Boris Brkić
Dr Boris Brkić is a Principal Research Fellow at BioSense Institute. He is an electrical engineer with his BEng and PhD obtained from the University of Liverpool. His expertise lies in simulation, design, development and implementation of portable mass spectrometers. Before joining BioSense, Dr Brkić worked as a research associate at University of Liverpool and as a principal project manager at Q Technologies Ltd. In this period, he was involved with research and development of portable membrane inlet mass spectrometers (MIMS) for detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for environmental, security and energy applications. He led 10 research projects in total which included 2 Serbian national projects (Proof-of-concept and Prisma), 2 UK national projects (EPSRC), 4 EU projects (FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe) and 2 industrial projects funded by British Petroleum, British Gas, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ENI and Royal DSM. His current research interests are in areas of sustainable agriculture, personalized nutrition, food security and environmental applications.
Center:
CST
Themes:
1. Mass spectrometry
2. Environmental monitoring applications
3. Sustainable beekeeping
4. Irrigation canals
5. Oil spill monitoring
6. Aquaculture
Projects:
Publications:
1. D. Vujić, M. Aleksić, D. Ilić, E. Christoforou, L. Hadjioannou and B. Brkić, Development of in situ monitoring sensor for oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea using portable mass spectrometry, Molecules 31, 1488 (2026), doi: 10.3390/molecules31091488.
2. D. Ilić, B. Brkić and M. Turk-Sekulić, Biomonitoring: Developing a beehive air volatiles profile as an indicator of environmental contamination using a sustainable in-field technique, Sustainability 16, 1-11 (2024), doi: 10.3390/su16051713.
3. M. Aleksić, A. Simeon, D. Vujić, S. Giannoukos and B. Brkić, Food and lifestyle impact on breath VOCs using portable mass spectrometer – pilot study across European countries, Journal of Breath Research 17, 046004 (2023), doi: 10.1088/1752-7163/ace8b1.
4. S. Giannoukos, B. Brkić, S. Taylor, N. France, A. Marshall and G. Verbeck, Chemical sniffing instrumentation for security applications, Chemical Reviews 116, 8146-8172 (2016), doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00065.
5. B. Brkić, N. France and S. Taylor, Oil-in-water monitoring using membrane inlet mass spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry 83, (16), 6230-6236 (2011), doi: 10.1021/ac2008042.