Anica Simic
Background and activities
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
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2017) Trace Elements in Early Phase Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus – a Population-based Study. The HUNT Study in Norway. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. vol. 40.
- (2017) Trace element status in patients with type 2 diabetes in Norway: The HUNT3 Survey. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. vol. 41.
- (2015) Do trace elements play a role in type 2 diabetes?. Kjemi.
- (2015) Ca, Mg and Fe blood levels in diabetic patients differ with disease duration and glucose-lowering treatment. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. vol. 32.
- (2015) Trace elements in whole blood in the general population in Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway – the HUNT3 Survey. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. vol. 32.
- (2014) Trace elements in undiagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (HUNT3). Toxicology Letters. vol. 229.
- (2014) Do trace element differences in diabetic patients persist with time? The HUNT3 Survey. Toxicology Letters. vol. 229.
- (2014) Trace elements and type 2 diabetes - two case-control studies in HUNT3. Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement. vol. 24.
- (2012) Epidemiology of Acute Poisoning in Nis, Serbia. Clinical Toxicology. vol. 50 (4).
- (2011) Fatal pesticides-related self-poisonings in the southeastern region of Serbia-Alarming increase in suicides calls for restrictions. Toxicology Letters. vol. 205.
- (2009) A case of criminal poisoning by combination of carbamazepine and midazolam. Toxicology Letters. vol. 189S.
- (2006) Fatal poisoning by malathion following intramuscular injection and ingestion of pesticide. Toxicology Letters. vol. 164.
Report/dissertation
- (2017) Trace elements in the general population and their possible role in type 2 diabetes - the third Nord-Trøndelag Health Survey (HUNT3). 2017. ISBN 978-82-326-2684-7. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU.