Research Associate Professor
Karolina Sunjog
PhD in Biological sciences
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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.
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
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 )“
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
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
Current:
- 2020-2021 Assessment of the impact of microplastics on the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) by monitoring various biomarkers
- 2018-2020 MEASURES, Management and restoration of aquatic ecological corridors for migratory fish species in the Danube River Basin, established by the Danube Transnational Programme
Past:
- 2012-2016 European COST project – “COST action NETLAKE, ES 1201, Networking Lake Observation in Europe”, founded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
- 2013-2019 “Fish as bioindicators of the quality of open waters of Serbia”, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.
- 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, M., 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.