Jelena Babic Milijasevic, PhD

Principal Research Fellow

DEPARTMENT FOR SENSORY, PHYSICAL AND PACKAGING TESTING

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Мob:      +381 61 67 655 71

Тel:        +381 11 26 50 655

E-mail: : jelena.babic@inmes.rs

 

EDUCATION

  • 2013 –  Doctoral dissertation: “Comparative study of selected quality parameters during storage of carp (Cyprinus carpio) cuts packed in vacuum and modified atmosphere”  (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology).
  • 2002 –  Graduated veterinarian, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade.

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2025 – Principal Research Fellow
  • 2020 – Senior Research Associate
  • 2014 – 2019 – Research Associate
  • 2009 – 2013 – Research Assistant
  • 2005 – 2008 –  Research Trainee

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2007 – present –  Associate in the Department for Sensory Evaluation Parasitology and Physical Exsamination, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology.
  • 2005 – 2006 – Associate in the Department of Scientific and Technical Cooperation, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology.

 

AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

  • Quality of food of animal origin with special emphasis on sensory methods of analysis;
  • Modified atmosphere packaging of meat and fish products (microbial, physico-chemical and sensory attributes of importance for shelf life of product)

 

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

  • Slavica Vesković Moračanin, Bojana Danilović, Milan Milijašević, Jelena Babić Milijašević , Zoran Tambur, Milica Moračanin (2025). Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics for Combating
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain. Processes, 13, 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13113483
  • Milan Milijašević, Slavica Vesković-Moračanin, Jelena Babić Milijašević, Jelena Petrović, Ivan Nastasijević. (2024). Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture: Risk Mitigation within the One Health Context. Foods, 13, 2448. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13152448
  • Čaba Silađi, Vesna Đorđević, Jelena Babić Milijašević, Volker Heinz, Nino Terjung, Weizheng Sun, Igor Tomašević. (2024). Micro- and Macroalgae in Meat Products. Foods, 13, 826. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13060826
  • Jelena Babić Milijašević, Milan Milijašević, Slobodan Lilić, Jasna Đinović-Stojanović, Ivan Nastasijević, Tamara Gerić. (2023). Effect of Vacuum and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Shelf Life and Quality of Gutted Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during Refrigerated Storage. Foods, 12, 3015 https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12163015
  • Ivan Nastasijević, Milica Glišić, Milan Milijašević, Saša Janković, Radmila Mitrović, Jelena Babić Milijašević, Marija Boškovic Cabrol (2022). Biosecurity and Lairage Time versus Pork Meat Quality Traits in a Farm–Abattoir Continuum. Animals, 12, 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233382
  • Jelena Babić Milijašević, Milan Milijašević, Vesna Đorđević. Modified atmosphere packaging of fish- an impact on shelf life. The 60th International Meat Industry Conference-MeatCon 2019, (2019), 22-25 September, Kopaonik, Serbia. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 333 012028. https://doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012028
  • Jelena Babić Milijašević, Milan Milijašević, Danijela Vranić, Jasna Đinović Stojanović, Slobodan Lilić, Vladimir Korićanac. Effect of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Shelf Life of Chilled Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) Steaks: Chemical and Sensory Attributes. Czech Journal of Food Science, 36, 2018 (3): 221–226.
  • Popović AR, Relić DJ, Vranić DV, Babić-Milijašević JA, Pezo LL, Đinović-Stojanović JM. Canned sea fish marketed in Serbia: their zinc, copper, and iron levels and contribution to the dietary intake. Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju), 2018, 69, 55-60.
  • Djinovic-Stojanovic J, Nikolic D, Vranic D, Babic J, Milijasevic M, Pezo L, Jankovic S. Zinc and magnesium in different types of meat and meat products from the Serbian market. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2017, 59, 50-54.
  • Milan Milijašević, Jelena Babić, Danijela  Vranić, Branka Borović, Slavica Vesković Moračanin: Quality attributes of chilled vacuum-packaged cold-smoked common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and cold-smoked bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) fillets. Acta Veterinaria Brno, 2016, 85 (2), 195-203;
  • Babić Jelena, Milijašević Milan, Dimitrijević Mirjana (2015): The impact of packaging in modified atmosphere and vacuum on preservation of sensory properties of carp filets (Cyprinus carpio). Tehnologija mesa 56 (1), 58-66.
  • Jelena Babić, Mirjana Dimitrijević, Milan Milijašević, Vesna Đorđević, Radivoj  Petronijević, Slaven Grbić, Aurelija  Spirić: Effect of modified atmospheric conditions and vacuum packaging on selected chemical parameters that define freshness of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and carp (Cyprinus carpio). Hem. Ind. 2014, 68 (1) 69–76.