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 chemico-biological approach to the characterization of bioactive compounds – strategies for improving health and the environment“ (2021- present); participant.
COST action: CA22147 – European metal-organic framework network: combining research and development to promote technological solutions (EU4MOFs) (2023 – 2027); participant.
List of five selected publications:
- Lazarević-Pašti, T*. Carbon Materials for Organophosphate Pesticide Sensing (2023) Chemosensors, 11(2), pp. 93. DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors11020093
- Mitić, M., Lazarević-Pašti, T*. Does the application of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease lead to depression? (2021) Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, 17 (7), pp. 841-856. DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2021.1931681
- Mitrović, T., Lazović, S., Nastasijević, B., Pašti, I.A., Vasić, V., Lazarević-Pašti, T*. Non-thermal plasma needle as an effective tool in dimethoate removal from water (2019) Journal of Environmental Management, 246, pp. 63-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.143
- Lazarević-Pašti, T*., Anićijević, V., Baljozović, M., Anićijević, D.V., Gutić, S., Vasić, V., Skorodumova, N.V., Pašti, I.A. The impact of the structure of graphene-based materials on the removal of organophosphorus pesticides from water (2018) Environmental Science: Nano, 5 (6), pp. 1482-1494. DOI: 10.1039/c8en00171e
- Lazarevic-Pašti, T*., Leskovac, A., Momić, T., Petrovic, S., Vasic, V. Modulators of acetylcholinesterase activity: From Alzheimer’s disease to anti-cancer drugs (2017) Current Medicinal Chemistry, 24 (30), pp. 3283-3309. DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666170705123509