Sanita Ahmetović - Универзитет у Београду – Институт за мултидисциплинарна истраживања

Sanita Ahmetović

PhD student and Master of Science (M.Sc) in Physical Chemistry at Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Research Assistant

Center for Green Technologies, Department of Materials Science

Address: Volgina 15, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia

Telephone: (+381) 11 2085 047

E-Mail:

sanita.ahmetovic@imsi.rs
sanita.ahmetovic@imsi.bg.ac.rs

Links:

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2410-7948

Research area

Materials Science and Physical Chemistry of Nanomaterials
Metal oxide nanofibers, Semiconductor photocatalysis
Electrochemistry, Renewable energy sources

Her research work focuses on the synthesis, characterization and investigation of semiconductors nanomaterials, especially nanofibers of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and their applications in photocatalysis, photocatalytic reactors for waste water treatment, solar cells, photovoltaics, sensors, batteries and protective surface coatings. She has experience in synthesis methods (sol-gel and electrospinning process) and the morphological, structural and optical characterization of the electroceramics and metal-oxide materials (TiO₂, ZnO).

Skills

Experimental techniques:

Synthesis and characterization of materials
Electrospinning system for nanofibers production
Investigation the optical and photocatalytic properties of materials
UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Shimadzu 2600 Plus).

Biography
Projects
Selected publications

1.Work experience:

2021-present: Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Department of Materials Science.
2019-2021: Research Trainee, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Department of Materials Science.
2018: Research Trainee, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences – National Institute of thе Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, Department of

2.Education:

2018(Oct)-present: PhD student in Physical Chemistry at Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
2018: Master of Science in Physical Chemistry (M.Sc degree), University of Belgrade, Serbia.
2017: Faculty of Physical Chemistry (B.Sc degree), University of Belgrade, Serbia.

3.Awards and certificates:

2023: Water Workshop 2023, Course Professional Development (CPD), certificate of 26^th School for Environmental Protection “Water Quality”. She participated in the 26. Water Workshop 2023, held on Septmeber 20-22 at Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. The organizers of the event were Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Educational Center for Environmental Protection EDEN, Novi Sad, and Foundation ‘Docent dr Milena Dalmacija’.
2019: Water Workshop 2019, two certificates, Course Professional Development (CPD), 23^rd School of Environmental Protection “Water Quality”. She participated in the 23. Water Workshop 2019, held on Septеmeber 18-20, at Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. The organizers of the event were Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Association, Novi Sad, and Foundation ‘Docent dr Milena Dalmacija’.
Participant and volunteer at numerous events with the aim of promoting science such as Science Around Us at the Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Science Festival, Center for the Promotion of Science and Researchers’ Night.

4.Other professional activities

2023: Attendance of EUTA Training for preparing, writing and managing Horizon Europe projects, within the SAIGE project.

Memberships:

Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials
Center for Green Technologies

Current:

Past:

Zero- to Three-Dimensional Nanostructures for Application in Electronics and Renewable Energy Sources: Synthesis, Characterization and Processing. Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. Project ID: III45007. Project Leader: Dr Goran Branković, research professor, IMSI, University of Belgrade.
Photoreactor based on electrospun nanofibers of samarium-doped titanium dioxide. Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Project ID:5076. Project Leader: Dr Milan Žunić, Senior Research Fellow (Research Associate Professor) IMSI, University of Belgrade.

Sanita Ahmetović, Zorka Ž. Vasiljević, Vladimir Rajić, Dragana Bartolić, Mirjana Novaković, Nenad B. Tadić, Nikola Cvjetićanin, Maria Vesna Nikolić. Examination of the doping effects of samarium (Sm³⁺) and zirconium (Zr⁴⁺) on the photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ Journal of Alloys and Compounds 930 (2023) 167423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167423
Smilja Marković, Ivana Stojković Simatović, Sanita Ahmetović, Ljiljana Veselinović, Stevan Stojadinović, Vladislav Rac, Srečo Davor Škapin, Danica Bajuk Bogdanović, Ivona Janković Častvan, Dragan Uskoković. Surfactant-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles: a simple way for designing the surface-to-bulk defect ratio and improving photo(electro)catalytic properties. Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances 9 (2019) 17165-17178. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA02553G
Sanita Ahmetović, Zorka Z. Vasiljević, Vladimir Rajić, Dragana Bartolić, Mirjana Novaković, Nenad B. Tadić, Nikola Cvjetićanin, Maria Vesna Nikolić. Synthesis and characterization of Pure, and Sm-, Zr-doped TiO₂ nanofibers and its photocatalytic activity. Programme and the Book of Abstracts, 7th Conference of The Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials, 7CSCS-2023, June 14-16, 2023 Belgrade, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-80109-24-4.
Sanita Ahmetović, Zorka Z. Vasiljevic, Vladimir Rajić, Dragana Bartolić, Mirjana Novaković, Nenad B. Tadić, Nikola Cvjetićanin, Maria Vesna Nikolić. Investigating the effects of Zr doping on the titanium dioxide nanofibers. Programme and book of abstracts, 15th ECerS Conference for Young Scientists in Ceramics, October 11-14, 2023, Novi Sad. ISBN: 978-86-6253-174-2.
Sanita Ahmetović, Stevan Stojadinović, Vladislav Rac, Srečo Davor Škapin, Ivana Stojković Simatović, Smilja Marković. Structural, morphological and optical characteristics of ZnO particles synthesized in the presence of surfactants CTAB and Pluronic F-127. Program and the Book of Abstracts, Seventeenth Young Researchers’ Conference Materials Sciences and Engineering, December 5-7, 2018, Belgrade, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-80321-34-9.
Sanita Ahmetović, Zorka Z. Vasiljevic, Nikola Cvjetićanin, Jelena Vujančević, Nenad B. Tadić, Vladimir B. Pavlović, Maria Vesna Nikolić. Synthesis of Samarium and Zirconium-doped TiO₂ nanofibers with improved photocatalytic activity. Program and the Book of abstracts, Nineteenth Young Researchers’ Conference Materials Science and Engineering, December 1-3, 2021, Belgrade, Serbia.ISBN:978-86-80321-36-3.
Smilja Marković, Ivana Stojković Simatović, Sanita Ahmetović, Ljiljana Veselinović, Stevan Stojadinović, Vladislav Rac, Srečo Davor Škapin, Dragan Uskoković. CTAB- and pluronic F-127-assisted microwave processing of ZnO particles with modified morphology and optical properties. Programme and The Book of Abstracts, Twentieth Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2018, Herceg Novi, September 3-7, 2018. ISBN: 978-86-919111-3-3.
Smilja Marković, Ivana Stojković Simatović, Sanita Ahmetović, Ljiljana Veselinović, Stevan Stojadinović, Vladislav Rac, Srečo Davor Škapin, Dragan Uskoković. Enhanced photo(electro)catalytic properties of ZnO particles synthesized by CTAB-assisted microwave processing. Physical Chemistry 2018: proceedings. Vol. 1, 14th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, September 24-28, 2018, Belgrade. ISBN: 978-86-82475-36-1.

University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

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