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Sasa Jankovic, PhD

Principal Research Fellow

Specialist in Toxicological Chemistry

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT FOR RESIDUES TESTING

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Мob:  +381 69 677 471;  Тel: +381 11 26 50 655

E-mail: sasa.jankovic@inmes.rs

EDUCATION

  • 2023 – Specialist in toxicological chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade
  • 2015 – Doctor of Medical Sciences – Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, “Risk Assessment in the exposition to organohalogen contaminants and heavy metals through food”.
  • 1997 – Graduated pharmacist-medical biochemist, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2016 – Research Associate
  • 2015 – Senior Technical Assistant
  • 2008 – 2014 – Research Assistant
  • 2005 – 2007 – Researcher –Associate
  • 1999 – 2004 – Research Trainee
  • 1997 – 1998 – Trainee for Researcher, Institute of meat hygiene and Technology

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2009 – Head of the Department for Residues Testing
  • 2007 – Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical and Physical-Chemical Research
  • 2006 – Head of the Department for Residues Testing
  • 1997 – 2005 – Associate in the Department for Residues Testing

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES

  • Member of the Society of Toxicology Serbia

 

AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

  • Development, validation and application of methods of instrumental chemical analysis of chemotherapeutics and of environmental pollutants in the tissues and organs of animals, food stuffs, animal feed and objects of general use.
  • Determining the degree of contamination by toxic substances in food stuffs, the mechanism of toxicity and hazard assessment of contaminants to the health.

 

