[dr Aleksandar R. Popovic]

Hemijski fakultet, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd
Katedra za primenjenu hemiju

Telefon:   011-3336727

Telefon (lokalni):   727

Kabinet:   643

Laboratorija:   642

E-mail:   apopovic@chem.bg.ac.rs

Lični podaci

Aleksandar Popović je rođen u oktobru 1971. godine u Beogradu.

Obrazovanje i usavršavanja

1988-1993: Osnovne studije - Hemijske nauke / Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet (Beograd)

1994-1996: Magistratura - Hemijske nauke / Florida State University - Department of Chemistry (Tallahassee, Florida, Sjedinjene Američke Države)

1996-2002: Doktorat - Hemijske nauke / Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet (Beograd)

Kretanje u službi

1997-2005: Asistent / Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet (Beograd)

2003-2008: Docent / Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet (Beograd)

2008-2013: Vanredni profesor / Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet (Beograd)

2013: Redovni profesor / Univerzitet u Beogradu - Hemijski fakultet (Beograd)

Oblasti naučnog interesovanja

Hemijski procesi i transformacije zagađivača u životnoj sredini. Korišćenje otpadnih materijala.

Ostale aktivnosti

Član Komisije za praćenje i unapređenje kvaliteta nastave od 8. 10. 2020.

Predsednik Komisije za priznavanje stranih visokoškolskih isprava od 10. 11. 2021. do 9. 10. 2024.

Član Komisije za strategiju nastave od 10. 10. 2024.

Predsednik Komisije za priznavanje stranih visokoškolskih isprava od 10. 10. 2024.

Ministar nauke i zaštite životne sredine Republike Srbije od 2004. do 2007. Ministar rudarstva i energetike Republike Srbije od 2007. do 2008.

Angažman u nastavi

Učešće u naučnoistraživačkim projektima

Aktivni projekti:

  • 2022-2026: Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture : European Network for sustainability (T0P-AGRI-Network) – SA21134
    vrsta projekta:   Međunarodna saradnja COST
    projekat finansira:   Evropska komisija (Brisel, Belgija)

Završeni projekti:

  • 2011: Proučavanje fizičkohemijskih i biohemijskih procesa u životnoj sredini koji utiču na zagađenje i istraživanje mogućnosti za minimiziranje posledica – 172001
    vrsta projekta:   domaći fundamentalni
    projekat finansira:   Ministarstvo za nauku i tehnološki razvoj Republike Srbije (Beograd)
  • 2011: Nove tehnologije za monitoring i zaštitu životnog okruženja od štetnih hemijskih suspstanci i radijacionog opterećenja – 43009
    vrsta projekta:   domaći fundamentalni
    projekat finansira:   Ministarstvo za nauku i tehnološki razvoj Republike Srbije (Beograd)
  • 2019: Stanje zagađenosti zemljišta i uzoraka hrane u Srbiji i Slovačkoj - bioraspoloživa frakcija elemenata i procena rizika po zdravlje – 337-00-107/2019-09/17
    vrsta projekta:   međunarodni
    projekat finansiraju:   Ministarstvo prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja (Beograd), Government of the Slovak Republic (Bratislava, Slovačka)

Brojevi za identifikaciju autora

Izabrane reference

Najcitiraniji radovi (na dan 31.12.2025) / Papers with the highest number of heterocitations (as of December 31st, 2025):

1. Djinovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jira, Wolfgang. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Different Types of Smoked Meat Products from Serbia. Meat Science (2008), 80, 449-456. (181)

2. Razic, Slavica; Onjia, Antonije; Djogo, Svetlana; Slavkovic, Latinka; Popovic, Aleksandar. Determination of metal content in some herbal drugs- Empirical and chemometric approach. Talanta (2005), 67, 233-239. (138)

3. Anicic, Mira; Tasic, Mirjana; Frontasyeva, Marina Vladimirovna; Tomasevic, Milica; Rajsic, Slavica; Mijic, Zoran; Popovic, Aleksandar. Active Moss Biomonitoring of Trace Elements with Sphagnum Girgensohnii Moss Bags in Relation to Atmospheric Bulk Deposition in Belgrade, Serbia. Environmental Pollution (2009), 157, 673-679. (116)

4. Popovic, Aleksandar; Djordjevic, Dragana; Polic, Predrag. Trace and Major Element Pollution Originating from Coal Ash Suspension and Transport Processes. Environment International (2001), 26, 251-255. (114)

5. Vukovic, Gordana; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Razumenic, Ivana; Kuzmanovski, Mirjana; Pergal, Miodrag; Skrivanj, Sandra. Air Quality in Urban Parking Garages (PM 10, Major and Trace Elements, PAHs): Instrumental Measurements vs. Active Boss Biomonitoring. Atmospheric Environment (2014), 31-40, 2014. (90)

