Biography - Bigović Miljan

Date and place of birth: 13. 08. 1984., Nikšić, Montenegro, Yugoslavia

Adress: Dragovolučka 2, 81400, Nikšić, Montenegro

E-mail:              

                                  miljan@ucg.ac.me   

Education:

1999 – 2003  High school,, Stojan Cerovic "- Niksic, natural-mathematical direction

2003 – 2009  Undergraduate - Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, start off  07. 07. 2003. na study group Chemist ; finished the course Organic Chemistry with an average grade 8.93 during the study,; thesis titled ,, Synthesis of cyclohexene derivates by domino reaction of allyl phosphate ” defended 25. september 2009. year, with an grade of 10 (ten)

2009 – 2015 Doctoral Studies - Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade. Doctoral thesis with the title: ,, Allylation with highly-functionalized organometallic reagents: 4- (bromomethyl) -1,3-dioxol-2-one as a synthetic equivalent of the enolate of the hydroxy ketones“ defended on 29 September 2015 at the Faculty of Chemistry.

Kretanje u službi:

2009.-  researcher / Innovation center of the Faculty, Belgrade

2011.-  associate researcher / Innovation center of the Faculty, Belgrade

2012. – a teaching assistant / Faculty of Natural Science, University of Montenegro, Podgorica

2016 – assistant professor / Faculty of Natural  Science, University of Montenegro, Podgorica

2016 - vice Dean for education / Faculty of Natural Science, University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Educational activities:

Performed experimental exercises in the following subjects:

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade: Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 (programs: Biochemistry and Biology), Organic Synthesis 1 and 2 (program: Chemistry);

Faculty of Science, University of Montenegro: Chemistry (program: Biotechnical Faculty), Organic Chemistry (program Biology) i Medical biochemistry and chemistry (program:  Medical Faculty). Since 2014 has been engaged in carrying out lectures in Organic Chemistry for students of Biology and Chemistry (organic fraction, for students of the Biotechnical Faculty).

Currently lecturing with the following programs

Organic Chemistry (program Biology), Organic chemistry 1 (program:  Pharmacy), and Organic Chemistry (Faculty for chemical engineering). 

Scientific interest:

Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry

Publications:

Papers in international journals:

4723. Bigovic, V. Maslak, Z. Tokic-Vujosevic, V. Divjakovic and R. N. Saicic (2011), A useful synthetic equivalent of a hydroxuacetone enolate, Organic Letters, 13 (17), 4720-4723. ISSN: 1523-7060 (Print), ISSN: 1523-7052 (Online)

M. Bigovic, S. Skaro, V. Maslak, R. N. Saicic, (2013), Expanding the scope of the indium-promoted allylation reaction: 4-(bromomethyl)-1,3-dioxol-2-one as a synthetic equivalent of a 3-arylhydroxyacetone enolate, Tetrahedron Letters, 54, 6624-6626. ISSN: 0040-4039

T. Narancic, J. Radivojevic, P. Jovanovic, Dj. Francuski, M. Bigovic, V. Maslak, V. Savic, B. Vasiljevic, K. O’Connor, J. Nikodinovic-Runic, (2013), Highly efficient Michael-tupe addition of acetaldehide to β-nitrostyrenes by whole resting cells of Escherichia coli expressing 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase, Bioresource Tehnology, Vol. 142, 462-468, 2013. ISSN: 0960-8524

Kastratović, V., Krivokapić, S., Bigović, M., Đurović, D., Blagojević, N. (2014) Bioaccumulation and translocation of heavy metals by Ceratophyllum demersum from Skadar Lake, Montenegro, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 79(11):  1445–1460. ISSN 0352-5139 (Print)  ISSN 1820-7421 (Online)

Kastratović V., Jaćimović Ž., Bigović M., Đurović D. and Krivokapić S. (2016) Environmental Status and Geochemical Assessment Sediments of Lake Skadar, Montenegro. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,  DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5459-0

134. Kastratović, Ž. Jaćimović, D. Đurović, M. Bigović, S. Krivokapić, (2015), Lemna minor L. As bioindicator of heavy metal pollution in Skadar Lake, Montenegro, Kragujevac Journal of Science 37, 123-134. ISSN 1450-9636

Vlatko Kastratović, Željko Jaćimović, Miljan Bigović, Dijana Đurović, Slađana Krivokapić (2016) The distribution and accumulation of chromium in the water, sediment and macrophytes of Skadar Lake, Kragujevac Journal of Sciences, 38:125-134.

Vlatko Kastratović, Željko Jaćimović, Miljan Bigović, Milica Kosović, Dijana Đurović, Slađana Krivokapić (2017) Seasonal Patterns of copper in a system of sediment-water-macrophytes, Fresenius Environmental Bulltein, 26: 1247-1253.

Željko K. Jaćimović, Milica Kosović, Goran A. Bogdanović, Sladjana B. Novaković,Gerald Giester and Miljan Bigović "The crystal structure of ethyl 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate,C13H10F3N3O4 " Z. Kristallogr. NCS 2017, 232 (4), 651-653

Knowledge of foreign languages: 

English and Russian

Working on computer:

MS Office

Chemical applications:Chem Draw and Chem Scatch

Bilateral projects

Participant in several bilateral projects implemented between Montenegro and Serbia, Croatian and Hungary.

Other interests and engagements:

• Membership in Serbian chemical Society and Chemical Society of Montenegro;
• Participation in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Festival of Science of Serbia;
• - Involvement in the preparation of demonstration experiments at various events that were held at the Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade (Night of the Museums etc.) as well as interest in performance, improvement and modernization of chemistry teaching in schools and universities;
• Membership of the Organizing Committee of the 14th European Conference of Chemistry of the Environment (European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, EMEC), 4-7. December 2013 in Budva.
• Evaluator tests for primary and secondary education at the National Competition in Chemistry organized by the Examination Center of Montenegro.
• Author and viewer competition tests in chemistry for ninth graders and 3rd and 4th grade of secondary school in the Olympiads organized by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Montenegro.
• From 2014 hired as a tutor and lecturer at the Winter and Summer School of Science, organized by the Foundation Prona;
• Coordinator of the first items of chemistry at the Days of Science at the Faculty of Science, held in 2015 under the name ,,Take a peek into the magical world of Chemistry. "

- Head of Chemistry booth at the event,, Researchers Night "organized by the Prona foundation, called     ,, How are living beings defend - chemistry at work."