[dr Tatjana Z. Verbic]

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

Phone:   011-3336611

Phone (local):   611

Office:   529

E-mail:   tatjanad@chem.bg.ac.rs

Personal data

Born in Loznica, Serbia (December 1974). Married and have 2 boys. Speaks Serbian and English language.

Education and qualifications

1993-1997: Undergraduate studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

1997-2001: Master of science studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2001-2010: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

History of employment

1997: Expert associate / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

1997-1998: University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

1998-2002: Graduate assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2003-2012: Teaching assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2013-2014: Research associate / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2014-2018: Assistant professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2018: Associate professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

Scientific interest

Study of various types of chemical equilibria in biologically active molecules, Physico-chemical properties of molecularly imprinted polymers.

Research group "Chemical Equilibria"

Awards and merits

November 1998: Serbian Chemical Society award for achievements during graduate studies.

2001: WUS-Austria postgraduate student grants 2001/2002

2012: Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia: Postdoctoral scholarship

2021: Fulbright Scholarship

Other activities

Member of Serbian Chemical Society from 1998 - The Section for Analytical Chemistry. Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2018). Secretary of The Section for Analytical Chemistry (2012-2023).

Member of Serbian Association for Cancer Research from 2011. http://www.sdir.ac.rs/en/

Member of International Association of Physical Chemists from 2015. https://www.iapchem.org/index.php

Member of American Chemical Society from December 2021.

Vice Dean of Academic Affairs from October 1, 2015 till September 30, 2018.

Member of the Publishing Center Council from October 9, 2018 till December 12, 2019.

Member of the Publishing Center Council from December 12, 2019 till January 12, 2023.

Member of the Committee for Monitoring and Improving the Quality of Teaching from October 8, 2020 till December 14, 2020.

Chairman of the Committee for Monitoring and Improving the Quality of Teaching from December 14, 2020.

Chairman of the Publishing Center Council from January 12, 2023.

  • Research associate in Petnica Science Center.
  • Member of the Editorial board of ADMET & DMPK journal (http://pub.iapchem.org/ojs/index.php/admet/announcement/view/12)
  • Research associate in Prof. Edward M. Eyering laboratory at Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA (3 months 2000), and in Prof. Edward S. Yeung group at Iowa State Univ., Ames, USA (10 months 2002).
  • Postdoctoral research associate at Budapest University of technology and economics, Hungary, in Prof. George Horvai group (7 months, 2012).
  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar at St. John's University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, NYC, USA, in Prof. Abu Serajuddin group (6 months, 2021-22).

Educational activities

Participation in research projects

Finished projects:

  • 2011: The Synthesis of Aminoquinoline-based Antimalarials and Botulinum Neurotoxin A Inhibitors – 172008
    project type:   National Fundamental Research Projects
    project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • 2011: Rational Design and Synthesis of Bioactive and Coordination Compounds and Functional Materials Relevant for (bio)Nanotechnology – 172035
    project type:   National Fundamental Research Projects
    project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • 2014: Molecules in motion – CMST COST Action CM1405
    project type:   International
    project is funded by: European Union (Brusseles, Belgium)
  • 2015: Small Molecule Antiviral Inhibitors – 1323839
    project type:   International
  • 2016: Preparation and characterization of selective molecularly imprinted polymer sorbents   (principal investigator)
    project type:   International

Author identification numbers

Representative references

Knjige i revijalni radovi / Books and reviews:

Tatjana Verbić, Miloš Pešić, Nikola Obradović, Ilija Cvijetić, Praktikum sa zbirkom zadataka iz instrumentalne analitičke hemije – optičke i elektroanalitičke metode, Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet, 2018. ISBN 978-86-7220-095-9

 

Radovi / Papers:

