Marina Savić, PhD
Associate professor
Chair of Organic Chemistry
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection
Office: 15/V
Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel:+ 381 21 485 2733
e-mail: marina.savic@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Autor ID: 23986790200
EDUCATION
- 2013. PhD in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2008. MSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2003. BSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2021-today. Associate professor, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2016-2021. Assistant professor, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2014-2016. Research Associate, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2009-2014. Research Assistant, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2006-2009. Junior Researcher, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia.
TEACHING
- Nomenclature of organic compounds
- Organic chemistry II
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Chemistry of androgenic and antiandrogenic compounds
- Chemistry of biologically active organic compounds
- Preparative organic chemistry
- Experimental organic chemistry
- Organic synthesis.
TEXTBOOKS
- Grbović, Lj., Ajduković, J., Nikolić, A., Savić, M., Pavlović, K., Oklješa A., Bjedov S. Organic chemistry practical textbook, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, 2019, (In Serbian).
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Organic synthesis
- Synthesis and chemical modifications of new androstane derivatives as potentially biologically active compounds.
SELECTED PROJECTS
- Novel steroid derivatives for anticancer drug development, bilateral cooperation project between the Republic of Serbia and Republic of Austria, project number: 337-00-577/2021-09/27; project duration 2022-2024. Project leader: dr. Marina Savić
- New steroid derivatives – potential chemotherapeutics, Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia(2021-2024., 142-451-2667/2021-01), Project leader: dr. Marina Savić
- Development of steroid derivatives of potential biomedical importance, Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia (2021-2022., 142-451-2309/2021-01)
- Organic chemistry in the profession and science, program activity Higher Education, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2021-2022)
- Synthesis, characterization and biological investigation of steroid derivatives and their molecular aggregates, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019)
- Research Cooperation of the University of Szeged and the University of Novi Sad in Development of Anticancer Drug Compounds (RECODAC), Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme (2012-2014)
- Synthesis and physical-chemical investigations of selected organic compounds of potential pharmacological significance, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2006-2010).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Marina P. Savić, Marija N. Sakač, Ivana Z. Kuzminac, Jovana J. Ajduković, Structural diversity of bioactive steroid compounds isolated from soft corals in the period 2015–2020, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 218, 106061 (2022).
- Marina Savić, Marija Sakač, Jovana Ajduković (2021), „Bioactive Steroids from Marine Organisms“, Chapter 7 in Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry (Volume 7), Editor Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS, Bentham Science Publishers, pp. 247-329, ISBN: 978-1-68108-916-4 (Online) 978-1-68108-917-1 (Print)
- Ivana Z. Kuzminac, Dimitar S. Jakimov, Sofija S. Bekić, Anđelka S. Ćelić, Maja A. Marinović, Marina P. Savić, Vidak N. Raičević, Vesna V. Kojić, Marija N. Sakač, Synthesis and anticancer potential of novel 5,6-oxygenated and/or halogenated steroidal D-homo lactones, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 30, 115935 (2021).
- Marina P. Savić, Dušan Đ. Škorić, Ivana Z. Kuzminac, Dimitar S. Jakimov, Vesna V. Kojić, Lucie Rárová, Miroslav Strnad, Evgenija A. Djurendić, New A-homo lactam D-homo lactone androstane derivative: Synthesis and evaluation of cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities in vitro, Steroids 157, 108596 (2020).
- Marina P. Savić, Jovana J. Ajduković, Jovana J. Plavša, Sofija S. Bekić, Andjelka S. Ćelić, Olivera R. Klisurić, Dimitar S. Jakimov, Edward T. Petri, Evgenija A. Djurendić: Evaluation of A-ring fused pyridine D-modified androstane derivatives for antiproliferative and aldo–keto reductase 1C3 inhibitory activity, Medicinal Chemistry Communications 9, 969-981 (2018).