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Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

+381-21-485-2720 infohemija@dh.uns.ac.rs

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Kristiana Zrnic Tenodi

PhD Kristiana Zrnić Tenodi

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: 13/V

Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

e-mail: kristiana.zrnic@dh.uns.ac.rs

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4251-0477

 

EDUCATION

  • 2025. PhD in Environmental Protection Science, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2015. MSc in environmental protection-analyst, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2014. BSc in environmental protection-analyst, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2026-today, Research Associate, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2020-2026, Research Assistant, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2017-2020, Research Trainee, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia

TEACHING

  • Sources and control of pollution in the environment
  • Environmental protection technologies
  • Basics of chemical technology
  • Chemical technology

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Preparation of drinking water
  • Electrocoagulation as remediation technology for water treatment

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Cost-effective and safe drinking water for everyone – Development of a methodology for the improved protection and/or remediation of bank filtration water source zones (SAFEWAT) (Eureka project No. 17243)
  • NanoCompAs – Scale Up of Bifunctional Fe–Mn Binary Oxide Nanocomposite Filter Media: An Innovative Approach for Water Purification, Green Program of Cooperation between Science and Industry, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, 2023–2025.
  • 2019–2023: Member of the ENFORCE-TXRF COST Action (CA18130).
  • 2024–present: Member of the Water4Reuse COST Action (CA23104) – “Mainstreaming Water Reuse into the Circular Economy Paradigm.”
  • 2020–2025: Scientific Research Programme, registration nos. 451-03-137/2025-03/200125 and 451-03-136/2025-03/200125.
  • 2018: Participation in the project “Improvement of Remediation Technologies and Development of Methods for Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites” (III43005), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (project period: 2011–2019).
  • 2016–2018: Participation in the project “Improvement of Sediment Remediation Technologies for Water Protection” (TR37004), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (project period: 2011–2019).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Zrnić Tenodi K.,Tenodi S., Nikić J., Mohora E., Agbaba J., Rončević S. (2024). Optimizing arsenic removal from groundwater using continuous flow electrocoagulation with iron and aluminum electrodes: An experimental and modeling approach. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 66. doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.106082
  2. Duduković, N., Plavšin, L., Zrnić Tenodi, K., Watson, M., Kragulj Isakovski, M., Dalmacija, B., Agbaba, J. (2026). Laboratory-Scale Evaluation of an Electrochemical Barrier System for Targeted Removal of Vinyl Chloride and Trichloroethylene from Groundwater. Hydrology, 13(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13010040
  3. Pejin, Đ., Tenodi, S. M., Pautler, B. G., Rađenović, D., Stojanović, T., Tenodi, K. Z., Krčmar, D., & Pilipović, D. T. (2026). Bioavailability-informed sediment assessment in the transboundary Begej Canal: A comparative evaluation of active and passive methods. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 225().
  4. Tenodi, S., Krčmar, D., Agbaba, J., Zrnić, K., Radenović, M., Ubavin, D., Dalmacija, B. (2020) Assessment of the environmental impact of sanitary and unsanitary parts of a municipal solid waste landfill. Journal of Environmental Management, 258, 110019.
  5. Tenodi, S., Krčmar, D., Pejin, Đ., Veselić, D. R., Slijepčević, N., Tenodi, K. Z., & Pilipović, D. T. (2025). Application of the FUCOM-SAW model for comprehensive risk assessment of contaminated sediments: A case study of the Great Bačka Canal and Begej River. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 274, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2025.104644
  6. Mohora E., Rončević S., Agbaba J., Zrnić K., Tubić A., Adžemović M., Dalmacija B. (2019). Effects of combined Fe-Al electrodes and groundwater temperature on arsenic removal by electrocoagulation, Environmental Protection Engineering 45(2), 5-18.
  7. Mohora , Rončević S., Agbaba J., Zrnić K., Tubić A., Dalmacija B. (2018): Arsenic removal from groundwater by horizontal-flow continuous electrocoagulation (EC) as a standalone process,  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering  6, 512-519.

additional information

  • Analyst at Accredited Laboratory for Environmental Analysis “Assistant Professor Milena Dalmacija”
  • Member of the Serbian Chemical Society
  • Scholarship holder of doctoral studies on environmental protection on the project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2016-2018)
  • Participation in Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental protection’s Open Days (2015-present).