Nemanja Banic

Nemanja Banić, PhD

Associate professor

Chair of Analytical Chemistry

CONTACT

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office: 8/IV

Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Tel:+ 381 21 485 2754

e-mail: nemanja.banic@dh.uns.ac.rs

Personal webpage: https://personal.pmf.uns.ac.rs/nemanja.banic/

SCOPUS Author ID: 35224508100

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1272-8499

EDUCATION

  • 2014. PhD in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2007. BSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia.

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2021-today, Associate professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2016-2021, Assistant Professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2013. Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2010. Research Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2007. Junior Researcher, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia

TEACHING

  • Fundamentals of Instrumental Analysis
  • Techniques of Separation
  • Information in Chemistry
  • Analytical Spectrometry
  • Chemical Analysis of Materials

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Photocatalysis
  • Photoreactor design
  • Photocatalytic generation of H2 as a fuel of the future

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Development of methods for monitoring and removal biologically active substances to improve quality of the environment, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019)
  • Application of polyaniline/TiO2 nanocomposite powders on photocatalytic degradation of aqueous suspension of organic pollutants and their toxicity assessment, Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia (2014-2015)
  • Development and optimization of photoreactor prototype for the treatment of wastewater loaded with organic effluents in the territory of AP Vojvodina, The Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Serbia (2022-2023)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Banić, N., Šojić Merkulov, D., Despotović, V., Finčur, N., Ivetić, T., Bognár, S., Jovanović, D., Abramović, B. (2022) Rapid removal of organic pollutants from aqueous systems under solar irradiation using ZrO2/Fe3O4 nanoparticles, Molecules 27: 8060.
  2. Banić, N.D., Krstić, J.B., Uzelac, M.M. (2022) Removal of methyl orange using combined ZnO/Fe2O3/ZnO-Zn composite coated to the aluminium foil in the presence of simulated solar radiation, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29: 51521
  3. Finčur, N., Šojić Merkulov, D.V., Putnik, P., Despotović, V., Banić, N., Lazarević, M., Četojević-Simin D., Agbaba, J., Abramović, B. (2021) Environmental photocatalytic degradation of antidepressants with solar radiation: Kinetics, mineralization, and toxicity, Nanomaterials 11: 1–14.
  4. Banić, N.D., Abramović, B.F., Krstić, J.B., Šojić Merkulov, D.V., Finčur, N.L., Mitrić, M.N. (2019): Novel WO3/Fe3O4 magnetic photocatalysts: Preparation, characterization and thiacloprid photodegradation, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 70: 264–
  5. Banić, N., Krstić, J., Stojadinović, S., Brnović, A., Djordjevic, A., Abramović, B. (2020) Commercial TiO2 loaded with NiO for improving photocatalytic hydrоgen prоduction in the presence оf simulated solar radiation, International Journal of Energy Research 44: 8951–8963.

additional information

  • Member of the Serbian Chemical Society – Chemical Society of Vojvodina, Member of the Serbian Chemical Society.
  • Member of the Association for Water Technology and Sanitary Engineering.
  • Experience in HPLC, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, potentiometry, GC.
  • Worked reviews in the following prestigious journals: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology. A: Chemistry; IF: 2.477; Chemical Engineering Journal; IF: 5.310; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research; IF: 2.567
  • Possession of practical knowledge from different