Olivera S. Marković, Ph.D.

Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoševa 12, Beograd
Department of Chemistry

Phone:   011-3336788

Phone (local):   788

Laboratory:   529

E-mail:   olja@chem.bg.ac.rs, olivera.markovic@ihtm.bg.ac.rs

Personal Web site:   http://ihtm.bg.ac.rs/sr/centri/centar-za-hemiju/nas-tim/olivera-markovic (ICTM)

Personal data

Speaks Serbian, English and Spanish language.

Education and qualifications

2009-2013: Basic academic (BSc) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2013-2014: Master academic (MSc) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2014-2022: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

History of employment

2016-2019: Junior research assistant / Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy (Belgrade, Serbia)

2019-2022: Research assistant / Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy (Belgrade, Serbia)

2022: Research associate / Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy (Belgrade, Serbia)

Scientific interest

Analytical Chemistry; Physicochemical profiling; ADMET; Solubility; Ionic equilibrium; Graphene quantum dots; Fluorescent sensors

Research group "Chemical Equilibria"

Awards and merits

2015: Scholarship for PhD students by Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia

2024: Scholarship for postdoctoral training by Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia

Other activities

Member of Serbian Chemical Society from 2014.

Member of International Association of Physical Chemists from 2015.

Member of Club of Young Chemists of Serbia from 2022 to 2025.

Postdoctoral Research Stay, University of Barcelona, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Research Group: “Characterization of Chromatographic Systems and Physicochemical Analysis of Bioactive Compounds”. Supervised by Prof. Dr Clara Ràfols and Prof. Dr Elisabet Fuguet. Duration: 6 months (October 2024 – March 2025).

Participation in research projects

Finished projects

2019–2022: Synthesis and Application of New Chemotherapeutics Based on Natural Products and Metal Complexes
Project type: Strategic Project 
Funding: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 
PI: Academician Bogdan Šolaja

2011–2019: Rational Design and Synthesis of Bioactive and Coordination Compounds and Functional Materials Relevant for (bio)Nanotechnology – 172035
project type: National Fundamental Research Projects
Funding: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia
PIs: Prof. Dr Ivan Juranić, Dr Aleksandar Nikolić

ORCID: 0000-0001-5830-1445

Scopus Author ID: 57205699266

Web of Science Researcher ID: B-5460-2019

Educational activities

• Analytical Methods in Drug Design and Development (356H2)

Representative references

Books

Patents

1. Registered patent (65266 B1): Supstituted thiophene quinoline derivativies and use thereof (Serbian: Supstituisani tiofenski derivati hinolina i njihova upotreba). Publication date: March 29, 2024. Number of gazette of granted right: 3/2024. Owner of the patent: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Inventors: Bogdan Šolaja, Tatjana Srdić-Rajić, Milica Selaković, Aleksandar Pavić, Tatjana Verbić, Jelena Grahovac, Života Selaković, Olivera Marković

Papers

1. Miloš Jović, Olivera Marković, Matija Zlatar, Igor M. Opsenica, Života Selaković, A new tridentate ESIPT-active ligand as a ratiometric sensor for Zn²⁺ ions, Dyes and Pigments, 2026, 255, 114051.

2. Olivera S. Marković, Miloš P. Pešić, Alex Avdeef, Abu T. M. Serajuddin, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Imipramine solubility-pH profiles: self-aggregation vs. common-ion effect, ADMET & DMPK, 2026, 14, 3128.

3. Miloš Jović, Olivera Marković, Timothy R. Newhouse, Igor M. Opsenica, Života Selaković, A highly selective ESIPT-mechanism-based, ratiometric fluorescent sensor for zinc ions, Dyes and Pigments, 2025, 234, 112547.

4. Igor A. Topalović, Olivera S. Marković, Miloš P. Pešić, Mufaddal H. Kathawala, Martin Kuentz, Alex Avdeef, Abu T. M. Serajuddin, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Effects of different weak small organic acids on clofazimine solubility in aqueous media, Pharmaceutics, 2024, 16, 1545.

