Minja Bogunović, PhD
Research Associate
Chair of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental
Protection
Office: 15/IV
Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel:+ 381 21 485 2746
e-mail: minja.bogunovic@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Author ID: 57200179166
EDUCATION
- 2019. PhD in Environmental Protection Science, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
- 2013. MSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
- 2012. BSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2022. Research Associate in the field of Chemistry, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
- 2019. Research Assistant in the field of Environmental Protection, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
- 2016. Junior Researcher Assistant in the field of Environmental Protection, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Drinking and wastewater treatment (adsorption, membrane filtration, innovative hybrid processes)
- Non-standard GC/MS water analysis
- Fate and behaviour of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water cycle
SELECTED PROJECTS
- “Water matrix and physico-chemical properties of relevant organic xenobiotics: implications on ecotoxicity and water treatment processes”, grant 172028, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia (2014-2019)
- “Development of improved ecological procedures in wastewater treatment in the territory of Vojvodina”, Funded by Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Science, Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia (2019).
- “Sustainable and cost-effective production of drinking water from eutrophic and micro-polluted water using a membrane hybrid process (SUPREMES)” University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Department of Process Engineering/Water Technology and the University of Novi Sad (project leader Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Panglisch (Germany)) and University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences (Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivančev-Tumbas (Serbia)). German federal budget by the DLR Project Management Agency acting on behalf of Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung-BMBF), grant number 01DS21012A, funding period 06.2021-31.05.2024
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Marjanović T., Bogunović M., Prodanović, J., Banduka N., Maletić S., Zrnić Tenodi K., and Ivančev-Tumbas I. (2022) Lab-scale testing of green coagulant activity for metals and As removal from municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent. Chemical Papers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-022-02379-7 Available online from July 2022
- Ivančev-Tumbas I., Bogunović M., Vasić V., Šćiban M., Tubić A., Leovac Maćerak A., and Prodanović J. (2022) ‘Green’ coagulant application with activated carbon: dosing sequence and removal of selected micropollutants and effluent organic matter from municipal wastewater, Environmental Technology, 43, 8, (1163-1169), https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1821788 Available online from September 2020.
- Bogunović M., Marjanović T., Ivančev-Tumbas I. (2021) Fate of Benzophenone, Benzophenone-3 and Caffeine in Lab-Scale Direct River Water Treatment by Hybrid Processes, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8691, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168691 Available online from August 2021.
- Bogunović M., Ivančev-Tumbas I., Česen M., Djaković Sekulić T., Prodanović J., Tubić A., Heath D., Heath E. (2021) Removal of selected emerging micropollutants from wastewater treatment plant effluent by advanced non-oxidative treatment – a lab-scale case study from Serbia, accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment, 765, 142764, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142764 Available online from October 2020.
- Ivančev-Tumbas I., Lužanin Z., Česen M., Bogunović M., Djaković-Sekulić T., Heath D., Heath E. (2021) Insight into selected emerging micropollutant interactions with wastewater colloidal organic carbon: implications for water treatment and analysis, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28 (42), 59368–59381. Available online from November 2020.
additional information
- Member of the Serbian Chemical Society, Educational Center for Environmental Protection, and Section for Environmental Chemistry of Serbian Chemical Society
- Scholarship holder for PhD students (No. 1445) by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia (2014-2018)
- Special award “Docent Dr Milena Dalmacija” for a PhD dissertation that made a scientific contribution in the field of Environmental Protection at Universities in Serbia (2021)
- Research stays:
- 2016/2017 – Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Group of Organic Analysis (Head of research group Prof. Dr. Ester Heath), Funded by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia
- 2022 – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering & Water Technology (Head of research group Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Panglisch)