Marija Simić

Research Associate
Email: marija.simic@vin.bg.ac.rs

Research interest: environmental chemistry, organic pollutants, electrochemistry, electrochemical electrochemical advanced oxidation processes, synthesis of anodic nanomaterials

Education:

МSc in Chemistry (2018), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, MSc thesis title: „Аssessment of the authenticity of honey in terms of production based on the ratio of stable carbon isotopes“

Doctor of Science (Chemistry), 2025, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
PhD thesis title: “Degradation of Bisphenol A by Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes”

Career:

2018 – 2019, chemistry teacher, primary school „Živomir Savković“

2020 – 2022, chemistry teacher, high school „Sveti Sava“

2021 – present, Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča

Active projects:

National project for the promotion and popularization of science in the territory of the Republic of Serbia, “Hunt for Pollutants – from Natural Filters to Advanced Electrochemical Methods” (2025–2026); project leader
Removal of polluting substances from the environment 0502608 (2026 – present); participant

List of five selected publications:

  1. M. Ječmenica Dučić, D. Aćimović, B. Savić, L. Rakočević, M. Simić, T. Brdarić, D. Vasić Anićijević, Is It Possible to Restrain OER on Simple Carbon, Electrode to Efficiently Electrooxidize Organic Pollutants?, Molecues (2022) 5203–5221, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27165203
  2. Marija D. Simić, Branislava G. Savić, Miloš R. Ognjanović, Dalibor M. Stanković, Dubravka J. Relić , Danka D. Aćimović, Tanja P. Brdarić, Degradation of bisphenol A on SnO2-MWCNT electrode using electrochemical oxidation, Journal of Water Process Engineering 51 (2023) 103416, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103416
  3. Tanja P. Brdarić, Danka D. Aćimović, Branislava G. Savić Rosić, Marija D. Simić, Katarina D. Stojanović, Zdravko M. Vranješ, Dragana Vasić Anićijević, Bibliometric Analysis of Nanostructured Anodes for Electro-Oxidative Wastewater Treatment, Sustainability  16 (2024) 3982, https://doi.org/10.3390/su16103982
  4. Marija D. Simić, Tanja P. Brdarić, Branislava G. Savić, Ľubomír Švorc, Dubravka J. Relić, Danka D. Aćimović, Degradation of bisphenol A via the electro–Fenton process using nanostructured carbon-metal oxide anodes: intermediates and reaction mechanisms study, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12 (2024) 113369, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113369
  5. Marija Kovačević, Marija Simić, Sanja Živković, Miloš Milović, Ljiljana Tolić Stojadinović, Dubravka Relić, Dragana Vasić Anićijević, Uncovering Metal-Decorated TiO2 Photocatalysts for Ciprofloxacin Degradation—A Combined Experimental and DFT Study, International Journal of Molecura Sciences 25 (2024), 11841, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111844