Szabolcs Bognár, PhD Research Associate
Chair of Analytical Chemistry
CONTACT
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection
Office: 29/IV
Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Tel:+ 381 21 485 2752
e-mail: sabolc.bognar@dh.uns.ac.rs
SCOPUS Author ID: 57218570913
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3600-0075
EDUCATION
- 2024, PhD Studies in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2019. MSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
- 2018. BSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- 2025–today, Research Associate,
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia - 2022–2025, Research Assistant,
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia - 2019–2022, Junior Researcher,
University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
TEACHING
- Fundamentals of instrumental analysis
- Food analysis
- Chromatographic methods
- Trends in instrumental analysis
RESEARCH FIELDS
- Research in the field of analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis
- Environmental chemistry
- Removal of pesticides and active pharmaceutical ingredients from water using heterogeneous photocatalysis and other advanced oxidation processes
- Green synthesis of nanomaterials
- Kinetic methods of analysis
SELECTED PROJECTS
- Utilizing nanotechnology and sustainable approaches for environmental remediation in the agri-food systems, Ministry of Science, Technological development and Innovation, Bilateral project between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Italy for the period 2025–2027, participant
- Fabrication of two-dimensional nanomaterial films for treatment of emerging contaminants utilizing heterogeneous sustainable photocatalysis, Ministry of Science, Technological development and Innovation, Bilateral project between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Slovenia for the period 2023–2025, participant
- In situ pollutants removal from waters by sustainable green nanotechnologies, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (2022–2024), participant
- Application of thermal water from Banja Kanjiža in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Short-term research project of special interest for sustainable development in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (2022–2023), participant
- 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)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Bognár, S., Jovanović, D., Despotović, V., Jakšić, S., Panić, S., Milanović, M., Finčur, N., Putnik, P., Šojić Merkulov, D. Advanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants using green tea-based ZnO nanomaterials under simulated solar irradiation in agri-food wastewater, Foods, 14 (2025), Art. No. 622. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14040622.
- Bognár, S., Jovanović, D., Despotović, V., Finčur, N., Šojić Merkulov, D., “The application of plant-inspired nanomaterials in innovative water purification technology”, in: Putnik, P., Šojić Merkulov, D., Environmental remediation in agri-food industry using nanotechnology and sustainable strategies, Elsevier Inc., Academic Press, London, 2025, ISBN 978-0-443-13298-8, pp. 179–202.
- Bognár, S., Jovanović, D., Putnik, P., Despotović, V., Ivetić, T., Bajac, B., Tóth, E., Finčur, N., Maksimović, I., Putnik-Delić, M., Zec, N., Deák, C., Kozma, G., Banić, N., Jagodić, I., Šojić Merkulov, D., Solar-driven removal of selected organics with binary ZnO based nanomaterials from aquatic environment: Chemometric and toxicological assessments on wheat, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12 (2024), Art. No. 112016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112016
- Bognár, S., Maksimović, I., Putnik, P., Orčić, D., Putnik-Delić, M., Šojić Merkulov, D., Integrated approach for sustainable degradation of tolperisone hydrochloride from water by photodegradation: Chemometrics, chemical kinetics, intermediates, and environmental toxicity assessment, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 453 (2024), Art. No. 115628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2024.115628
- Šojić Merkulov, D., Vlazan, P., Poienar, M., Bognár, S., Ianasi, C., Sfirloaga, P., Sustainable removal of 17α-ethynylestradiol from aqueous environment using rare earth doped lanthanum manganite nanomaterials, Catalysis Today, 424 (2023), Аrt. No. 113746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.05.011
OTHER
- Member of the Serbian Chemical Society – Chemical Society of Vojvodina (2020-);
- Third place for the best oral presentation at “27th Young Investigators’ Seminar on Analytical Chemistry, YISAC”, Lodz, Poland;
- Juventus Pro Urbe award from Municipality of Kanjiža for the significant contribution to the reputation of the Municipality of Kanjiža based on the achievements in science.