Dunja Rađenović Veselić, PhD

Research assistant

Chair of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection

CONTACT

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office: 13a/V

Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

e-mail: dunja.radjenovic@dh.uns.ac.rs

EDUCATION

  • 2014.- PhD student in Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2014. MSc Chemist – Quality Control and Environmental Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2013. BSc Chemist – Quality Control and Environmental Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad , Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2016. – 2019. Research assistant, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2016. Junior Researcher, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

TEACHING

  • Water pollution
  • Water protection
  • UV / VIS and IR spectroscopy in the analysis of the environment
  • Basics of environmental protection
  • Environmental Technology
  • Ecoengineering.

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Sediment treatment
  • Solidification and stabilization
  • Microstructural characterization of sediment.

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Research reinforcement within environmental aspects: step forward to beneficial use of sediment, BEuSED, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Program IDEAS, 01.01.2022.-31.01.2024., participant.
  • Treatment of drinking water – the potential of flocculation sludge application, Short-term project of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, 2023., participant.
  • Project “Improvement of Remediation Technologies and Development of Methods for Assessing the Risk of Polluted Locations”, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Rađenović D., Kerkez Đ., Tomašević Pilipović D., Dubovina M., Šešlija M., Tenodi S., Peško I. (2024). The beneficial reuse of contaminated sediment: Long-term assessment of fly ash and lime-based mixtures, Case Studies in Construction Materials 20, e02711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02711
 2.Radenović M., Tenodi S., Krčmar D., Zrnić Tenodi K., Rončević S., Rađenović D., Dalmacija B. (2025). Navigating the transition: An in-depth analysis of a non-sanitary landfill and a novel approach to selecting future sanitary landfill sites, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(1), 115102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.115102
 3.Pejin Đ., Tomašević Pilipović D., Tenodi S., Rađenović Veselić D.,  Pautler B.G., Sweett A., Krčmar D. (2025). Integrated assessment of heavy metal pollution in the great bačka canal: Comparing active and passive sampling methods, Chemosphere 370, 144027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.144027
 4.Slijepčević N., Tomašević Pilipović D., Rađenović D., Svirčev E., Kulić Mandić A., Kerkez Đ., Leovac Maćerak A. (2023). The application of iron nanoparticles biosynthesized using citrus peel extracts for immobilization of metal-contaminated river sediment, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/s13762-023-05241-9.
 5.Slijepčević N., Rađenović D., Beljin J., Kozma G., Konya Z., Maletić S., Tomašević Pilipović D. (2024). A novel co-contaminated sediment treatment approach: Quercus petraea leaf-extracted nZVI supported on native clay and biochar for potentially toxic elements and PAHs removal, Journal of Soils and Sediments. doi: 10.1007/s11368-023-03682-w   (corresponding author: Dunja Rađenović)
 6.Tomašević Pilipović D., Slijepčević N., Rađenović Veselić D., Šešlija M., Bulatović V., Duduković N. (2025). Utilization of Phosphogypsum and Sediment in Subgrade material for Pavement construction, Applied Sciences 15(1), 347.
 7. Rađenović D., Slijepčević N., Tomić T., Tenodi S., Krčmar D., Beljin J., Tomašević Pilipović D. (2024). Towards Global Sediment Management: Lessons Learned from a Multidimensional Risk Assessment, CLEAN-Air, Soil, Water, https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202300263

additional information

  • Member of Educational Center for Environmental Protection- EDEN (2021)
  • Scholarship holder of doctoral studies of environmental protection on the project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2015-2018).
  • Member of the Serbian Chemical Society.
  • Participation in Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental protection’s Open Days.
  • Participation in the Memorial Scientific Meeting on Environmental Protection, organised by the Department of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection.