The Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products was founded in 1978 at the Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad. Today, members of the Chair primarily perform teaching in scope of: four-year bachelor biochemistry program, one-year master biochemistry program and three-year doctoral biochemistry program. In addition, they are also involved in biochemical courses for students of other study programs, both at the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection and at other Departments of the Faculty of Science University of Novi Sad.

In addition to being engage in teaching, lecturers and associates of the Chair are active in scientific research in the following fields: chemical, biochemical and pharmacological characterization of secondary biomolecules, synthesis and biological testing of potential antitumor agents and the biochemical activity of natural and modified steroids.

Currently, the Chair has 29 members: three full-time professors (one correspondent member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts), five associate professors, five assistant professors, one teaching assistant, three research associates, eight researchers, one associate and three technicians.