6. Panic, Vesna; Seslija, Sanja; Popovic, Ivanka; Spasojevic, Vuk; Popovic, Aleksandar; Nikolic, Vladimir; Spasojevic, Pavle. Simple One-Pot Synthesis of Fully Bio-Based Unsaturated Polyester Resins Based on Itaconic Acid. Biomacromolecules (2017) 18, 3881−3891. (82)

7. Relic, Dubravka; Djordjevic, Dragana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Blagojevic, Tamara. Speciation of Trace Metals in Danube Alluvial Sediments Within an Oil Reffinery. Environment International (2005), 31, 661-669. (76)

8. Anicic, Mira; Tasic, Mirjana; Frontasyeva, Marina Vladimirovna; Tomasevic, Milica; Rajsic, Slavica; Strelkova, Lyudmila Pavlovna; Popovic, Aleksandar. Steinnes, Eiliv. Active Biomonitoring with Wet and Dry Moss: A Case Study in an Urban Area. Environmental Chemistry Letters (2009), 7, 55-60. (70)

9. Anicic, Mira; Tasic, Mirjana; Frontasyeva, Marina Vladimirovna; Tomasevic, Milica; Rajsic, Slavica; Strelkova, Lyudmila Pavlovna; Popovic, Aleksandar. Steinnes, Eiliv.  Monitoring of Trace Element Atmospheric Deposition Using Dry and Wet Moss Bags: Accumulation Capacity Versus Exposure Time. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2009), 171, 182-188. (68)

10. Markovic, Jelena; Jovic, Mihajlo; Smiciklas, Ivana; Sljivic-Ivanovic, Marija; Onjia, Antonije; Trivunac, Katarina; Popovic, Aleksandar.  Cadmium Retention and Distribution in Contaminated Soil: Effects and Interactions of Soil Properties, Contamination Level, Aging Time, and In Situ Immoblization Agents. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2019) 174, 305-314. (67)

11. Terzic, Oliver; Krstic, Jugoslav; Popovic, Aleksandar; Dogovic, Nikola. Synthetic Activated Carbons for the Removal of Hydrogen Cyanide from Air. Chemical Engineering and Processing (2005), 44, 1181-1187. (60)

12. Nikolic, Vladimir; Velickovic, Sava; Popovic, Aleksandar. Biodegradation of Polystyrene-graft-Starch Copolymers in Three Different Types of Soil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2014), 21, 9877-9886. (59)

13. Vukovic, Gordana; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Goryainova, Zoja; Pergal, Miodrag; Skrivanj, Sandra; Samson, Roeland; Popovic, Aleksandar. Active Moss Biomonitoging for Extensive Screening of Urban Air Pollution: Magnetic and Chemical Analysis. Science of the Total Environment (2015), 522, 200-210. (54)

14. Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Vukovic, Gordana; Skrivanj, Sandra; Popovic, Aleksandar. Bioavailability of Potentially Toxic Elements in Soil-Grapevine (Leaf, Skin, Pulp, and Seed) System and Environmental and Health Risk Assessment. Science of the Total Environment (2018), 626, 528-545. (51) 

15. Anicic, Mira; Frontasyeva, Marina; Tomasevic, Milica; Popovic, Aleksandar. Assessment of Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals and Other Elements in Belgrade Using the Moss Biomonitoring Technique and Neutron Activation Analysis. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2007), 129, 207-219. (49)

16-17.  Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Skrivanj, Sandra; Tesic, Zivoslav; Popovic, Aleksandar. Assessment of Major and Trace Element Bioavailability in Vineyard Soil Applying Different Single Extraction Procedures ad Pseudo-Total Digestion. Chemosphere (2017), 171, 284-293. (47)

16-17. Djinovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jira, Wolfgang. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Traditional and Industrial Smoked Beef and Pork Ham from Serbia. European Food Research and Technology (2008), 227, 1191-1198. (47)

18. Vukovic, Gordana; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Tomasevic, Milica; Samson, Roeland; Popovic, Aleksandar. Biomagnetic Monitoring of Urban Air Pollution Using Moss Bags (Sphagnum Girgensohnii). Ecological Indicators (2015), 52, 42-47. (46)

19-20. Razic, Slavica; Djogo, Svetlana; Slavkovic, Latinka; Popovic, Aleksandar. Inorganic Analysis of Herbal Drugs. Part I: Metal Determination in Herbal Drugs Originating From Medicinal Plants of the Family Lamiacae. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2005), 70, 1347-1355. (45)

