University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

Darko Spahić

PhD in Natural Sciences, Geosciences

Senior Research Associate

Address: Volgina 15, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia

Telephone: (+381) 11 2085 057

Research area

  • Geology
  • Paleozoic geology of the Balkan Peninsula
  • Structural Geology & Tectonics
  • Environmental Geology (waters, soil)

Skills

  • ArcGIS
  • Python basics
  • PetroMod (numerical basin analysis)
  • Cartography and geological maps, and drafting/printing in Adobe Illustrator
  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications
  1. Work experience:

 

  • 2024 – present: University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
  • 2018 – 2024: Geological Survey of Serbia
  • 2011 – 2016: Schlumberger Ltd.
  • 2007 – 2010: University of Vienna, Austria.
  • 2002 – 2004: Schlumberger Ltd. (Geoservices)
  • 2001 – 2002: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining & Geology.
  1. Education:
  • 2007-2010: Dr.rer.nat. (PhD) University of Vienna, Austria;
  • 2001-2006: Magister Thesis, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining & Geology.
  • 1993-1999: Graduate geological engineer degree, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining & Geology.
  1. Awards and certificates:
  • 2013 – Award “Jovan Žujovic”, a prestigious award for Regional Geology contribution on behalf of the Serbian Geological Society;
  • 2006 – Award winner for the best Magister Thesis Project in Geology – award title “Milan Milićević geological engineer” Faculty of Mining & Geology, Belgrade, 2006.
  • Certified Teacher and Instructor
  1. Other professional activities
  • The pioneering study and publications dealing with new “Cenerian Orogeny”, a Lower Paleozoic event observed for the first time in segments of the Balkan Peninsula

Courses taught:

  • Field Geological Mapping (University of Belgrade);
  • Introduction to Basin and Petroleum Systems Modeling (Schlumberger);
  • PetroMod 1D, 2D, 3D modeling (Schlumberger);
  • Structural Geology (field course, University of Vienna)

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

  • Active reviewer for a number of highly cited journals: Marine and petroleum geology, Precambrian Research, Sedimentary Geology, Applied Science, Energies, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Fuels, Materials, Minerals, etc.

Memberships:

  • Serbian Geological Society

Current: 

  • Science and technological cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Austria from 2024 to 2026 (337-00-216/2023-05/163): ““Comparison of the Cenerian orogenic imprints in Serbia and Austria”.

Past:

  • Geological Map of Serbia, 1: 50,000;
  • Petroleum Exploration Projects;
  • Geological Map of Libya, 1:250,000, scientific cooperation;
  1. Spahić, D. (2024). Elusive Permian–Triassic Western Paleotethyan paleogeography: Towards the Early Cimmerian pre-Vardar configuration (Dinarides-Carpathian Balkan Belt). Earth-Science Reviews, 104857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104857 (M21a+)
  2. Spahić, D., Cocco, F., & Tančić, P. (2024). The far-field interplay between peripheral Cenerian Orogeny and inner north Gondwanan hinterland: Cambro-Ordovician siliciclastic veneer and pre-Hirnantian unconformities (Sahara, central Libya). Earth-Science Reviews, 104952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104952 (M21a+)
  3. Spahić, D., Radović, M., Blagojević, D., Tanasković, L., Jovanović, D., Vuković, S., & Cocco, F. (2024). New evidence for Alpine overprint of poly-deformed gneisses in the ‘Median Dacides’ of SE europe: restoring polyphase deformations and transposition cycles. International Geology Review, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2024.2397416 (M21)
  4. Spahić, D., Nikić, Z., Poznanović-Spahić, Z. M., Mukherjee, S., & Dokmanović, P. (2023). Discovery of hyperalkaline waters in the ophiolites of western Serbia: Environmental considerations for carbon capture and sequestration. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 231, 212319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.212319 (M21)
  5. Spahić, D., Tančić, P., & Barjaktarović, D. (2023). Early Paleozoic Cenerian (Sardic) geodynamic relationships of peripheral eastern north Gondwana affinities: revisiting the Ordovician of the Getic/Kučaj nappe (eastern Serbia). Geological Quarterly, 67(1). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-0782 (M22)
  6. Marinković, G., Papić, P., Spahić, D., Andrijašević, J., & Spahić, M. P. (2023). Case study of mountainous geothermal reservoirs (Kopaonik Mt., southwestern Serbia): Fault-controlled fluid compartmentalization within a late Paleogene-Neogene core-complex. Geothermics, 114, 102799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2023.102799 (M21)
  7. Spahić, D., Šainović, A., Burazer, N., Jovančićević, B., (2023). Quantifying the Tertiary subsidence of the Peri-Pannonian Realm s.l. (1D basin modeling): Constraints on the extensional geodynamic driver of the asymmetric Toplica basin (central-southern Serbia). Geoenergy science and engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2023.211714