[dr Aleksandar R. Popovic]

Хемијски факултет, Студентски трг 12-16, Београд
Катедра за примењену хемију

Телефон:   011-3336727

Телефон (локални):   727

Кабинет:   643

Лабораторија:   642

E-mail:   apopovic@chem.bg.ac.rs

Лични подаци

Александар Поповић је рођен у октобру 1971. године у Београду.

Образовање и усавршавања

1988-1993: Основне студије - Хемијске науке / Универзитет у Београду - Хемијски факултет (Београд)

1994-1996: Магистратура - Хемијске науке / Florida State University - Department of Chemistry (Tallahassee, Florida, Сједињене Америчке Државе)

1996-2002: Докторат - Хемијске науке / Универзитет у Београду - Хемијски факултет (Београд)

Кретање у служби

1997-2005: Асистент / Универзитет у Београду - Хемијски факултет (Београд)

2003-2008: Доцент / Универзитет у Београду - Хемијски факултет (Београд)

2008-2013: Ванредни професор / Универзитет у Београду - Хемијски факултет (Београд)

2013: Редовни професор / Универзитет у Београду - Хемијски факултет (Београд)

Области научног интересовања

Хемијски процеси и трансформације загађивача у животној средини. Коришћење отпадних материјала.

Остале активности

Члан Комисије за праћење и унапређење квалитета наставе.

Члан Комисије за стратегију наставе.

Председник Комисије за признавање страних високошколских исправа.

Министар науке и заштите животне средине Републике Србије од 2004. до 2007. Министар рударства и енергетике Републике Србије од 2007. до 2008.

Ангажман у настави

Учешће у научноистраживачким пројектима

Активни пројекти:

  • 2022-2026: Towards zer0 Pesticide AGRIculture : European Network for sustainability (T0P-AGRI-Network) – СА21134
    врста пројекта:   Међународна сарадња COST
    пројекат финансира:   Европска комисија (Брисел, Белгија)

Завршени пројекти:

  • 2011: Проучавање физичкохемијских и биохемијских процеса у животној средини који утичу на загађење и истраживање могућности за минимизирање последица – 172001
    врста пројекта:   домаћи фундаментални
    пројекат финансира:   Министарство за науку и технолошки развој Републике Србије (Београд)
  • 2011: Нове технологије за мониторинг и заштиту животног окружења од штетних хемијских суспстанци и радијационог оптерећења – 43009
    врста пројекта:   домаћи фундаментални
    пројекат финансира:   Министарство за науку и технолошки развој Републике Србије (Београд)
  • 2019: Стање загађености земљишта и узорака хране у Србији и Словачкој - биорасположива фракција елемената и процена ризика по здравље – 337-00-107/2019-09/17
    врста пројекта:   међународни
    пројекат финансирају:   Министарство просвете, науке и технолошког развоја (Београд), Government of the Slovak Republic (Братислава, Словачка)

Бројеви за идентификацију аутора

Изабране референце

Најцитиранији радови (на дан 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)

Новији радови (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. Milicic, Ljiljana; Herceg Romanic, Snjezana; Mijatovic, Nevenka; Jovanovic, Gordana; Jaksic, Goran;  Mendas, Gordana; Ilic, Biljana; Popovic, Aleksandar; Milicevic, Tijana. Integrated Study of Sediments and Fish from Croatian Rivers: Toxic Elements and Human Health Concerns. Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2026) 48, paper # 385, 27 pp. 

24. Anicic Urosevic, Mira; Pergal, Miodrag; Vergel, Konstantin; Popovic, Aleksandar; Relic, Dubravka. Seasonal Dynamics of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Different-Sized Urban Areas Assessed by Moss Transplants. Environmental Research (2026) 305, paper # 124995, 14 pp.

25. Krnjaja, Ognjen; Bajcic, Aleksandar; Borovic, Branka; Babic, Milenko; Gavrilovic, Damjan; Jankovic, Sasa; Popovic, Aleksandar. Determination of Four Perfluorinated Compounds (PFAS) in Muscle and Liver Tissues of Common Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) from Two Locations in Northern Serbia. Meat Technology (2026) 67(1), 1-7.

26. 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)