Research interest: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), organic micropollutants, mercury, methylmercury, environmental chemistry, LC-MS/MS, GC-MS, ICP-MS.
Education:
BSc in Chemistry (2013), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, BSc thesis title: “Bio-markers in lignite from the field “Smederevsko pomoravlje” in Kostolac basin”.
MSc in Environmental Chemistry (2014), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, MSc thesis title: “Comparative analysis of liquid products of bituminous shale and bituminous stone pyrolysis in open and closed systems”.
PhD in Chemistry (2020). Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, PhD thesis title: “Formation, uptake and bioaccumulation of methylmercury in coastal seas – a Baltic Sea case study”.
Career:
2014-2015 Analytical chemist at Anahem Laboratory, Belgrade, Serbia
2015-2020 Doctoral candidate, Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå, Sweden
2020-2022 Analytical chemist at ALS Scandinavia, Luleå, Sweden
2022-2023 Chemist – responsible for a research laboratory, Division for Organic Environmental Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden
Active projects:
Program topic: Development of laser methods for pollution detection and environmental monitoring (2024- present); participant.
List of publications:
- Skrobonja, A., Gojkovic, Z., Soerensen, A. L., Westlund, P.-O., Funk, C., & Björn, E. (2019). Uptake Kinetics of Methylmercury in a Freshwater Alga Exposed to Methylmercury Complexes with Environmentally Relevant Thiols. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(23), 13757– 13766. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05164
- Soerensen, A. L., Schartup, A. T., Skrobonja, A., Bouchet, S., Amouroux, D., LiemNguyen, V., & Björn, E. (2018). Deciphering the Role of Water Column Redoxclines on Methylmercury Cycling Using Speciation Modeling and Observations From the Baltic Sea. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32(10), 1498–1513. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GB005942
- Soerensen, A. L., Schartup, A. T., Skrobonja, A., & Björn, E. (2017). Organic matter drives high interannual variability in methylmercury concentrations in a subarctic coastal sea. Environmental Pollution, 229, 531–538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.008
- Rodríguez, J., Andersson, A., Björn, E., Timonen, S., Brugel, S., Skrobonja, A., & Rowe, O. (2022). Inputs of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter Enhance Bacterial Production and Methylmercury Formation in Oxic Coastal Water. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.809166