Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Jovana Pešić Bajić, PhD

Research Associate

Chair of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection

CONTACT

Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office 13/V

Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Tel:+ 381 21 485 2712

e-mail: jovana.pesic@dh.uns.ac.rs

ORCID: 0000-0001-7068-2770

2025. PhD in Environmental Sciences, Doctoral dissertation title: “Modification of graphene oxide based adsorbents to improve their performance for the removal of certain metals from water”, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad.
2018. MSc in Chemistry – analytical chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
2017. BSc in Chemistry – quality control and environmental managment, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia

2026-danas, Research Associate, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
2022-2026, Research Assistant, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
2019-2022, Junior Researcher, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Project “Graphene-Based Nanomaterial – A New Approach to Removing Heavy Metals from Water” 2022 – 2023, project leader Dr. Malcolm Watson
Project “NanoCompAs – Scale-up of Bifunctional Fe-Mn Binary Oxide Nanocomposite Filter Media: An Innovative Approach for Water Purification,” funded through the Green Program for Science and Industry Cooperation, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia from 2023-2025, project leader Prof. Dr. Jasmina Agbaba
Project “Modern Solutions for Water Treatment: Magnetic Carbon Nanocomposites” 2024 – 2025, project leader Dr. Jasmina Nikić
Project financed by the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia through the Technology Transfer Program: “Advanced Magnetic Separation Technology for Sustainable Water Treatment,” 2025 – 2026, project leader Dr. Jasmina Nikić
Remediation technologies improvement and development of methods for risk assessment of polluted localities, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019)
Program “art + science”, Center for the Promotion of Science, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, European Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence (European ARTificial Intelligence Lab − AI Lab), EU program Creative Europe (2021).
Project “EKOTISAK” of the program port “Danube Sea”, program “Novi Sad 2021 – European Capital of Culture” (2021-2022).

Pešić, J., Watson, M., Nikić, J., Kerkez, Đ., Govedarica, J. J., Maletin, M., & Agbaba, J. (2025). Advancing arsenic removal: Leveraging the efficiency of magnetic graphene oxide nanocomposite. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 236(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08000-3
Maletin, M. et al. (2024) ‘Optimization and efficiency of novel magnetic-resin-based approaches for enhanced nickel removal from water’, Processes, 12(10), p. 2287. doi:10.3390/pr12102287.
Nikić, J. et al. (2024) ‘Adsorption performance of Fe–Mn polymer nanocomposites for arsenic removal: Insights from kinetic and isotherm models’, Materials, 17(20), p. 5089. doi:10.3390/ma17205089.
Pešić J, Watson M, Papović S, Vraneš M. Ionic Liquids: Review of their Current and Future Industrial Applications and their Potential Environmental Impact. Recent Pat Nanotechnol. 2020 Dec 21. doi: 10.2174/1872210513999190923121448. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33349224.

Projects Associate at the Center for the Development of the Science and Technology Park Novi Sad from 2024.
A scholarship recipient of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia during bachelor and master studies.
Member of the Serbian Chemical Society (2015 -).