Goran Benedeković, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection
Laboratory: 17/III
Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel: + 381 21 485 2758
e-mail: goran.benedekovic@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Author ID: 7801423923
EDUCATION
- 2012. PhD in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2003. Mag in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 1994. BSc (Hons) in Chemistry – Bioorganic, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia.
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2020- , Senior Research Associate University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2013-2019. Research Associate, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2006-2013. Research Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia.
TEACHING
- Natural lactones and analogues as potential drugs
- Selected chapters of medical chemistry
- Bioorganic chemistry of carbohydrates.
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Synthesis of biologically active compounds products.
- 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).
- Development and biomedicinal evaluation of potential antitumour agents, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2016-2019).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Benedeković, G., Kovačević, I., Popsavin, , Francuz, J., Kojić, V., Bogdanović, G., Popsavin, V. (2016): New antitumour agents with a,b-unsaturated d-lactone scaffold: Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of (-)-cleistenolide and analogues’. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26: 3318–3321.
- Benedeković, G., Popsavin, M., Francuz, J., Kovačević, I., Kojić, V., Bogdanović, G., Divjaković, V., Popsavin, V. (2014): Design, synthesis and SAR analysis of antitumour styryl lactones related to (+)-crassalactones B and C. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 87: 237–
- Popsavin, V., Kovačević, I., Benedeković, G., Popsavin, M., Kojić, V., Bogdanović, G. (2012): Divergent synthesis of cytotoxic styryl lactones related to goniobutenolides A and B, and to crassalactone D. Organic Letters. 14: 5956–5959.
- Popsavin, V., Benedeković, G., Srećo, B., Popsavin, M., Francuz, J., Kojić, V., Bogdanović, G. (2007): Divergent synthesis of cytotoxic styryl lactones from D-xylose. The first total synthesis of (+)-crassalactone C. Organic Letters. 9: 4235–
- Popsavin, V., Benedeković, G., Popsavin, M., Divjaković, V., Ambruster, T. (2004): A total synthesis of (+)-oxybiotin from D-arabinose. Tetrahedron. 60: 5225–
additional information
- Member of Serbian Chemical Society.