Vedran Milanković

Research Trainee

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

Education:

BSc in Physical Chemistry (2020), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, BSc thesis title: “Comparation of electrochemical sensors for detection of pesticides with bioanalitical and convetional methodes”.

MSc in Physical Chemistry (2021), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, MSc thesis title: “Carbon materials derived from biomass as adsorbents for chlorpyrifos from water”.

PhD studies 2021 – present, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry

Career:

2022 -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.

List of five selected publications:

  1. Katnić, Đ. B., Porobić, S. J., Vujčić, I., Kojić, M. M., Lazarević-Pašti, T., Milanković, V., Marinović-Cincović, M. and Živojinović, D. Z. (2024) Irradiated fig pomace pyrochar as a promising and sustainable sterilized sorbent for water pollutant removal. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 214(111277), 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2023.111277
  2. Milanković, V.; Tasić, T.; Pejčić, M.; Pašti, I.; Lazarević-Pašti, T. Spent Coffee Grounds as an Adsorbent for Malathion and Chlorpyrifos—Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Eco-Neurotoxicity. Foods 2023, 12, 2397. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12122397
  3. Tasić, T.; Milanković, V.; Batalović, K.; Breitenbach, S.; Unterweger, C.; Fürst, C.; Pašti, I.A.; Lazarević-Pašti, T. Application of Viscose-Based Porous Carbon Fibers in Food Processing—Malathion and Chlorpyrifos Removal. Foods 2023, 12, 2362. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12122362
  4. Anićijević, V., Tasić, T., Milanković, V., Breitenbach, S., Unterweger, C., Fürst, C., Bajuk-Bogdanović, D., Pašti, I.A., Lazarević-Pašti, Т. How Well Do Our Adsorbents Actually Perform?—The Case of Dimethoate Removal Using Viscose Fiber-Derived Carbons. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 4553. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054553 
  5. Lazarević-Pašti, T., Tasić, T., Milanković, V., Potkonjak, N. Molecularly Imprinted Plasmonic-Based Sensors for Environmental Contaminants—Current State and Future Perspectives. Chemosensors 2023, 11, 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11010035