MSc Tomislav Kačarević, Јunior research assistant

Year and place of Birth: 1997, Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Scientific Area: Food Safety

Phone: +381 21 4895 367

E-mail: tomislav.k@niv.ns.ac.rs

ORCID ID: 0009-0005-2455-3077

ResearchGate: Tomislav Kačarević

APVNT no.: 7334

Researcher Identification Number: RS664

Education:

The first degree undergraduate academic studies: October 2016. – September 2020.

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Novi Sad.

Average grade: 9.85

Academic degree: Bachelor with honours in Biochemistry

The second degree master academic studies: October 2020. – July 2021.

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Novi Sad.

Master thesis: ‘Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of pyrazole and thiazole C-nucleosides‘

Average grade: 10.00

Academic Degree: Master in Biochemistry

Тhe third degree doctoral academic studies: October 2023. – present

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Novi Sad.

Scientific Titles:

• January 2024. – Јunior research assistant

Primary Research Interests:

• Isolation and characterization of new lignans and investigation of their cytotoxicity.
• Optimization of analytical methods for the determination of pesticide and antibiotic residues in food and animal feed.

Main Daily and Research Activities:

• Food and feed safety testing, primarily testing contaminants by GC-MS, HPLC-DAD and HPLC-FLD.
• Quality control of veterinary medicine drugs, examination of the active substance content in medicines by liquid chromatography (HPLC-DAD).

Professional Experience:

september 2021. – november 2021. – Institut za vode d.о.о., Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Freelance, analytical chemist

may 2022. – аugust 2023. – Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

Senior technician

september 2023. – present – Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad‘, Novi Sad, Serbia

Junior research assistant, Department for Drug Examination and Toxicology

Projects:

SAIGE Program – SEED RESEARCH GRANT Project – „Anticoagulant rodenticide – Ecological risk in non-target animals“

Trainings, seminars and courses:

• Course: LC-MS Method Validation (P2AV.TK.829), University of Tartu, Estonia, November 22nd 2022. – February 03rd 2023.
• Training: Shimadzu IRTracer-100 with QATR, LabSolution IRsoftware, creating method, reports, analysing data files and samples (January 2024). Organizer: Shimadzu d.o.o., Belgrade
• Study stay: Institut für Pharmazie, Fäkultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraβe 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany, August 12th 2024. – September 06th 2024. Topic: Isolation and study of new lignans Organizer: DAAD Eastern Partership
• Trainig: Statistical Analysis and Data Processing (Qualitative, Quantitative); Using Software for Modern Scientific Analysis, Belgrade, Serbia, November 13th 2024. Organizer: WEglobal Agency within the SAIGE Project
• Training on the welfare of laboratory animal, certificate number : 04-70/44-62 for jobs in category V, November 27th 2024.

Awards and recognitions:

• Scholarship recipient of the Fund for Young Talents of the Government of the Republic of Serbia (2019/2020) and the “Dr. Milan Jelić” Fund (2019/2020).
• Special recognition of Serbian Chemical Society for exceptional success during his studies at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad (2021).

Other capabilities:

• English, active
• French, basic level
• Good computer skills (M. Office, Origin)
• Driving license B category

Current position:

Јunior research assistant, at Scientific Veterinary Institute ’Novi Sad’, Department for Drug Examination and Toxicology

• Еngaged in scientific research under the Seventh Call of the Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation for talented young researchers – doctoral academic students to participate in scientific research at accredited scientific research organizations.

Contact:

MSc Tomislav Kačarević, Јunior research assistant

Scientific Veterinary Institute ‘Novi Sad‘

Department for Drug Examination and Toxicology

Rumenački put no. 20,

21000 Novi Sad

E-mail: tomislav.k@niv.ns.ac.rs