Života J. Selaković, Ph.D.

Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd
Department of Organic Chemistry

Phone:   011-3336659

Phone (local):   659

Laboratory:   432

E-mail:   zivota_selakovic@chem.bg.ac.rs

Personal data

Born September 19th, 1988 in Valjevo, Serbia.

Education and qualifications

2007-2011: Basic academic (BSc) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2011-2012: Master academic (MSc) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2012-2019: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

History of employment

2012-2018: Teaching assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2018: Research assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2019-2024: Assistant with phd / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2024: Assistant professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

Awards and merits

2010: DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) fellowship:
Research at the Max Planck Institute for the Chemical Physics of Solids (Dresden, Germany, July - August 2010)

2012: The Annual Award of the Serbian Chemical Society

2013: Nenad M. Kostic Foundation: The Best Master's Thesis in the Field of Chemical Science completed between April 1st 2012 and March 31st 2013

Other activities

Member of Serbian Chemical Society from 2010.

Member of the Committee for Quality Ashurance and Improvement from July 12, 2021 till July 11, 2024.

Member of the Committee for Quality Ashurance and Improvement from July 11, 2024.

Educational activities

• Chemical Nomenclature (233A2)
• Bioorganic Chemistry (241B2)
• Bioorganic Mechanisms (245H2)
• Bioorganic Chemistry (251H2)

Participation in research projects

Active projects:

• 2022-2026: OneHealthdrugs – One Health drugs against parasitic vector borne diseases in Europe and beyond (OneHealthdrugs) – CA21111
  project type:   International cooperation - COST Actions
  project is funded by: European Commission (Brusseles, Belgium)
• 2023-2026: Development of nature-inspired photoresponsive anticancer agents - sclareol and artemisinin derivatives in cancer multidrug-resistance models: a foundation for the theranostic approach (PhotoSCLART)
  project type:   PRISM
  project is funded by: Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (Belgrade, Serbia)

Finished projects:

• 2011: The Synthesis of Aminoquinoline-based Antimalarials and Botulinum Neurotoxin A Inhibitors – 172008
  project type:   National Fundamental Research Projects
  project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)
• 2015: Small Molecule Antiviral Inhibitors – 1323839
  project type:   International

Author identification numbers

• ORCID:   0000-0003-0322-6884
• ResearcherID:   Q-5731-2016
• Scopus:   55990041400
• Faculty of Chemistry Repository Cherry

Representative references

1. Jović, M.; Marković, O.; Newhouse, T.; Opsenica, I. M.; Selaković, Ž. A Highly Selective ESIPT-Mechanism-Based, Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensor for Zinc Ions. Dyes and Pigments 2025, 234, 112547.
2. Živanovic, M.; Selaković, M.; Pavić, A.; Selaković, Ž.; Šolaja, B.; Santibanez, J. F.; Srdić-Rajić, T. Unveiling the 4-Aminoquinoline Derivatives as Potent Agents Against Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Cell Lines. Chemico-Biological Interactions 2024, 404, 111281.
3. Kokić, B.; Selaković, Ž.; Nikolić, A. M.; Andrijević, A.; Anđelković, B.; Ajdačić, V.; Opsenica, I. M. Low-Valent Cobalt-Catalyzed Deprotection of Allyloxyarenes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022, e202201112.
4. Selaković, Ž.; Nikolić, A. M.; Ajdačić, V.; Opsenica, I. M. Application of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Decarbonylation of Aldehydes in the Total Synthesis of Natural Products. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2022, e202101265.
5. Nikolić, A. M.; Stanić, J.; Zlatar, M.; Gruden, M.; Anđelković, B.; Selaković, Ž.; Ajdačić, V.; Opsenica, I. M. Controlling Pd-Catalyzed N-Arylation and Dimroth Rearrangement in the Synthesis of N,1-Diaryl-1H-tetrazol-5-amines. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2021, 86, 4794–4803.
6. Nikolić, A. M.; Živković, F.; Selaković, Ž.; Wipf, P.; Opsenica, I. M. One‐Pot Two‐Step Synthesis of Isochromene‐Fused CF₃‐Substituted Pyrazoles. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 5616–5619.
7. Selaković, Ž.; Tran, J. P.; Kota, K. P.; Lazić, M.; Retterer, C.; Besh, R.; Panchal, R. G.; Soloveva, V.; Sean, V. A.; Wells, J. B.; Pavić, A.; Verbić, T.; Vasiljević, B.; Kuehl, K.; Duplantier, A. J.; Bavari, S.; Mudhasani, R.; Šolaja, B. A. Second Generation of Diazachrysenes: Protection of Ebola Virus Infected Mice and Mechanism of Action. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2019, 162, 32–50.
8. Selaković, Ž.; Soloveva, V.; Gharaibeh. D.; Wells, J.; Šegan, S.; Panchal, R. G.; Šolaja, B. A. Anti-Ebola Activity of Diazachrysene Small-Molecules. ACS Infectious Diseases 2015, 1, 264–271.
9. Videnović, M.; Opsenica, D. M.; Burnett, J. C.; Gomba, L.; Nuss, J. E.; Selaković, Ž.; Konstantinović, J.; Krstić, M.; Šegan, S.; Zlatović, M.; Sciotti, R. J.; Bavari, S.; Šolaja, B. A. Second Generation Steroidal 4‑Aminoquinolines Are Potent, Dual-Target Inhibitors of the Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A Metalloprotease and P. falciparum Malaria. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2014, 57, 4134–4153.
10. Selaković, Ž.; Opsenica, D.; Eaton, B.; Retterer, C.; Bavari, S.; Burnett, J. C.; Šolaja, B. A.; Panchal, R. G. A Limited Structural Modification Results in a Significantly More Efficacious Diazachrysene-Based Filovirus Inhibitor. Viruses 2012, 4, 1279–1288.