University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

Sladjana Spasić

PhD in mathematical sciences

Research Professor

Address: Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade

Telephone: (+381) 11 2078 400

Research area

Mathematics and Statistics, Application Advanced Mathematical and Statistical methods in Biology and Physiology, Fractal analysis of signals and images

Skills

MatLaB, IBM SPSS Statistics, SigmaPlot

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications

1.Work experience:

  • Full Professor (2018) Singidunum University, Belgrade – Mathematics and Statistics
  • Research Professor (2018) University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research – Biology
  • Associate Professor (2013) Singidunum University, Belgrade – Mathematics and Statistics
  • Research Associate Professor (2013) University of Belgrade, Institute for
  • Multidisciplinary Research – Biology
  • Assistant Professor (2008) Singidunum University, Belgrade – Mathematics and Statistics
  • Research Assistant Professor (2008) University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research – Biology

2.Education:

  • Doctoral dissertation (2007) School of Mathematics, University of Belgrade –Applied Numerical Mathematics
  • Master Thesis (2003) University of Belgrade – Artificial Intelligence
  • Graduate degree (1991) School of Mathematics, University of Belgrade –Numerical Mathematics and Cybernetic

3.Other professional activities

Courses taught:

  • Statistics, Statistics for Engineers, Statistical Methods, Quantitative Methods, Mathematics

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

  • Certified reviewer of the National Body for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education of the Republic of Serbia
  • Guest Associate Editor for Fractal and Network Physiology, Research topic „Nonlinearity in Living Systems: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives on Metrics of Physiological Signal Complexity“: Fractal Physiology of Frontiers in Physiology, Dynamical Systems of Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics http://journal.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/6983
  • Reviewer in International journals: Digital Signal Processing, Remote Sensing, Neural Computing and Applications
  • Evaluator of ENIC-NARIC Center of Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia

Memberships:

  • Serbian Mathematical Society, Biophysical Society of Serbia, Serbian Neuroscience Society

Current: 

  • 2019 – 2023 COST action CA18102 – The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network (ETN). 2019 – 2023. године COST action CA18102 – The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network (ETN) (PI dr. Jan Reubens)
  • 2020 – 2021 No. 5419 „ Nanobionic stimulation of agricultural plant productivity “, Proof of Concept (PI dr. Ksenija Radotić Hadži-Manić)

Past:

  • 2012 – 2019 #173045 „Fishes as water quality indicators in open waters of Serbia “ (dr. Mirjana Lenhardt).
  • 2014 -2016 Serbia-Belarus Bilateral Project: Advanced Image Analysis of the Micron Scale in Biology and Medicine (451-03-1080/06) (dr. Ksenija Radotić Hadži-Manić)
  • 2011 – 2012 #173022 „Neurobiology of sleep in aging and disease – electroencephalographic markers and modeling in the estimation of disorder“ (dr. Jasna Šaponjić).
  • 2008 – 2010 #143027 „The effects of magnetic fields and other environmental stressors on the physiological responses and behavior of different species “ (dr. Zlatko Prolić).
  • 2007 – 2011 International project COST action BM0601: NEUROMATH – Advanced Methods for the Estimation of Human Brain Activity and Connectivity (dr. Fabio Babiloni)
  • 2006 – 2008 #143021 ” Effects of traumatic, neurotoxic and neuroprotective factors on the electrical activity of the mammalian brain. Analysis and modeling” (dr. Milka Ćulić).
  • 2004 – 2005. #1660 “Modulation of membrane excitability and rhythms of bioelectrical activity of invertebrate and vertebrate neurons. Analysis and modeling” (dr. Milka Ćulić).
  • 1999 – 2004. #1625 ”New mathematical methods for cryptographic protection and information modeling” (dr. M. Mihaljević).
  1. Spasić, S., Subotić, S., Višnjić-Jeftić, Ž. et al. Application of Different Classification Methods to Determine the Developmental Stage of Fish Erythrocytes of the Common Nase (Chondrostoma nasus) and Vimba Bream (Vimba vimba). Pattern Recognit. Image Anal. 30, 43–51 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054661820010150
  2. Milenković, I., Mitrović, A., Algarra, M., Lázaro-Martínez, J.M., Rodríguez-Castellón, E., Maksimović, V., Spasić, S.Z., Beškoski, V.P., Radotić, K. (2019) Interaction of Carbohydrate Coated Cerium-Oxide Nanoparticles with Wheat and Pea: Stress Induction Potential and Effect on Development. Plants 2019, 8, 478. https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/8/11/478
  3. Spasić S. and Kesić S (2019) Editorial: Nonlinearity in Living Systems: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives on Metrics of Physiological Signal Complexity. Frontiers in Physiology 10:298. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00298B.
  4. Živanović B.D., Ullrich K.K., Steffens B., Spasić S., Galland P. (2018) The effect of auxin (indole-3-acetic acid) on the growth rate and tropism of the sporangiophore of Phycomyces blakesleeanus and identification of auxin-related genes, Protoplasma, vol. 255 (5):1331-1347, DOI:10.1007/s00709-018-1232-2
  5. Klonowski W, Stepien P, Stepien R, Sedivy R, Ahammer H, Spasic S (2018) Analysis of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia images using 1D and 2D Higuchi’s fractal dimension methods, Fractals, June 2018, Vol. 26, No. 3, Pp.
  6. Н. Вуковић, С.Спасић, 2017. Статистика за инжењере (уџбеник) Универзитет Сингидунум, Београд (поновљено издање из 2011).
  7. Kesic S, Spasić S, (2016) Application of Higuchi’s fractal dimension from basic to clinical neurophysiology: A review, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 133, pp. 55–70.
  8. Spasić S, Kesić S, Todorović D, Stojadinović G, Janać B, (2015) Effects of the static and ELF magnetic fields on the neuronal population activity in Morimus funereus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) antennal lobe revealed by wavelet analysis, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 181: 27–35.
  9. Spasić S, Kesić S, Stojadinović G, Petković B, Todorović D, (2015) Effects of the static and ELF magnetic fields on the neuronal population activity in Morimus funereus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) antennal lobe revealed by wavelet analysis, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 2015 ,Vol. 181, pp. 27–35.
  10. Spasić S, Mitrović A, Janošević D, Budimir S (2015) Estimation of meristemoid complexity during Tacitus bellus in vitro shoot organogenesis by 2D fractal analysis, Botanica Serbica, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 71–78.
  11. Spasić S (2014) On 2D Generalization of Higuchi’s Fractal Dimension. Chaos, Solitions and Fractals, 2014, Vol. 69, December