Tamara Lazarević-Pašti

Principal Research Fellow

Research interest: environmental protection, environmental health, neurotoxicology, nanomaterials, carbon materials, adsorption, sensor development, pesticides, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, neurotoxicology, Alzheimer’s disease.

Education:

BSc in Biochemistry (2008), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, BSc thesis title: “Structural characterization of the hexaene complex H-85”.

PhD in Biochemistry (2012). University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, PhD thesis title: “Application of organophosphate pesticide oxidation in methods for their detection based on acetylcholinesterase inhibition”.

Career:

2008 -present, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences.

Active projects:

Program topic: „A Development of sustainable integrated processes for the isolation of diverse compounds using innovative solutions in line with green chemistry principles“(2024- present); participant.

COST action: CA22147 – European metal-organic framework network: combining research and development to promote technological solutions (EU4MOFs) (2023 – 2027); participant.

DAAD bilateral project between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Germany—Biowaste-derived activated carbon materials for environmental contaminant detection and remediation (BiowAC) (2024-2025); participant.

List of five selected publications:

  1. Milanković, V., Tasić, T., Brković, S. M., Potkonjak, N. I., Unterweger, C., Bajuk-Bogdanović, D. V., Pašti, I. A., & Lazarević-Pašti, T. (2024). Spent coffee grounds-derived carbon material as an effective adsorbent for removing multiple contaminants from wastewater: A comprehensive kinetic, isotherm, and thermodynamic study. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 63, 105507–105507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105507
  2. Milanković, V., Tasić, T., Brković, S., Potkonjak, N., Unterweger, C., Pašti, I., & Lazarević-Pašti, T. (2024). The adsorption of chlorpyrifos and malathion under environmentally relevant conditions using biowaste carbon materials [Elsevier]. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135940
  3. Mitić, M., & Lazarević-Pašti, T. (2021). Does the application of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease lead to depression? Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, 17(7), 841–856. https://doi.org/10.1080/17425255.2021.1931681
  4. Lazarević-Pašti, T. (2023). Carbon Materials for Organophosphate Pesticide Sensing. Chemosensors, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11020093
  5. Lazarević-Pašti, T., Anićijević, V. J., Baljozović, M., Vasić Anićijević, D. D., Gutić, S. J., Vasić, V. M., Skorodumova, N. V., & Pašti, I. A. (2018). The impact of the structure of graphene-based materials on the removal of organophosphorus pesticides from water. Environmental Science: Nano, 5(6), 1482–1494. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EN00171E