  1. Slađana Dorontić, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Olivera Marković, Tatjana Verbić, Dušan Sredojević, Gabriele Ciasca, Riccardo Di Santo, James L Mead, Milica Budimir, Danica Bajuk-Bogdanović, Marija Mojsin, Jelena Pejić, Milena Stevanović, Svetlana Jovanović,
    High-performing structural optimization of graphene quantum dots as glyphosate herbicide photoluminescent probes: real case studies and mechanism insights, J. Environ. Chem. Eng, 2024, Accepted for publication, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113193
  2. Mila Milenković, Gabriele Ciasca, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Olivera Marković, Tatjana Verbić, Biljana Todorović Marković, Svetlana Jovanović, Blue-light-driven photoactivity of L-cysteine-modified graphene quantum dots and their antibacterial effects, J. Photoch. Photobio. B, 2023, Accepted for publication, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2023.112818
  3. Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Kin Y. Tam, Dušan Ž. Veljković, Abu T. M. Serajuddin, and Alex Avdeef, Clofazimine pKa Determination by Potentiometry and Spectrophotometry: Reverse Cosolvent Dependence as an Indicator of the Presence of Dimers in Aqueous Solutions, Mol. Pharm.  20(6), 2023, 3160–3169.
  4. Miloš P. Pešić, Jugoslav B. Krstić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Highly selective water-compatible molecularly imprinted polymers for benzophenone-4, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 88(1), 2023, 55–68. 
  5. Olivera S. Marković, Nirali G. Patel, Abu T. M. Serajuddin, Alex Avdeef, and Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Nortriptyline Hydrochloride Solubility−pH Profiles in a Saline Phosphate Buffer: Drug−Phosphate Complexes and Multiple pHmax Domains with a Gibbs Phase Rule “Soft” Constraints, Mol. Pharm. 19(2), 2022, 710-719.
  6. Gorana Mrđan, Aleksandar Tot, Milan Vraneš, Milena Rašeta, Petar Knežević, Tatjana Verbić, Borko Matijević, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel 2-Pyridine Mono(thio)carbohydrazones as Promising Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Agents. Experimental and Theoretical Approach, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 95, 2022, 185–194.
  7. Igor Opsenica, Milica Selaković, Mikloš Tot, Tatjana Verbić, Jelena Srbljanović, Tijana Štajner, Olgica Đurković Đaković and Bogdan Šolaja, New 4-aminoquinolines as moderate inhibitors of P. falciparum malaria, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 86(2), 2021, 115-123.
  8. Gorana S. Mrđan, Gyöngyi Gy. Vastag, Dušan Đ. Škorić, Mirjana M. Radanović, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Miloš K. Milčić, Ivana N. Stojiljković, Olivera S. Marković, Borko M. Matijević, Synthesis, physicochemical characterization, and TD–DFT calculations of monothiocarbohydrazone derivatives, Struct. Chem. 32(3), 2021, 1231–1245.
  9. Miloš P. Pešić, Miljana D. Todorov, Gergely Becskereki, George Horvai, Tatjana Ž.Verbić, Blanka Tóth, A novel method of molecular imprinting applied to the template cholesterol, Talanta 217, 2020, 121075.  DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121075
  10. Aleksandra Božić, Nenad R. Filipović, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Miloš K. Milčić, Tamara R. Todorović, Ilija N. Cvijetić, Olivera R Klisurić, Marina Radišić, Aleksandar D. Marinković, A detailed experimental and computational study of monocarbohydrazones, Arab. J. Chem. 13, 2020, 932-953.
  11. Olivera S. Marković, Miloš P. Pešić, Ankita V. Shah, Abu T.M. Serajuddin, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Alex Avdeef, Solubility-pH profile of desipramine hydrochloride in saline phosphate buffer: Enhanced solubility due to drug-buffer aggregates, Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 133, 2019, 264-274.
  12. Života Selaković, Julie P. Tran, Krishna P. Kota, Marija Lazić, Cary Retterer, Robert Besh, Rekha G. Panchal, Veronica Soloveva, Vantongreen A. Sean, Wells B. Jay, Aleksandar Pavić, Tatjana Verbić, Branka Vasiljević, Kathleen Kuehl, Allen J. Duplantier, Sina Bavari, Rajini Mudhasani, Bogdan A. Šolaja, Second generation of diazachrysenes: protection of Ebola virus infected mice and mechanism of action, Eur. J. Med.Chem. 162, 2019, 32-50.
