicology (2023) 179, paper # 113990, 12 pp.

24. Mendas, Gordana; Milicevic, Tijana; Fingler, Sanja; Drevenikar, Vlasta; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Relic, Dubravka. Human Health Risk Assessment Based on Direct and Indirect Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Herbicides in Drinking, Ground and Surface Water in Croatia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2023) 30, 106330-106341.

25. Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Jacimovic, Nenad; Mendas, Gordana; Fingler, Sanja; Stipicevic, Sanja; Jaksic, Goran; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jovanovic, Gordana. Bedload Sediment Transport Model for Revealing Multi-Year Trend of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Contamination in the River Sediment (Kupa, Croatia). Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2023) 45, 8473-8478.

26. Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Tomkovic, Jelena; Malicanin, Marko; Skrivanj, Sandra; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Popovic, Aleksandar. Potentially Toxic Elements in Grapevine Varieties and Soil in Serbia. Matica Srpska Journal of Natural Sciences (2023) 145, 71-84

27. Stevanovic, Gordana; Jovic-Jovicic, Natasa; Popovic, Aleksandar; Dojcinovic, Biljana; Milutinovic-Nikolic, Aleksandra; Bankovic, Predrag; Ajdukovic, Marija.  Cobalt Supported Chitosan-Derived Carbon-Smectite Catalyst in Oxone® Induced Dye Degradation. Science of Sintering (2024) 56, 105-114.

28. Mendas, Gordana; Jakovljevic, Ivana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Sanja Fingler, Sanja; Jovanovic, Gordana; Matek Saric, Marijana; Pehnec, Gordana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Stankovic; Dalibor. Presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants in Human Milk: Evaluating Their Levels, Association with Total Antioxidant Capacity, and Risk Assessment. Science of The Total Environment (2024) 931, paper # 172911, 10 pp.

29. Ducic, Igor; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Mustac, Bosiljka; Mendas, Gordana; Djijovic-Stojanovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jovanovic, Gordana. Efficiency of Clustering Methods and Self-Organizing Maps of Adriatic Sardines and Anchovies Regarding Organochlorine and Fatty Acid Burden. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2024) 31, 30509-30518.

30. Nedic, Natalija; Tadic, Tamara; Markovic, Bojana; Nastasovic, Aleksandra; Popovic, Aleksandar; Bulatovic, Sandra. Eco-Friendly Green Approach to the Biosorption of Hazardous Dyes from Aqueous Solution on Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) Biomass. Separations (2024) 11, paper # 310, 18 pp.