Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

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

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.