Assistant Research Professor

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

ICTM, Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, III fllor, room 630
11158 Belgrade 118, PAK 105104, Serbia
Telephone: + 381 11 3336 801
Fax: + 381 11 2636 061
E-mail: ssakan@chem.bg.ac.rs

Education: 2010 Doctor of Chemistry

Research Ranks: 2011 Assistant Research Professor

Memberships: Member of the Serbian Chemical Society

Professional Experience: 2001 ICTM, Department of Chemistry

Awards and Honors: 2001 2nd prize "YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS OF B.EN.A.", from Alexander von Humboldt in Edirne, Turkey

Research Interests:

Scientific interests of Dr. Sanja Sakan is focused on issues of environmental chemistry, primarily to problems of water, soil and sediment pollution with heavy metals, through a study of their mobility, bioavailability, estimate of their anthropogenic origin, assess the risk of pollution and the possible toxicological effects of these elements on the different organisms.
The application of different statistical methods in analyzing large database.

Citations: 219 (173 without self-citations), h-index= 7, SCOPUS database, January 2016

Language Skills: English, Russian

Projects:

International:
2007–2008 "Continuous water quality monitoring in surface waters at Montenegro and Serbia", SEE–ERA NET Pilot Joint Call Research Project, Contact number: 401-00-282/2007-01-7
2015– COST action ES1306: "Connecting European Connectivity Research" Basic Research:
2002–2005 "Hemodynamics pollutants in water resources (surface and ground water and sediments)", no. 1727
2006–2010 "Geochemical research in the function of finding new deposits of fossil fuels and environmental protection", no. 146008
2011– "The study of physicochemical and biochemical processes in the environment that affect pollution and exploring opportunities for minimizing the consequences", no. 172001 Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research:
2011 – "The research of climate change and its impact on the environment: monitoring impacts, adaptation and mitigation", no. 43007

Major Publications:

Chapters:

1. Sakan, S., Sakan, N., Đorđević, D. (2015). Pollution charasteristics and potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in river sediments based on calculation of pollution indices, in Advances in Environmental Research, 63-84, Nova Science Publishers, New York, ISBN: 978-1-63482-885-7
2. Sakan, S., Sakan, N., Đorđević, D. (2015). Evaluation of the possibility of using normalization with cobalt in detection of anthropogenic heavy metals in sediments, in Advances in Chemistry Research, 167-183, Nova Science Publishers, New York, ISBN: 978-1-63463-630-8
3. Sakan, S and Đorđević, D. (2012). Distinguishing between natural and anthropogenic sources of trace elements in the sediments using the methods of geochemical normalization and statistical analysis, in Trace Elements: Environmental Sources, Geochemistry and Human Health, Nova Science Publishers, New York, ISBN: 978-1-62981-401-7
4. Sakan, S and Đorđević, D. (2012). Assessment of trace element contamination in the river and alluvial sediments using a sequential extraction technique and statistical analysis, in Metal Contamination: Sources, Detection and Environmental Impact,119-156, Nova Science Publishers,  New York, ISBN: 978-1-61942-116-5

Journal Papers:

1. Dević, G., Đorđević, D., Sakan, S. (2016). Assessment of the environmental significance of nutrients and heavy metal pollution in the river network of Serbia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, 282-297
2. Pavlović, P., Mitrović, M., Đorđević, D., Sakan, S., Slobnik, J., Liška, I., Csanyi, B., Jarić, S., Kostić, O., Pavlović, D., Marinković, N., Tubić, B., Paunović, M. (2016). Assessment of the contamination of riparian soil and vegetation by trace metals – a Danube River case study. Science of the Total Environment, 540, 396-409
3. Sakan, S., Popović, A., Anđelković, I., Đorđević, D. (2015). Aquatic sediments pollution estimate using the metal fractionation, secondary phase enrichment factor calculation, and used statistical methods. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, article in press, DOI 10.1007/s10653-015-9766-0
4. Sakan, S., Dević, G., Relić, D., Anđelković, I., Sakan N., Đorđević, D. (2015). Environmental assessment of heavy metal pollution in freshwater sediment, Serbia. CLEAN - Soil Air Water, 43 (6), 838-845.
5. Sakan, S., Dević, G., Relić, D., Anđelković, I., Sakan N., Đorđević, D. (2015). Evaluation of sediment contamination with heavy metals: the importance of determining appropriate background content and suitable element for normalization. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 37, 97-113.
6. Sakan, S., Dević, G., Relić, D., Anđelković, I., Sakan N., Đorđević, D. (2015). Risk assessment of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using pollution indices and statistical methods: a pilot study. Environmental Earth Sciences, 73, 6625-6638.
7. Dević, G., Đorđević, D., Sakan, S. (2014). Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting the groundwater quality in Serbia. Science of the Total Environment, 468-469,109–116.
8. Dević, G., Đorđević, D., Sakan S, Đorđević, D. (2014). Freshwater environmental quality parameters of man-made lakes of Serbia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186, 5221-5234.
9. Sakan, S., Sakan, N., Đorđević D. (2013) Trace element study in Tisa River and Danube alluvial sediment in Serbia. International Journal of Sediment Research, 28, 234-245.
10. Relić, D., Đorđević, D., Sakan, S., Anđelković, I., Pantelić, A., Stanković, R., Popović, A. (2013). Conventional, microwave, and ultrasound sequential extractions for the fractionation of metals in sediments within the Petrochemical Industry, Serbia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185, 7627-7645.
11. Sakan, S., Đorđević, D., Lazić, M., Tadić, M. (2012). Assessment of arsenic and mercury contamination in the Tisa river sediments and industrial canal sediments (Danube alluvial formation), Serbia. Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A , 47, 109-116.     
12. Sakan, S, Đorđević, D., Dević, G., Relić, D., Anđelković, I., Đuričić, J. (2011). A study of trace element contamination in river sediments in Serbia using microwave–assisted aqua regia digestion and multivariate statistical analysis, Microchemical Journal, 99, 492–502.
13. Relić, D., Dorđević, D., Sakan, S., Anđelković, I., Miletić, S., Đuričić, J. (2011). Aqua regia extracted metals in sediments from the industrial area and surroundings of Pančevo, Serbia.  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 186, 1893–1901.
14. Sakan, S., Đorđević, D. and Trifunović, S. (2011). Geochemical and statistical methods in the evaluation of trace element contamination: an application on canal sediments, Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 20, 187-199.
15. Sakan, S., Đorđević, D. (2010). Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in sediments using the method of total digestion and determination of the binding forms-Tisa River Basin, Serbia, Journal of  Environmental Science and Health - Part A, 45, 783-794.
16. Sakan, S., Đorđević, D., Manojlović, D. (2010). Trace elements as tracers of environmental pollution in the canal sediments (alluvial formation of the Danube River, Serbia), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 167, 219-233.
17. Sakan, S., Đorđević, D., Manojlović, D., Polić, P. (2009). Assessment of heavy metal pollutants accumulation in the Tisza river sediment.  Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 3382-3390.
18. 18. Sakan, S., Gržetić, I.,  Đorđević, D. (2007). Distribution and fractionation of heavy metals in the Tisza (Tisa) river sediments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 14, 229-236.