Nikola Milasinovic, Serbia

Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, Department of Forensics

 WG2-member

Natural and synthetic hydrogels. Structure and properties of polymer materials and their application in medicine, pharmacy, and biomedical engineering. Synthesis and characterization of (co)polymers based on itaconic acid. Hydrogels for controlled release of therapeutic substances.
Immobilization and encapsulation of enzymes and bioactive reagents for specific purposes in hydrogels based on itaconic acid and their application in biotechnology and food industry. (Bio)polymer-based preparations for fruits post-harvest storage protection.
Forensic engineering. Polymers and polymeric (bio)materials and their application in forensics. Forensic methods for identification of polymers and polymeric (bio)materials. Polymer (Bio)Materials in the detection and enhancement of latent (finger)prints.

Projects:
Current projects:
Internal project (as Researcher), implemented with the consent of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, “Forensic Methods in Criminalistics”, 2015-2019.
A project of Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (as Research Associate), Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia, Project No. III 46010, “Novel encapsulation and enzyme technologies for designing of new biocatalysts and biologically active compounds targeting enhancement of food quality, safety and competitiveness”, 2011-2014 (prolonged).
Previous projects:
Internal project (as Researcher), implemented with the consent of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia, “Criminal-forensic processing of criminal events”, 2012-2015.
Fundamental Research Project (as Research Associate), Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia, Project No. 172062 “Synthesis and characterization of novel functional polymers and polymeric nanomaterials”, 2011-2014.
Fundamental Research Project (as Research Assistant), Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic Serbia, Project No. 142023 “The Synthesis and Characterization of the Polymeric (nano)composites of defined molecular and supermolecular structure”, 2006-2010.

  • James Ronald Day, Anu David, Jiwon Kim, Evan Andrew Farkash, Marilia Cascalho, Nikola Milašinović, Ariella Shikanov, “The impact of functional groups of poly(ethylene glycol) macromers on the physical properties of photo-polymerized hydrogels and the local inflammatory response in the host”, Acta Biomaterialia, 67 (2018) 42-52
  • Steva Lević, Verica Đorđević, Zorica Knežević-Jugović, Ana Kalušević, Nikola Milašinović, Branko Bugarski and Viktor Nedović, “Encapsulation Technology of Enzymes and Applications in Food Processing”, Microbial Enzyme Technology in Food Applications. Eds. Ramesh C. Ray, Cristina M. Rosell. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. 469-502
  • Kata Trifković, Nikola Milašinović, Verica Djordjević, Melina Kalagasidis Krušić, Zorica Knežević-Jugović, Viktor Nedović, Branko Bugarski, “Chitosan microbeads for encapsulation of thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.) polyphenols”, Carbohydrate Polymers 111 (2014) 901-907
  • Nikola Milašinović, Zorica Knežević-Jugović, Živana Jakovljević, Jovanka Filipović, Melina Kalagasidis Krušić, “Synthesis of n-amyl isobutyrate catalyzed by Candida rugosa lipase immobilized into poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-itaconic acid) hydrogels”, Chemical Engineering Journal 181-182 (2012) 614-623
  • Nikola Milašinović, Melina Kalagasidis Krušić, Zorica Knežević-Jugović, Jovanka Filipović, “Hydrogels of N-isopropylacrylamide copolymers with controlled release of a model protein”, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 383 (1-2) (2010) 53-61;