Research interest: carbon materials, removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from water, gas, and liquid chromatography, chemical analysis of water, soil, and waste, and development of instrumental analytical methods.
Education:
BSc in Chemistry (2014), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, BSc thesis title: ,,Removal of interferences originating from iron (III) ions “in line” in a copper determination by flow injection (FIA) method with amperometric detection”.
MSc in Chemistry (2015). University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, PhD thesis title: ‘’Quantification of acidic functional groups on the biochar surface using modified Boehm titrations”.
PhD in Chemistry (2023). University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, PhD thesis title: “Application of carbon cryogels doped with nitrogen and sulfur for the removal of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals in the water purification process”.
Career:
2018 – present, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča
2015 – 2018, Accredited laboratory Institut MOL doo, Stara Pazova, chemical analyst
Active projects:
Program topic: Development and application of functional carbon materials (2021-present); participant; Combined experimental and theoretical approach to the design of nanomaterials for application in environmental protection (2024) participant
List of five selected publications:
- A. Krstić, A. Lolić, M. Mirković, J. Kovač, T. Minović Arsić, B. Babić, A. Kalijadis, Synthesis of nitrogen doped and nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon cryogels and their application for pharmaceuticals removal from water, J. Environ. Chem. Eng. Vol.10 (6) (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108998
- A. Kalijadis, N. Gavrilov, B. Jokić, M. Gilić, A. Krstić, I. Pašti, B. Babić, Composition, structure and potential energy application of nitrogen doped carbon cryogels, Mater. Chem. Phys., 1 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.122120
- D. Djukić, A. Krstić, K. Jakovljević, S. Butulija, Lj. Andjelković, V. Pavlović, M. Mirković, Brushite-Metakaolin Composite Geopolymer Material as an Effective Adsorbent for Lead Removal from Aqueous Solutions, Sustainability 14 (7) (2022) https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074003
- M. Pijović, N. Manić, D. Vasić-Anićijević, A. Krstić, M. Mitrić, T. Matić, B. Janković, Simple and effective one-step production of high-quality mesoporous pyrolytic char from waste tires: Rhodamine B adsorption kinetics and density functional theory (DFT) study, Diamond and related materials, 122 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2021.108768
- M. Ječmenica Dučić, A. Krstić, N. Zdolšek, D. Aćimović, B. Savić, T. Brdarić, D. Vasić Anićijević, Low-Cost Graphene-Based Composite Electrodes for Electrochemical Oxidation of Phenolic Dyes, Crystals, 2023, vol.13, No.1, pp 125. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cryst13010125