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

  • Jančić, M. Medenica, D. Ivanović, S. Janković, A. Malenović, Monitoring of fosinopril sodium impurities by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry including the neural networks in method evaluation. Journal of Chromatography A. 2008; 1189; p.366–373;
  • Janković, Aurelija Spirić, Tatjana Radičević, S. Stefanović. Monitoring rezidua u životinjama i primarnim proizvodima animalnog porekla. Veterinarski glasnik; 2008; 62; 5-6; p. 383-394.
  • Buha Aleksandra, Antonijević Biljana, Milovanović Vesna, Janković Saša, Bulat Zorica, Matović Vesna; Polychlorinated biphenyls as oxidative stress inducers in liver of subacutely exposed rats: Implication for dose-dependence toxicity and benchmark dose concept. Environmental research.  Elsevier;DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2014.11.005; Strana od-do:309 – 317;Godina, volumen, broj:2014, 0, ;ISSN:0013-9351;
  • Antonijević Biljana, Janković Saša, Ćurčić Marijana, Durgo Ksenija, Stokić E., Srdić B., Tomić-Naglić D. Risk characterization for mercury, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and polychlorinated biphenyls associated with fish consumption in Serbia. Food and Chemical Toxicology; 2011; 49; 10; p. 2586 – 2593.
  • Drago M. Djordjevich, Silvio R. De Luka, Ivan D. Milovanovich, Saša Janković, Srdjan Stefanović, Slavica Vesković-Moračanin, Saša Ćirković, Andjelija Ž. Ilić, Jasna L. Ristić-Djurović, Alexander M. Trbovich. Hematological parameters’ change in mice subchronically exposed to static magnetic fields of different orientations. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; 2012; 81; p. 98-105.
  • Saša Janković, Marijana Ćurčić, Tatjana Radičević, Srđan Stefanović, Mirjana Lenhardt, Ksenija Durgo, Biljana Antonijević. Non-dioxin-like PCBs in ten different fish species from the Danube river in Serbia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; 2011; 180; 1-4; p. 153-163.
  • Dragan Milićević, Verica Jurić, Srđan Stefanović, Tatjana Baltić, Saša Janković. Evaluation and Validation of Two Chromatographic Methods (HPLC-Fluorescence and LC-MS/MS) for the Determination and Confirmation of Ochratoxin A in Pig Tissues. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; 2010; 58; 4; p. 1074-1081.
  • Ćurčić Marijana, Janković Saša, Jačević Vesna, Stanković Sanja, Vučinić Slavica, Durgo Ksenija, Bulat Z., Antonijević Biljana. Combined effects of cadmium and decabrominated diphenyl ether on thyroid hormones in rats. Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju; 2012;   63;   3;   p.   255 – 261.
  • Spirić Danka M., Đinović Jasna M., Janković Vesna V., Velebit Branko M., Radičević Tatjana M., Stefanović Srđan M., Janković Saša D. Study of aflatoxins incidence in cow feed and milk during 2013. Hemijska industrija; 2014; DOI 10.2298/HEMIND 1406190875.
  • Dragan Milicevic, Radivoj Petronijevic, Zoran Petrovic, Jasna Djinovic Stojanovic, Jelena Jovanovic, Sasa Jankovic, Tatjana Baltić; Impact of climate change on aflatoxin M1 contamination of raw milk with a special focus on climate conditions in Serbia. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.9768
  • Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic, Vesna Milovanovic, Marijana Curcic, Evica Antonijevic Miljakovic, Zorica Bulat, Danijela Djukic-Cosic, Sasa Jankovic, SlavicaVučinić, A. Wallace Hayes, Biljana Antonijevic. New insight into the perplexing toxic features of PCBs: A study of nephrotoxicity in an animal model, Environmental Research, (2023), 15:217:114829, Available online 21 November 2022.
  • Marija S. Stankovic, Silvio R. De Luka, Sasa Jankovic, Srdjan Stefanovic, Maja Stojanovic, Jelena Nesovic-Ostojic, Nina Japundzic-Zigon, Alexander M. Trbovich, ST2 and the alteration of cobalt, sodium, potassium and calcium concentration in acute inflammation, Experimental and Molecular Pathology 128 (2022) 104820
  • Saša Janković, Milena Stošić, Evica Antonijević Miljaković, Marijana Ćurčić, Danijela Đukić Ćosić, Aleksandra Buha Đorđević, Zorica Bulat & Biljana Antonijević. Cadmium dietary exposure assessment in the adult population and pre-school children in the Republic of Serbia, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, (2022), 40(1):67-80.
  • Saša Janković, Milena Stošić, Evica Antonijević Miljaković, Marijana Ćurčić, Danijela Đukić Ćosić, Aleksandra Buha Đorđević, Zorica Bulat & Biljana Antonijević. Cadmium dietary exposure assessment in the adult population and pre-school children in the Republic of Serbia, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A. 2023; 40(1): 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2022.2141467.
  • Katarina Jovičić, Sasa Janković, Dragica M. Nikolić, Vesna Đikanović , Stefan Skorić, Jasmina Krpo-Ćetković, Ivan Jarić. Prospects of fish scale and fin samples usage for nonlethal monitoring of metal contamination: A study on five fish species from the Danube River. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst. 2023; 424, 4. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2022027 .
  • Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic, Vesna Milovanovic, Marijana Curcic, Evica Antonijevic Miljakovic, Zorica Bulat, Danijela Djukic-Cosic, Sasa Jankovic, SlavicaVučinić, A. Wallace Hayes, Biljana Antonijevic, New insight into the perplexing toxic features of PCBs: A study of nephrotoxicity in an animal model, Environ Res. 2023; 217:114829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114829.
  • Aleksandar Urošević, Tanja Vukov, Milena Cvijanović, Saša Janković, Dragica Nikolić, Maja Ajduković, Marko Anđelković, Katarina Ljubisavljević, Nataša Tomašević Kolarov, Does mercury affect morphology, developmental stability and canalization of the skull in the Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)? Chemosphere, 2025; Volume 375, 144219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144219.
  • Nastasijevic I, Glisic M, Milijasevic M, Jankovic S, Mitrovic R, Milijasevic JB, Boskovic Cabrol M. Biosecurity and Lairage Time versus Pork Meat Quality Traits in a Farm-Abattoir Continuum. Animals (Basel). 2022; 12(23):3382 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233382.
  • Cirovic Ana, Buha-Djordjevic Aleksandra, Cirovic Aleksandar B, Jevtic Jovan B, Tasic Danijela D, Jankovic Sasa D, Antonijevic Biljana, Petrovic Zoran I, Orisakwe Orish E, Tasic Nebojsa M. Trace Element Concentrations in Autopsied Heart Tissues from Patients with Secondary Cardiomyopathy. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2023; 202:2442-2449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-023-03857-z.
  • Ristić-Djurović, J.L., Ćirković, S., Babić, B., D. Ćalić, M. Stanišić, Janković S. & S. Stefanović. Pre-sowing seed exposure to static magnetic field can improve cabbage yield. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top.(2025). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-02108-7