Jelena Kesic, MSc
Assistant
Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection
Office: 17/III
Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel: + 381 21 485 2758
e-mail: jelenak@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Author ID: 57193926711
EDUCATION
- 2015-today. PhD studies in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2015. MSc in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2014. BSc in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2022-today: Assistant, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2019-2022. Research Associate, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2015 – 2019 Junior Researcher, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
TEACHING
- Medicinal chemistry
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Medicinal chemistry
- Development, synthesis and biomedical evaluation of novel biologically active compounds, potential antitumor agents.
SELECTED PROJECTS
- Synthesis and biological testing of new mimics or derivatives of selected cytotoxic lactones, antitumor agent tiazofurin and natural naphthenic acids, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Kovačević, I., Popsavin, M., Benedeković, G., Kesić, J., Kojić, V., Jakimov, D., Srdić-Rajić, T., Bogdanović, G., Divjaković, V., Popsavin, V. (2017): Synthesis and in vitro antitumour activity of crassalactone D, its stereoisomers and novel cinnamic ester derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 134: 293–303.
additional information
- iPUR (internationals Promotions program of University of Regensburg) scholarship; research stay at Institute of Organic chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany (2018).
- Member of Serbian Chemical Society.