Bojana Srećo Zelenović, PhD
Associate Professor
Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection
Office: 8/III
Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel:+ 381 21 485 2770
e-mail: bojana.sreco@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Author ID: 8612794800
EDUCATION
- 2013. PhD in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2003. BSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia.
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2018-today. Associate Professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2013-2018. Assistant Professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2007-2013. Research Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2004-2007. Junior Researcher, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia.
TEACHING
Teaching
- Chemistry of Natural Products
- Monosaccharides and bioactive derivatives
- Metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics
- Chemoenzymatic transformations
- Selected chapters from natural products chemistry
- Structural analysis of monosaccharides and derivatives
- Chemical transformation of monosaccharides
TEXTBOOKS
- Popsavin, M., Vukojević, N., Hranisavljević, J., Kovačević, I., Srećo Zelenović, B., Svirčev, M. Practicum in chemistry of natural products, (in Serbian), University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia 2018.
- Popsavin, V., Popsavin, M., Srećo Zelenović, B., Francuz, J., Kovačević, I. Bioorganic preparations – practicum (in Serbian), University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia 2020.
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Medicinal chemistry
- Development of novel methods in the synthesis of natural cytotoxic lactones and their analogues
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)
- Synthesis and biomedicinal testings of anticancer agents derived from naturally available monosaccharides, Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia (2012-2013)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Kovačević, I., Kesić, J., Popsavin, M., Francuz, J., Kojić, V., Jakimov, D., Rodić, M., Srećo Zelenović, B., Benedeković, G., Popsavin, V. (2021): Asymmetric synthesis and biological evaluation of (+)-cardiobutanolide, (–)-3-deoxycardiobutanolide and analogues as antiproliferative agents. Tetrahedron. 97: 132408.
- Srećo Zelenović, B., Grabež, S., Popsavin, M., Kojić, V., Francuz, J., Popsavin, V. (2020): Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of symplified goniofufurone analogues. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society. 85 (12): 1539–1551.
- Srećo Zelenović, B., Kekezović, S., Popsavin, M., Kojić, V., Benedeković, G., Popsavin, V. (2019): Novel (–)-goniofufurone mimics: Synthesis, antiproliferative activity and SAR analysis. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society. 84 (12): 1345–1353.
- Kojić, V., Popsavin, M., Spaić, S., Jakimov, D., Kovačević, I., Svirčev, M., Aleksić. L., Srećo Zelenović, B., Popsavin, V. (2019): Structure based design, synthesis and in vitro antitumour activity of tiazofurin stereoisomers with nitogen functions at the C-2’ or C-3’ positions. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 183: 111712.
- Francuz, J., Kovačević, I., Popsavin, M., Benedeković, G., Srećo Zelenović, B., Kojić, V., Jakimov, D., Aleksić, L., Bogdanović, G., Srdić-Rajić, T., Lončar E., Rodić, M., Divjaković, V., Popsavin, V. (2017): Design, synthesis and in vitro antitumour activity of new goniofufurone mimics with halogen or azido groups at the C-7 position. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 128: 13–24.
additional information
- Plaque award for the best associate at Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia (2009–2012)
- Member of the Serbian Chemical Society