Anica Simic

Fields of responsibility:

- Coordinator responsible for General Course in Organic Chemistry

- Teaching duties in Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry

- Technical support for General Course in Organic Chemistry

- ICP-MS, Agilent 8800, trainee

Areas of specialty: GC/MS, GC/FID, HPLC and automated HPLC System (REMEDi HS Drug profiling system), Immunoassay Methods,UV/VIS, IR and TLC, Epidemiology, Statistics

Degrees held:

- EUROTOX Registered Toxicologists (2011)

- Specialist of Toxicological Chemistry, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia (2003)

- Practical-pedagogy education degree, University of Niš, Serbia (1997)

- Master in Chemistry, University of Niš, Serbia (1995)

Previous positions held:

August 2014 – current Senior engineer  and PhD candidate, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

August 2010 – August 2014 PhD fellow with teaching duties, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Scientific work in Analytical Chemistry, Epidemiology and Statistics

January – April 2010 Teaching duties in Laboratory Course, General Course in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

November 2008 - 2009 Sectional engineer, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

September 2007- March 2008 An associate on the project Trace elements in grazing ruminants, led by professor Eiliv Steinnes, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

1998-2007 Analytical Toxicology Scientist at the Institute of Forensic Medicine - Niš, Serbia Experience in using GC/MS, HPLC and automated HPLC System (REMEDi HS Drug profiling system), Immunoassay Methods, UV/VIS, IR and TLC for toxicological analysis, isolation, identification and quantification of chemicals, drugs and poisons in biological samples and post-mortem samples.

1997-1998 Research trainees at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Niš, Serbia; Participating in a research project concerning isolation and identification of natural products.

1996-1997 Chemistry teachers at Ćele-kula Primary School - Niš, Serbia

1995-1996 QC Scientist at Milk Industry of Niš, Serbia

Awards

2015    Award Certificate for Research Excellence. International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH), at ISTERH2015 Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

2006    Award Certificate for outstanding qualifications as a junior scientist, research program and practice of toxicology. International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) at EUROTOX2006, Congress of European Societies of Toxicology, Cavtat, Croatia