Nenad Grba, PhD
Senior research associate
Chair of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection
Office: 21a/V
Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel:+ 381 21 485 2724
e-mail: nenad.grba@dh.uns.ac.rs
Personal webpage: http://personal.pmf.uns.ac.rs/nenad.grba/
SCOPUS Author ID: 55922701100
EDUCATION
- 2014. PhD in Chemistry, University of Belgrade Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2006. MSc in Environmental engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad, Serbia.
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2022: Senior Research associate, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2017-2022 Research associate, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2016-2017. Research assistant, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2015-2016. Expert Associate, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2008 –2009. Assistant, College of Environmental Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia.
- 2009 –2011. Assistant, Faculty of ecology and environmental protection, University “Union – Nikola Tesla”, Belgrade, Serbia.
TEACHING
- Project – environmental impact analysis,
- Control of industrial waste streams
- Fundamentals of Chemical Technology.
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Geochemistry and Environmental Chemistry
- Organic and inorganic geochemistry, Earth sciences, Sediments, Sediments and Water quality assessment.
SELECTED PROJECTS
- Improved remediation technologies and development of methods for contaminated sites risk assessment,
- Improving sediment remediation technologies to protect water, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2016 – 2019)
- Determination of the native and anthropogenic level of pollution in the sediment/water system of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Funded by the Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia (2015 – 2016).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Grba N., Šajnović A., Stojanović K., Simić V., Jovančićević B., Roglić G., Erić V. (2014): Preservation of diagenetic products of β-carotene in sedimentary rocks from the Lopare Basin (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Chemie der Erde – geochemistry, 74, 107-123.
- Grba N., Neubauer F., Šajnović A., Stojanović K., Jovančićević B. (2015): Heavy metals in Neogene sedimentary rocks as a potential geogenic hazard for sediment, soil, surface and groundwater contamination (eastern Posavina and Lopare Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina). Journal of Serbian Chemical Society, 80, 827-838.
- Grba, N., Krčmar, D., Kragulj Isakovski, M., Molnar Jazić, J., Maletić, S., Pešić, V., Dalmacija, B. (2016): Priority substances in sediments of the “Carska Bara” special nature reserve, a natural scientific research area on the UNESCO list. J. Environ. Manag. 182, 149–159.
- Grba N., Krčmar D., Neubauer F., Rončević S., Kragulj Isakovski M., Molnar Jazić J., Dalmacija B., (2017): Geochemical monitoring of organic and inorganic pollutants in the sediment of the Eastern Posavina (Serbia). J Soils Sediments, 1–10.
- Krčmar, D., Dubovina, M., Grba, N., Pešić V., Watson, M., Tričković, J., Dalmacija B (2017): Distribution of organic and inorganic substances in the sediments of the “Great Bačka Canal”, a European environmental hotspot. Science of The Total Environment, 601, 833-844.
additional information
- Invited speaker at XXI International Congress of the Carpathian Balkan Geological Association (CBGA) in Salzburg, Austria, September 10–13, 2018.
- Teaching activities at Doctoral level at Department of Soil Environment Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW within Erasmus mundus+ Programe (14 – 18 May 2018).
- PEER-REVIEW ACTIVITIES: Journal Of Hazardous Materials (5 reviews) – Certificate of outstanding contribution in Reviewing, Journal of Environmental Management (1 review) – Certificate of outstanding contribution in Reviewing, Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2 reviews), Journal of Soils and Sediments (3 reviews) and Environmental Science and Pollution Research (1 review).
- European Commission Project Erasmus Mundus Action 2 SIGMA, Department of Geography and Geology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (2013-2014).
- European Commission Project JoinEU-SEE II, ERASMUS MUNDUS Action 2, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Brno, Czech Republic (2011-2012).
- Member of European Geosciences Union (EGU) (2014 – 2016).
- Secretary of Union of engineering of Vojvodina, Serbia 2008- 2010.
- Awards: Leaders diploma in sustainable development and environmental protection (Belgrade 22 May 2007), Netherlands embassy and Environmental Ambassadors for Sustainable Development, Serbia.
- Participated in more than 30 projects and studies in field of environmental protection (leader of several projects).