  13. Rabindra N. Pradhan⁠, Sayed M. Hossain, Avinash Lakm⁠a, Dragana D. Stojkov, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Goran Angelovski, Rosa Pujales–Paradela, Carlos Platas–Iglesias, Akhilesh K. Singh, Water soluble Eu(III) complexes of macrocyclic triamide ligands: Structure, stability, luminescence and redox properties, Inorg. Chim. Acta 486, 2019, 252-260.
  14. Jelena Konstantinović, Erkan Kiris, Krishna P. Kota, Johanny Kugelman-Tonos, Milica Videnović, Lisa H. Cazares, Nataša Terzić Jovanović, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Boban Andjelković, Allen J. Duplantier, Sina Bavari, and Bogdan A. Šolaja, New Steroidal 4-Aminoquinolines Antagonize Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Motor Neurons in Postintoxication Model, J. Med. Chem. 61, 2018, 1595−1608.
  15. Olivera S. Marković, Ilija N. Cvijetić, Mario V. Zlatović, Igor M. Opsenica, Jelena M. Konstantinović, Nataša V. Terzić Jovanović, Bogdan A. Šolaja, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Human serum albumin binding of certain antimalarials, Spectrochim. Acta A 192, 2018, 128-139.
  16. Ilija N. Cvijetić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Pedro Ernesto de Resende, Paul Stapleton, Simon Gibbons, Ivan O. Juranić, Branko J. Drakulić , Mire Zloh, Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel aryldiketo acids with enhanced antibacterial activity against multidrug resistant bacterial strains, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 143, 2018, 1474-1488.
  17. Ilija N. Cvijetić, Miloš P. Pešić, Miljana D. Todorov, Branko J. Drakulić, Ivan O. Juranić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Mire Zloh, Tautomerism of 4-phenyl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid. Insights from pH ramping NMR study and quantum chemical calculations, Struct. Chem. 29(2), 2018, 423-434.
  18. Ilija N. Cvijetić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Branko J. Drakulić, Dalibor M. Stanković, Ivan O. Juranić, Dragan D. Manojlović, Mire Zloh, Redox properties of alkyl-substituted 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acids, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 82(3), 2017, 303-316.
  19. Alex Avdeef, Elisabet Fuguet, Antonio Llinàs, Clara Ràfols, Elisabeth Bosch, Gergely Völgyi, Tatjana Verbić, Elena Boldyreva, Krisztina Takács-Novák, Equilibrium solubility measurement of ionizable drugs – consensus recommendations for improving data quality, White paper, ADMET&DMPK 4(2), 2016, 112-178.
  20. Nevenka Cakić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Ratomir M. Jelić, Carlos Platas-Iglesias and Goran Angelovski, Synthesis and characterisation of bismacrocyclic DO3A-amide derivatives – an approach towards metal-responsive PARACEST agents, Dalton Trans. (45), 2016, 6555–6565.
  21. Nataša Terzić, Jelena Konstantinović, Mikloš Tot, Jovana Burojević, Olgica Djurković-Djaković, Jelena Srbljanović, Tijana Štajner, Tatjana Verbić, Mario Zlatović, Marta Machado, Inês S. Albuquerque, Miguel Prudêncio, Richard J. Sciotti, Stevan Pecic, Sarah D’Alessandro, Donatella Taramelli, Bogdan A. Šolaja, Re-investigating old pharmacophores: Are 4-aminoquinolines and tetraoxanes potential two-stage antimalarials?, J. Med. Chem. 59(1), 2016, 264–281
  22. Zsanett Dorkó, Anett Szakolczai, Tatjana Verbić, George Horvai, The binding capacity of molecularly imprinted polymers and their non-imprinted analogs, J. Sep. Sci. 38(24), 2015, 4240-4247.
  23. Nenad R. Filipović, Snežana Bjelogrlić, Aleksandar Marinković, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Ilija N. Cvijetić, Milan Senćanski, Marko V. Rodić, Miroslava Vujčić, Dušan Sladić, Zlatko Striković, Tamara R. Todorović, Christian D. Muller, Zn(II) complex with 2-quinolinecarboxaldehyde selenosemicarbazone: synthesis, structure, interaction studies with DNA/HSA, molecular docking and caspase-8 and -9 independent apoptose induction, RSC Adv. 5, 2015, 95191-95211.
