Karolina Sunjog - Универзитет у Београду – Институт за мултидисциплинарна истраживања

Karolina Sunjog

PhD in Biological sciences

Research Associate Professor

Department of biology and inland waters protection

Address: Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade

Telephone: (+381) 11 2078 477

E-Mail:

sunjogkarolina@imsi.rs
sunjogkarolina@yahoo.com

Links:

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7533-1256

Scopus ID: 55217785600

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karolina_Sunjog

Research area

Monitoring the surface water quality by analyzing various microbiological parameters, assessment of damage to the DNA molecule and the accumulation of metals and metalloids in various fish tissues.

Skills

Methodologies: comet assay, micronucleus test, ICP-OES, PCR, RAPD-PCR, methods in microbiology.
Computer skills: Microsoft Office, Statistics.

Biography
Projects
Selected publications

1.Work experience:

since 2017 Research Associate – University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of biology and inland waters protection
2012 – 2017 Reasearch Assistant – University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of biology and inland waters protection
2011 – 2012 Research Trainee – University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Department of biology and inland waters protection
2009 – 2010 Elementary school – Biology teacher
2009 – 2010 High school – Biology teacher, Ecology teacher and teacher of Ecology and protection of environment

2.Education:

2019 Postdoctoral studies, University “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Laboratory of Hygiene and Environmental Toxicology
2016 PhD in Biology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Chair of microbiology, Center for genotoxicology and genotoxicology “Ecogenotoxicological evaluation of surface water quality with comet assay on different tissues of European chub (Squalius cephalus )“
2009 Diploma (Master) in Biology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology

3.Awards and certificates:

2019 CEEPUS Mobility Grant at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb within the framework of CEEPUS III Network no. CIII-AT-1101-03-1819-M-128678
2019 Fellowship in the call for co-financing of postdoctoral improvement of researchers by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Government of Republic of Serbia
2017 Cambridge English Certificate, CEFR level 2 – C1
2016 Scholarship for participation in the conference “The Central and Eastern Europe Conference on Health and the Environment (CEECHE)” held in Prague, Czech Republic

4.Other professional activities

Courses taught:

2010 – 2020 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology (Undergraduate academic studies within the course Microbiology and Microbiological Practicum, Master academic studies within the course Methods in Microbiology, Postgraduate Specialist studies within the course Microbiology)

Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):

Reviewer in scientific journals: Science of the Total Environment, Chemosphere, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Memberships:

2012 Association of Microbiologists of Serbia
2012 Serbian Biological Society
2012 Serbian Society for Water Protection
2012 Serbian Genetic Society

Актуелни:

2020-2021 Процена утицаја микропластике на медитеранску дагњу (Mytilus galloprovincialis) праћењем различитих биомаркера
2018-2020 MEASURES, Управљање и обнављање водених еколошких коридора за миграторне врсте риба у сливу реке Дунав, основао Дунавски транснационални програм

Завршени:

2012-2016 Европски пројекат COST – „COST action NETLAKE, ES 1201, Networking Lake Observation in Europe“, који је основао COST (Европска сарадња у науци и технологији)
2013-2019 „Рибе као биоиндикатори стања квалитета отворених вода Србије“, Министарство просвете, науке и технолошког развоја Републике Србије.

Sunjog, K., Kolarević, S., Kračun-Kolarević, M., Višnjić-Jeftić, Ž.,Gačić, Z., Lenhardt, M., Vuković-Gačić, B. (2019) Seasonal variation in metal concentration in various tissues of the European chub (Squalius cephalus). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(9), 9232-9243.
Kolarević, S., Milovanović, D., Kračun-Kolarević, M., Kostić, J., Sunjog, K., Martinović, R., Đorđević, J., Novaković, I., Sladić, D., Vuković-Gačić, B. (2019) Evaluation of genotoxic potential of avarol, avarone, and its methoxy and methylamino derivatives in prokaryotic and eukaryotic test models. Drug and chemical toxicology, 1-10.
Kolarević, S., Sunjog, K., Kračun-Kolarević, M., Kostić-Vuković, J., Jovanović, J., Simonović, P., Simić, V., Piria, M., Gačić, Z., Lenhardt, M., Paunović, M., Vuković-Gačić, B. (2018) The Genetic Variability (RAPD) and Genotoxicity In Vivo (Alkaline and Fpg-Modified Comet Assay) in Chub (Squalius cephalus): The Sava River Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research, 12(5), 703-712.
Sunjog, K., Kolarević, S., Kračun-Kolarević, , Višnjić-Jeftić, Ž., Skorić, S., Gačić, Z., Lenhardt, M., Vasić, N., Vuković-Gačić, B. (2016) Assessment of status of three water bodies in Serbia based on tissue metal and metalloid concentration (ICP-OES) and genotoxicity (comet assay). Environmental Pollution 213, 600-607.
Sunjog, K., Kolarević, S., Héberger, K., Gačić, Z., Knežević-Vukčević, J., Vuković-Gačić, B., Lenhardt, M. (2013) Comparison of comet assay parameters for estimation of genotoxicity by sum of ranking differences. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405 (14) 4879-4885.

University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

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