19-20. Popovc, Aleksandar; Djinovic-Stojanovic, Jasna; Djordjevic, Dragana; Relic, Dubravka; Vranic, Danijela; Milijasevic, Mirjana; Pezo, Lato. Levels of Toxic Elements in Canned Fish from Serbian Markets and Their Health Risk Assessment. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis (2018), 67, 70-76. (45)

Noviji radovi (2022-2026) / Recent papers (2022-2026):

1. Milicevic, Tijana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Mustac, Bosiljka; Djinovic-Stojanovic, Jasna; Jovanovic, Gordana; Relic, Dubravka. Human Health Risks and Benefits Assessment Based on OCPs, PCBs, Toxic Elements and Fatty Acids in the Pelagic Fish Species from the Adriatic Sea. Chemosphere (2022) 287, paper # 132068, 10 pp.

2. Popovic, Aleksandar; Andjelkovic, Boban; Djordjevic, Dragana; Sakan, Sanja; Vujisic, Ljubomir; Velickovic, Sava; Relic, Dubravka. To Professor Petar Pfendt, In calidum, et plurium retributivus memoriae: FT IR ATR Analysis of Post Stamps of Principality of Serbia Issued in 1866 and 1868 and Their Forgeries. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2022) 87, 27-40.

3. Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Kuzmanoski, Maja; Milicevic, Tijana; Kodranov, Igor; Vergel, Konstantin; Popovic, Aleksandar. Moss Bag Sensitivity for the Assessment of Airborne Elements at Suburban Background Site During Spring/Summer Season Characterised by Saharan Dust Intrusions. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health (2022) 15, 1357-1377.

4. Jovanovic, Gordana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Mendas, Gordana; Jankovic, Milan; Popovic, Aleksandar. Moss Biomonitoring of Organic Pollutants: Up-to-date Achievements, Needs and Potentials. In: "Advances in Environmental Research",  Nova Science Publishers, New York (2022), Volume 90, Chapter 2, 40 pp.

5. Stevanovic, Gordana; Jovic-Jovicic, Natasa; Krstic, Jugoslav; Milutinovic-Nikolic, Aleksandra; Bankovic, Predrag; Popovic, Aleksandar; Ajdukovic, Marija. Nanocomposite Co-catalysts, Based on Smectite and Biowaste-Derived Carbon, as Peroxymonosulfate Activators in Degradation of Tartrazine. Applied Clay Science (2022) 230, paper # 106718, 8 pp.

6. Radenkovic, Marina; Momcilovic, Milos; Petrovic, Jelena; Mrakovic, Ana; Relic, Dubravka; Popovic, Aleksandar; Zivkovic, Sanja. Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Media by Sunflower Husk: A Comparative Study of Biosorption Efficiency by Using ICP-OES and LIBS. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2022) 78, 939-952.

7. Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Castanheiro, Ana; Roganovic, Jovana; Samson, Roeland; Popovic, Aleksandar. Non-Destructive Techniques for the Determination of Magnetic Particle and Element Content as an Eco-Sustainable Tool for Environmental Pollution Assessment in the Agricultural Areas. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2023) 195, paper # 858, 17 pp.

8. Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Milicevic, Tijana; Jovanovic, Gordana; Matek Saric, Marijana; Mendas, Gordana; Fingler, Sanja; Jaksic, Goran; Popovic, Aleksandar; Relic, Dubravka. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Croatian Breast Milk: An Overview of Pollutant Levels and Infant Health Risk Assessment from 1976 to the Present. Food and Chemical Toxicology (2023) 179, paper # 113990, 12 pp.

9. Mendas, Gordana; Milicevic, Tijana; Fingler, Sanja; Drevenikar, Vlasta; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Relic, Dubravka. Human Health Risk Assessment Based on Direct and Indirect Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Herbicides in Drinking, Ground and Surface Water in Croatia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2023) 30, 106330-106341.

10. Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Jacimovic, Nenad; Mendas, Gordana; Fingler, Sanja; Stipicevic, Sanja; Jaksic, Goran; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jovanovic, Gordana. Bedload Sediment Transport Model for Revealing Multi-Year Trend of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Contamination in the River Sediment (Kupa, Croatia). Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2023) 45, 8473-8478.

11. Milicevic, Tijana; Relic, Dubravka; Tomkovic, Jelena; Malicanin, Marko; Skrivanj, Sandra; Anicic-Urosevic, Mira; Popovic, Aleksandar. Potentially Toxic Elements in Grapevine Varieties and Soil in Serbia. Matica Srpska Journal of Natural Sciences (2023) 145, 71-84

12. Stevanovic, Gordana; Jovic-Jovicic, Natasa; Popovic, Aleksandar; Dojcinovic, Biljana; Milutinovic-Nikolic, Aleksandra; Bankovic, Predrag; Ajdukovic, Marija.  Cobalt Supported Chitosan-Derived Carbon-Smectite Catalyst in Oxone® Induced Dye Degradation. Science of Sintering (2024) 56, 105-114.

