Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Sanja Grbić,PhD

Research Assistent

Chair of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection

CONTACT

Faculty of Sciences

University of Novi Sad

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office: 3/P

Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

e-mail: sanjav@dh.uns.ac.rs

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0263-4184

2025. PhD in Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
2018. MSc Chemist – Quality Control and Environmental Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
2017. BSc in Chemistry – Quality Control and Environmental Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

2022. Research Assistant, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
2019. Junior Researcher, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Circular and Bio-Based Solutions for the Ultimate Prevention of Plastics in Rivers Integrated with Elimination And Monitoring Technologies – UPSTREAM. (Grant No. 101112877), 01.09.2023.-31.08.2027.
Twinning excellence on organic soil amendments effect on nutrient and contaminant dynamics in the subsurface. Financed by European Union HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-02-01. Project No: 101059546 (2022-2025).
Innovative Sediment Management Framework for a Sustainable Danube Black Sea System – SUNDANSE. (Grant No. 17243), 01.06.2024.-31.05.2028. EU HORIZON EUROPE PROGRAM.
CA20101 (Plastics monitoring detection remediation recovery – PRIORITY)International project – COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action. Project No: CA20101 (2021-2025).
The use of biochar and recycled microplastics in the removal of specific pollutants from aqueous media. Project of the Provincial Secretariats of the AP Vojvodina (2021-2024).
Investigation of microplastic influence on water resources. Program of scientific and technological cooperation between Serbia and Portugal. Financed by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. Project No: 337-00-00227/2019-09/10 (2020-2021).
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)

Vasiljević, S.; Vujić, M.; Agbaba, J.; Federici, S.; Ducoli, S.; Tomić, R.; Tubić, A. (2023) Efficiency of Coagulation/Flocculation for the Removal of Complex Mixture of Textile Fibers from Water, Processes, 11, 820. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11030820
Tubić A., Vujić M., Gvoić V., Agbaba J., Vasiljević S., Cveticanin L., Vukelić Đ., Prica M. (2023) Sorption potential of microplastics for azo- and phthalocyanine printing dyes, Dyes and Pigments, 209, Part A, 110884,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110884
Vujić M., Vasiljević S., Simetić T., Kordić B., Molnar Jazić J., Agbaba J., Tubić A. (2024) Assessing the interaction between 4-methylbenzylidene camphor and microplastic fibers in aquatic environments: Adsorption kinetics and mechanisms, Science of The Total Environment,956,177383,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177383
Milić N., Milanović M., Drljača Lero J., Popović A., Vasiljević S., Simetić T., Tubić A. (2025) Evaluating the in Vitro Toxicity of 4-MBC and Microplastics: The Role of PE and PVC as Carriers. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 33(8): 3555-3569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-025-03602-8
Vujić M., Marjanović Srebro T., Vasiljević S., Simetić T., Molnar Jazić J., Agbaba J., Tubić A. (2025) Environmental Fate of 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor: Adsorption Behavior on Textile-Derived Microplastic Fibers in Wastewater and Surface Water Systems. Materials, 18(16):3799. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18163799

A scholarship of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (2014-2018).
Participation in the Memorial Scientific Meeting on Environmental Protection, organised by the Department of Chemical Technology and Environmental Protection.
Participation in Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection’s Open Days, Chemistry Weekends and Science Festivals.
Member of professional organizations: Serbian Chemical Society, EDEN – Educational Center for Environmental Protection, IWA – International Water Association, COST Action – European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Representative of Young Water Professionals International Water Association Serbia – YWP IWA Serbia.
Professional training:
- 2023: As part of the Horizon Twinning project TwinSubDyn, University of Vienna, Austria.
- 2022: Training school – Microplastics Workshop for Early Career Researchers 2022, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece.
- 2021: As part of the bilateral Program of Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Serbia and Portugal, Aveiro, Portugal.