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Ivana Kundačina

Ivana-Podunavac

Position:Research Associate in CST

Academic Rank: Research associate in the field of technical-technological sciences - electronics

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Dr. Ivana Kundacina is a Research Associate at the BioSense Institute. She completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics and earned a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She defended her Ph.D. thesis titled “Development and Implementation of New Sensor and Biosensor Solutions Integrated into the Lab-on-Chip Concept” in 2024. Throughout her career, Dr. Kundacina has been involved in eight national and international research projects and has worked as a visiting researcher at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, and the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAe) in Paris, France. Her research interests include microfluidics, CFD simulations, and the development of sensing and biosensing solutions integrated into miniaturized systems.

 

Center:

CST

CST

Themes:

1. Microfluidics

2. Biosensors

Projects:

1. IPANEMA – Integration of PAper-based Nucleic acid testing mEthods into Microfluidic devices for improved biosensing Applications
2. REALSENSE1 – Monitoring of cell culture parameters using sensors for biomass and nutrients/metabolites in media: Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) approach, 2019-2021; Good Food Institute 2018 Competitive Grant Program
3. REALSENSE2- FROM LAB-ON-A-CHIP TO CUSTOM BIOREACTOR: SCALE UP MODELING STUDY, 2019-2021; Good Food Institute 2018 Competitive Grant Program
4. NANOFACTS – Networking Activities for Nanotechnology-Facilitated Cancer Theranostics
5. KOMUNALT- Enhancement of knowledge and COMMUNication skills of researchers in ALTernative protein field
6. MicoLabAptaSens- Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip platform for fast detection of pathogenic bacteria using novel electrochemical aptamer-based biosensors

Publications:

  1. Podunavac I., Kukkar M., Leguillier, V., Rizzotto, F., Pavlovic, Z., Janjusevic, Lj., Costache, V., Radonic, V., Vidic, J., Low-cost goldleaf electrode as a platform for Escherichia coli immunodetection. Talanta 2023, 259, 124557. doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124557
  2. Podunavac, I., Knezic, T., Djisalov, M., Omerovic, N., Radovic, M., Janjusevic, L., Stefanovic, D., Panic, M., Gadjanski, I., Radonic, V., Mammalian Cell-Growth Monitoring Based on an Impedimetric Sensor and Image Processing within a Microfluidic Platform. Sensors 2023, 23, 3748. doi:10.3390/s23073748
  3. Podunavac, I., Djocos, M., Vejin, M., Birgermajer, S., Pavlovic, Z., Kojic, S., Petrovic, B., Radonic, V., 3D-Printed Microfluidic Chip for Real-Time Glucose Monitoring in Liquid Analytes. Micromachines 2023, 14, 503. doi:10.3390/mi14030503
  4. Joksović S, Kundačina I, Milošević I, Stanojev J, Radonić V, Bajac B. Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Modified Gold Leaf Immunosensor for Escherichia coli Detection. ACS Omega. 2024;9(20):22277-22284.s. doi:10.1021/acsomega.4c01599
  5. Podunavac, I., Radonic, V., Bengin, V., Jankovic, N., Microwave Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton-Based Sensor for Ultrasensitive Detection of Liquid Analyte Dielectric Constant. Sensors 2021, 21, 5477. doi:10.3390/s21165477