13. Mendas, Gordana; Jakovljevic, Ivana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Sanja Fingler, Sanja; Jovanovic, Gordana; Matek Saric, Marijana; Pehnec, Gordana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Stankovic; Dalibor. Presence of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants in Human Milk: Evaluating Their Levels, Association with Total Antioxidant Capacity, and Risk Assessment. Science of The Total Environment (2024) 931, paper # 172911, 10 pp.

14. Ducic, Igor; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Mustac, Bosiljka; Mendas, Gordana; Djijovic-Stojanovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Jovanovic, Gordana. Efficiency of Clustering Methods and Self-Organizing Maps of Adriatic Sardines and Anchovies Regarding Organochlorine and Fatty Acid Burden. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2024) 31, 30509-30518.

15. Nedic, Natalija; Tadic, Tamara; Markovic, Bojana; Nastasovic, Aleksandra; Popovic, Aleksandar; Bulatovic, Sandra. Eco-Friendly Green Approach to the Biosorption of Hazardous Dyes from Aqueous Solution on Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) Biomass. Separations (2024) 11, paper # 310, 18 pp.

16. Jovanovic, Gordana; Perisic, Mirjana; Bezdan, Timea; Stanisic, Svetlana; Radusin, Kristina; Popovic, Aleksandar; Stojic, Andreja. The PM2.5-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Behavior in Indoor and Outdoor Environments, Part III: Role of Environmental Settings in Elevating Indoor Concentrations of Benzo(a)pyrene. Atmosphere (2024) 15, paper # 1520, 14 pp.

17. Anicic, Mira; Radnovic, Dragan; Ilic, Milos; Krmar, Miodrag; Kodranov, Igor: Relic, Dubravka; Popovic, Aleksandar. Atmospheric Deposition of Potentially Toxic Elements ove the Territory of Serbia Assessed by Biomonitoring in Five-Year Time Intervals: 2015 vs. 2020. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2024) 89, 1543-1557.

18. Mihajlidi-Zelic, Aleksandra; Sakan, Sanja; Ignjatovic, Ljubisa; Popovic, Aleksandar; Djordjevic, Dragana. Potentially Toxic Elements from Different Environmental Compartments of the River Watershed in Eastern Serbia-Assessment of the Human Health Risk: Human Health Risks of PTEs. Journal of Serbian Chemical Society (2024) 89, 1603-1617.

19. Medic, Ana; Milicevic, Tijana; Khraibah, Abdullah; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Matek Saric, Marijana;  Li, Yingxi; D'Mello, Rochelle; Berezovski, Maxim; Popovic, Aleksandar; Minic, Zoran; Karadzic, Ivanka. Total Proteome and Calcium-Binding Proteins from Human Breast Milk: Exploring the Impact of Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Environmental Factors. Food Chemistry (2025) 472, paper # 142959, 12 pp.

20. Jakovljevic, Ivana; Stipicevic, Sanja; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana, Mendas, Gordana; Fingler, Sanja; Jaksic, Goran; Pehnec, Gordana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Milicic, Ljiljana; Milicevic, Tijana. Organic Pollutants and Potentially Toxic Elements in the Neretva Delta Sediments (Eastern Adriatic Basin, Croatia). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (2025) 236, paper # 182, 20 pp.

21. Krsmanovic, Miomir; Popovic, Aleksandar;  Markovic, Smilja; Milicevic, Bojana; Bucevac, Dusan; Savic, Marjetka; Omerasevic, Mia. Thermally Induced Phase Transformation of Ni-Exchanged LTA Zeolite as an Alternative Route of Obtaining Stable Ni-Spinel Pigment. Materials (2025) 18, paper # 3225, 18 pp. 

22. Obradovic, Darija, Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Mustac, Bosiljka; Djinovic Stojanovic, Jasna; Popovic, Aleksandar; Lazovic, Sasa; Mitrovic, Tatjana; Milicevic, Tijana. Computational Modelling of Detected Persistent Organic Pollutants in Adriatic Pelagic Fish: Molecular and Toxicokinetic Perspectives for Human Health Risk Assessment. SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research (2025) 36, 927-954.

23. Nedic, Natalija; Tadic, Tamara; Markovic, Bojana; Nastasovic, Aleksandra, Popovic, Aleksandar; Bulatovic, Sandra. Magnetic Ambrosia artemisiifolia-based Biosorbent for Congo Red Removal from Water: A Circular Economy Approach". Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society (2026)