  24. Ilija N. Cvijetić, Muhammet Tanç, Ivan O. Juranić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Claudiu T. Supuran, Branko J. Drakulić, 5-Aryl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acids as selective inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrases IX and XII, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 23(15), 2015, 4649–4659.
  25. Maria A. Guimarães, Rosimeire N. de Oliveira, Leiz M. C. Véras, David F. Lima, Yuri D. M. Campelo, Stefano Augusto Campos, Selma A. S. Kuckelhaus, Pedro L. S. Pinto, Peter Eaton, Ana C. Mafud, Yvonne P. Mascarenhas, Silmara M. Allegretti, Josué de Moraes, Aleksandar Lolić, Tatjana Verbić, José Roberto S. A. Leite, Anthelmintic Activity In Vivo of Epiisopiloturine against Juvenile and Adult Worms of Schistosoma mansoni, PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. 9(3), 2015, e0003656.
  26. Igor M. Opsenica, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Mikloš Tot, Richard J. Sciotti, Brandon S. Pybus, Olgica Djurković-Djaković, Ksenija Slavić, Bogdan A. Šolaja, Investigation into novel thiophene- and furan-based 4-amino-7-chloroquinolines afforded antimalarials that cure mice, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 23(9), 2015, 2176-2186.
  27. Zsanett Dorkó, Tatjana Verbić, George Horvai, Comparison of the single channel and multichannel (multivariate) concepts of selectivity in analytical chemistry, Talanta 139, 2015, 40-49.
  28. Zsanett Dorkó, Tatjana Verbić, George Horvai, Selectivity in analytical chemistry: two interpretations for univariate methods, Talanta 132, 2015, 680-684.
  29. Ilija N. Cvijetić, Dušan D. Petrović, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Ivan O. Juranić and Branko J. Drakulić, Human Serum Albumin Binding of 2-[(Carboxymethyl)sulfanyl]-4-oxo-4-(4-tert-butylphenyl)butanoic Acid and its Mono-Me Ester, ADMET&DMPK 2(2), 2014, 126-142.
  30. Tatjana Verbić, Zsanett Dorkó, and George Horvai, Selectivity in Analytical Chemistry, Review, Rev. Roum. Chim. 58(7-8), 2013, 569-575.
  31. Sandip M. Vibhute, Jörn Engelmann, Tatjana Verbić, Martin E. Maier, Nikos K. Logothetis, and Goran Angelovski, Synthesis and Characterization of pH-sensitive, Biotinylated MRI Contrast Agents and Their Conjugates with Avidin, Org. Biomol. Chem. 11(8), 2013, 1294-1305. (cover page article)
  32. Sandra Šegan, Jelena Trifković, Tatjana Verbić, Dejan Opsenica, Mario Zlatović, James Burnett, Bogdan Šolaja, Dušanka Milojković-Opsenica, Correlation between structure, retention, property, and activity of biologically relevant 1,7-bis(aminoalkyl)diazachrysene derivatives, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 72, 2013, 231-239.
  33. Aleksandra Z. Simić, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Milica N. Sentić, Mirjana P. Vojić, Ivan O. Juranić, Dragan D. Manojlović, Study of ellagic acid electro-oxidation mechanism, Monatsh. Chem. 144(2), 2013, 121-128.
  34. Branko J. Drakulić, Michael Stavri, Simon Gibbons, Željko S. Žižak, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Ivan O. Juranić, Mire Zloh, Aryldiketo Acids Have Antibacterial Activity Against MDR Staphylococcus aureus Strains: Structural Insights Based on Similarity and Molecular Interaction Fields, ChemMedChem 4 (12), 2009, 1971-1975.
  35. Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Branko J. Drakulić, Mire Zloh and Ivan O. Juranić, The Effect of Phenyl Substituents on 13C NMR Shifts and Metal Ions Binding to 4-Phenyl-2,4-Dioxobutanoic Acid Derivatives, Lett. Org. Chem. 5(8), 2008, 692-699.
  36. Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Branko J. Drakulić, Mire F. Zloh, Jovana R. Pecelj, Gordana V. Popović and Ivan O. Juranić, LFER Study of 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acids Protolytic Equilibria in Aqueous Solutions, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 72(12), 2007, 1201-1216.
  37. Tatjana Damjanović, Gordana Popović, Srđan Verbić, and Lidija Pfendt, Study of Acid Hydrolysis of Bromazepam, Can. J. Chem. 82(8), 2004, 1260-1265.
  38. L. B. Pfendt, G. V. Popović, T. Ž. Damjanović, D. M. Sladić, Protolytic Equilibria of Bromazepam, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 67(3), 2002, 187-195
  39. D. Manojlović, T. Damjanović, R. Golubović, M. Todorović, Emission of Nitrogen Compounds from the Immersed Soil, J. Env. Protect. Ecol. 2(1), 2001, 86-90