University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

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Maria Vesna Nikolic

PhD in Materials Science

Research Professor

Center for Green Technologies, Department of Materials Science

Address: Volgina 15, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Telephone: (+381) 11 2085 036

E-Mail:

mariavesna@imsi.bg.ac.rs

Links:

ORCID: 0000-0001-5035-0170

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35230482800

Research area

Enabling and strategic technologies: nanotechnology and advanced materials; Materials science and engineering: nanomaterials, nanocomposites, magnetic materials, biopolymers, materials for sensors, biosensors, energy conversion and storage, photocatalysis and food packaging.

Skills

SEM/EDS microscopy, AFM microscopy, XRD Rietveld analysis, Impedance spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, Electrospinning, FTIR spectroscopy.

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications

1.Work experience:

  • Head of Department of Materials Science, 2020-
  • Research Professor 2012-;
  • October 15-30, 2022 Visiting scientist, ITODYS Laboratory, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Paris, France
  • Head of Scientific Council, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade 2013-2020;
  • Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Senior Research Associate, 2007-2012;
  • Center for Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Belgrade, Research Associate, 2004-2007;
  • Research Assistant, 1991-2003;

2.Education:

  • 2003: Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Belgrade.
  • 1996: M.Eng. in Architecture and organization of computer systems and networks, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade.
  • 1990: B.Eng. in Computer engineering and information theory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade.

3.Awards and certificates:

  • Stanford/Elsevier top 2% list 2025 (single year)
  • 1989-1991: Student Scholarship, Republic of Serbia Foundation for the Development of Young Scientists and Artists.

4.Other professional activities

  • European Commission (EC) Expert
  • Reviewer, National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (NEAQA), Republic of Serbia, 2019-2021

Courses taught:

  • 2008: Teacher on Doctoral Studies of the Technical Faculty, University of Kragujevac. Subject: Mechanochemical Synthesis and Sintering of Materials.

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

  • External Expert for COST actions.
  • Associate Editor “Emergent materials”
  • Editorial Board Member “Materials Research Express”
  • Steering Committee member International Spring Seminars on Electronics Technology (ISSE) Conferences
  • Fondazione Cariplo – project evaluator
  • Associate Editor „Science of Sintering“, 2006-2010;
  • Reviewed Polish national Project Applications.
  • Co-editor of Conference Proceedings: “Advanced Science and Technology of Sintering”, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York 1999.
  • Topic Editor: Frontiers in Materials, Magnetic spinel ferrite nanoparticles – from synthesis to applications, 2020
  • Topic Editor: Sensors, Humidity Sensors for Industrial and Agricultural Applications, 2021; State-of-the-Art in Semiconductor Materials Based Sensors, 2022;
  • Reviewed for Journal of American Ceramic Society, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Ceramics International, Materials Science and Engineering B, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Nanotechnology, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Access, RSC Advances, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Thin Solid Films, Journal of Electronic Materials, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Colloids and Surfaces A, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Applied Physics A, Thermochimica Acta, Scientific Reports, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Processing and Application of Ceramics, Materials Research Express, Royal Society Open Science, Materials Characterization, Optik, Materials Letters, Electronics, Energy, Atmosphere, Coatings, Processes, Chemosensors, Biosensors, Science of Sintering, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Spectrochimica Acta, ACS Applied Nano, Carbon, etc.
  • Reviewer of extended abstracts for ISSE conferences,
  • Reviewer of extended abstracts for IEEE Sensors 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Conference,
  • Reviewer of extended abstracts for FLEPS 2020, 2021, 2022 Conference

Memberships:

  • IEEE Senior member, 2019 -;
  • Full member International Institute for the Science of Sintering 2006-;

Past:

