Malcolm Watson, PhD
Associate Professor
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
Tel:+ 381 21 485 2798
e-mail: malcolm.watson@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Author ID: 9250103500
EDUCATION
- 2016. PhD in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2002. MChem (Honours), University of Edinburgh, UK.
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2022-now: Associate professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2016-2022: Assistant professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2013-2016. Research Associate, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
- 2006-2013. Research Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
TEACHING
- Selected topics from environmental protection (doctoral studies)
- Risk assessment in environmental protection (masters studies)
- Controlling the emission of industrial waste gases (masters studies)
- Modelling environmental processes (masters studies)
- Water pollution (undergraduate studies).
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Drinking water treatment: arsenic removal, speciation and NOM interactions, control of disinfection by-products.
- Heavy metal pollution: environmental impact, remediation technologies.
SELECTED PROJECTS
- Arsenic and pesticide removal from natural water by an effective, safe and compact-sized separation system, EUREKA project E! 3644 2006-2009.
- Arsenic and ammonium in drinking water: implementation of a cross-border platform for safe water: Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross border Co-operation Programme (HUSRB/1002/121/075), 2011-2013.
- NetChem : ICT Networking for Overcoming Technical and Social Barriers in Instrumental Analytical Chemistry education, Erasmus+, 2016-2019.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Dubovina, M., Krčmar, D., Grba, N., Watson, M.A., Rađenović, D., Tomašević-Pilipović, D., Dalmacija, B. (2018) Distribution and ecological risk assessment of organic and inorganic pollutants in the sediments of the transnational Begej canal (Serbia-Romania), Environmental Pollution, 236, 773-784.
- Agbaba J., Molnar Jazić J., Tubić A., Watson M., Maletić S., Kragulj Isakovski M., Dalmacija B. (2016) Oxidation of natural organic matter with processes involving O3, H2O2 and UV light: formation of oxidation and disinfection by-products, RSC Advances, 6, 86212-86219.
- Watson М.А., Tubić А., Agbaba Ј., Nikić Ј., Maletić S., Molnar Jazić Ј., Dalmacija B. (2016) Response surface methodology investigation into the interactions between arsenic and humic acid in water during the coagulation process, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 312,150-158.
- Tubić A., Agbaba J., Dalmacija B., Molnar J., Maletić S., Watson M., Ugarčina Perović S. (2013) Insight into changes during coagulation in NOM reactivity for trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids formation, Journal of Environmental Management, 118, 153-160.
- Maderova L., Watson M., Paton G.I. (2011) Bioavailability and toxicity of copper in soils: Integrating chemical approaches with responses of microbial biosensors, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43(6), 1162-1168.
additional information
- Member of the Serbian Chemistry Society.