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Promotion of centers of excellence

In the Republic of Serbia, there are currently 15 Scientific Centerс of Excellence. This status can only be obtained by those that achieve top-notch, internationally recognized scientific and professional results and achievements in a specific scientific discipline and, based on that, have developed international scientific, technical, and technological cooperation. The association Knowledge Committee of Serbia, with the help of the Center for the Promotion of Science, realized the project "Centers of excellence," which they were presented to the general public.

Two centers of excellence have been accredited at ICTM:  the Center for Microelectronic Technologies and the Center for Environmental Chemistry and engineering. Their presentation can be seen at:

• Center of Excellence - Center for Environmental Chemistry and engineering:

• Center of Excellence - Centri izuzetnih vrednosti - Center for Microelectronic Technologies:

In-house promotion of the newly established International Cooperation and Project Office (ICPO)

The beginning of February was dedicated to promoting the newly established office and BIOLAWEB project at UB-ICTM.

We are glad to announce that our new office has an official name, the International Cooperation and Project Office, and an expanded team. Representatives of the ICPO and BIOLAWEB team have conducted the first survey (questionnaire) to identify the needs, skills, and competencies required for new office staff.

The in-house promotion started with the Department of Electrochemistry, Department of Ecology and Technoeconomic, Department of Materials and Metallurgy, and Department of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering. The second day was dedicated to the Department of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering and the Department of Microelectronic Technologies. On the last day, the promotion was held at the Department of Chemistry.

ICPO’s goal is to support our researchers in their efforts to submit and implement more high-quality research projects. Collecting data on the needs of UB-ICTM researchers, their ambitions for applying to international projects, and their interest in developing a scientific strategy in the field of biomonitoring is the first step towards achieving this goal.

1st BIOLAWEB Workshop – onsite places are filled, registration for online participation still open

The BIOLAWEB team is delighted you have shown so much interest in the workshop “Metabarcoding of diatoms and phytoplankton for biomonitoring”.

Places for onsite attendance are filled, but you can still register and join us online.

Registration is open until February 28th via the link https://forms.gle/fgQVow1ArGDkB71k6

Do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions: biolaweb2021@gmail.com

The success of our researchers - approved bilateral projects with Germany proposed by Dr. Miroslav Pavlović and Dr. Vesna Cvetković

As part of the Call for co-financing scientific and technological cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Germany for the two-year project period 2023/2024, 13 projects were approved out of a total of 35 proposed that met the conditions of the Competition. Among the approved projects are two projects that researchers from ICTM on the part of the Republic of Serbia will manage:

• Dr Miroslav Pavlović, ICTM-a and prof. dr Srećko Stopić, RWTH Aachen University – „Razvoj i testiranje novih metal-oksidnih katalizatora za reakcije redukcije i izdvajanja kiseonika u metal/vazduh baterijama // Development and testing of novel metallic oxide catalysts for ORR/OER reactions in metal/air batterise“
• Dr Vesna Cvetković, ICTM and prof. dr Bernd Friedrich, RWTH Aachen University – „Razvoj novog održivog procesa recikliranja Dy iz permanentnih NdFeB magneta // Development of a novel sustainable recycling process for Dy from high-tech NdFeB magnets“

A list of all approved projects can be found on the Ministry's website: Bilateral cooperation (nitra.gov.rs)

Congratulations to our colleagues and their teams on the received bilateral projects, and we wish them much success in the realization of the planned research!