  1. Project: “Production of chitin and nanopaper from secondary products from organic oyster mushroom farming “, EU for Green Agenda in Serbia, UNDP 2024
  2. Circular voucher: The potential of fungi produced in Serbia for obtaining quality chitin and chitosan, EU for Green Agenda in Serbia, UNDP 2024
  3. III45007 “0-3D nanostructures for application in electronics and renewable energy sources: synthesis, characterization and processing”, leader of subproject IV: ”Thick film/PIM technologies and microelectronics” 2011-2019 financed by the Ministry for Education, Science and Technological Development.
  4. III45014 “Lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells, 2011-2019; financed by the Ministry for Education, Science and Technological Development.
  5. MagnetoPIM – Fabrication of complex shaped, magnetically soft and hard parts using PIM (Powder Injection Moulding), CIRCE action, Austria, 2008-2010;
  6. “Investigating dependencies in the “synthesis-structure-properties” triad”, 142011G, 2005-2010, financed by the Ministry for Science and Technology,
  7. 6150B “Development of new semiconducting materials and thick film sensors”, 2005-2007; financed by the Ministry for Science and Technology
  8. 1832 “Synthesis of functional materials from the viewpoint of the “synthesis-structure-properties-application” tetrade”, 2001-2005; financed by the Ministry for Science and Technology
  9. 02E19 “Prediction of materials properties from the “synthesis-structure-properties” triad”, 1996-2000; financed by the Ministry for Science and Technology

Peer reviewed journal articles:

      1. Dojcinovic M. P., Kusigerski V., Stojkovic-Simatovic I. B., Pavlovic V. P., Kovac J., Spreitzer M., Nikolic M. V. (2025) NiMn2O4 nano-cotton particles and nanofibers: Exploring structural, magnetic and electrochemical energy storage properties, Journal of Energy Storage, 131, 117442 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.117442
      2. Vasiljevic Z.Z., Vunduk J., Dojcinovic M. P., Miskovic G., Tadic N. B., Vidic J., Nikolic M. V. (2024) ZnO and Fe2TiO5 nanoparticles obtained by green synthesis as active components of alginate food packaging films, Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 43:101280 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2024.101280
      3. Vasiljevic Z.Z., Vunduk J., Bartolic D., Miskovic G., Ognjanovic M., Tadic N. B., Nikolic M. V. (2024) An eco-friendly approach to ZnO NPs synthesis using Citrus reticulata peel/extract: characterization, antibacterial and photocatalytic activity, ACS Appl. Biol. Mater. 7: 3014-3032 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00079
      4. Ilijin L., Nikolic M. V., Vasiljevic Z. Z., Todorovic D., Mrdakovic M., Vlahovic M., Matic D., Tadic N. B., Peric Mataruga V. (2024) Sourcing chitin from exoskeleton of Tenebrio molitor fed with polystyrene or plastic kitchen wrap, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 268:131731 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131731
      5. Rizzotto F., Vasiljevic Z. Z., Stanojevic G., Dojcinovic M. P., Jankovic-Castvan I., Vujancevic J., Tadic N. B., Brankovic G. O., Magniez A., Vidic J., Nikolic M. V. (2022) Antioxidant and cell friendly Fe2TiO5 nanoparticles for food packaging application, Food Chemistry 390:133198 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133198
      6. Nikolic M. V., Vasiljevic Z. Z, Auger S., Vidic J., Metal oxide nanoparticles for safe active and intelligent food packaging (2021) Trends in Food Science and Technology 116 655-668 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2021.08.019
      7. Dojcinovic M. P, Vasiljevic Z.Z., Pavlovic V. P., Barisic D., Pajic D., Tadic N. B., Nikolic M. V. (2020) Mixed Mg-Co spinel ferrites: structure, morphology, magnetic and photocatalytic properties, J. Alloys Compd. 855 (2021) 157429 https://doi.org/j.jallcom.2020.157429
      8. Nikolic M. V. Milovanovic V., Vasiljevic Z. Z., Stamenkovic Z. (2020) Semiconductor gas sensors: Materials, Technology, Design and Application Sensors, 20:6694 https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226694
      9. Vasiljevic Z. Z., Dojcinovic M. P., Vujancevic J. D., Jankovic-Castvan I., Ognjanovic M., Tadic N. B., Stojadinovic S., Brankovic G. O., Nikolic M. V. (2020) Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under natural sunlight using iron titanate nanoparticles prepared by a modified sol-gel method, Royal Society Open Science, 7(9):200708 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200708
      10. Nikolic M. V., Vasiljevic Z. Z., Lukovic M. D., Pavlovic V. P., Vujancevic J., Radovanovic M., Krstic J. B., Vlahovic B., Pavlovic V. B., (2018) Humidity sensing properties of nanocrystalline pseudobrookite (Fe2TiO5) thick films, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 227: 654-664 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.09.063
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