5. Sladjana Dorontic, Svetlana Jovanovic, Andjela Stefanovic, Dejan Kepic, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Gabriele Ciasca, Riccardo Di Santo, Danica Bajuk Bogdanovic, Olivera Marković, Biljana Todorovic Markovic, Zoran Markovic, Graphene quantum dots with covalently bonded gold nanoparticles winning the battle against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus under blue light, Synthetic Metals, 2024, 309, 117753.

6. Slađana Dorontić, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Olivera Marković, Tatjana Verbić, Dušan Sredojević, Gabriele Ciasca, Riccardo Di Santo, James L Mead, Milica Budimir, Danica Bajuk-Bogdanović, Marija Mojsin, Jelena Pejić, Milena Stevanović, Svetlana Jovanović, High-performing structural optimization of graphene quantum dots as glyphosate herbicide photoluminescent probes: real case studies and mechanism insights, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 12, 113193.

7. Mila Milenković, Gabriele Ciasca, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Olivera Marković, Tatjana Verbić, Biljana Todorović Marković, Svetlana Jovanović, Blue-light-driven photoactivity of L-cysteine-modified graphene quantum dots and their antibacterial effects, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 2024, 250, 112818.

8. Sladjana Dorontic, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Marija Mojsin, Milena Stevanovic, Olivera Marković, Svetlana Jovanović, Blue luminescent amino-functionalized graphene quantum dots as a responsive material for potential detection of metal ions and malathion, Journal of Luminescence, 2022, 252, 119311.

9. Sladjana Dorontic, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Olivera Marković, Danica Bajuk Bogdanović, Gabriele Ciasca, Sabrina Romano, Ivica Dimkić, Milica Budimir, Dragana Marinković, Svetlana Jovanovic, Gamma-ray-induced structural transformation of GQDs towards the improvement of their optical properties, monitoring of selected toxic compounds and photo-induced effect on bacterial strains, Nanomaterials, 2022, 12, 2714.

10. Olivera S. Marković, Nirali G. Patel, Abu T. M. Serajuddin, Alex Avdeef, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Nortriptyline hydrochloride solubility-pH profiles in a saline phosphate buffer: drug-phosphate complexes and multiple pH_max domains with a Gibbs phase rule "soft" constraints, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2022, 19, 710-719.

11. Matija Krunić, Biljana Ristić, Mihajlo Bošnjak, Verica Paunović, Gordana Tovilović-Kovačević, Nevena Zagović, Aleksandar Mirčić, Zoran Marković, Biljana Todorović-Marković, Svetlana Jovanović, Duška Kleut, Miloš Mojović, Đura Nakarada, Olivera Marković, Irena Vuković, Ljubica Harhaji-Trajković, Vladimir Trajković, Graphene quantum dot antioxidant and proautophagic actions protect SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells from oxidative stress-mediated apoptotic death, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2021, 177, 167-180.

12. Gorana S. Mrđan, Gyöngyi Gy Vastag, Dušan Đ. Škorić, Mirjana M. Radanović, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Miloš K. Milčić, Ivana N. Stojiljković, Olivera S. Marković, Borko M. Matijević, Synthesis, physicochemical characterization, and TD–DFT calculations of monothiocarbohydrazone derivatives, Structural Chemistry, 2021, 32, 1231-1245.

13. Svetlana Jovanović, Slađana Dorontić, Dragana Jovanović, Gabriele Ciasca, Milica Budimir, Aurelio Bonasera, Michelangelo Scopelliti, Olivera Marković, Biljana Todorović Marković, Gamma irradiation of graphene quantum dots with ethylenediamine: Antioxidant for ion sensing, Ceramics International, 2020, 46, 23611-23622.

14. Olivera S. Marković, Miloš P. Pešić, Ankita V. Shah, Abu T.M. Serajuddin, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Alex Avdeef, Solubility-pH profile of desipramine hydrochoride in saline phosphate buffer: Enhanced Solubility due to drug-buffer aggregates, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019, 133, 264-274.

15. Olivera S. Marković, Ilija N. Cvijetić, Mario V. Zlatović, Igor M. Opsenica, Jelena M. Konstantinović, Nataša V. Terzić Jovanović, Bogdan A. Šolaja, Tatjana Ž. Verbić, Human serum albumin binding of certain antimalarials, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2018, 192, 128-139.