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Slobodan Birgermajer

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Position:Senior research associate in CST

Academic Rank: Senior research associate

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Slobodan Birgermajer is research associate in the Center for Sensing Technologies at the BioSense Institute. Mr. Birgermajer received his PhD in microware electronics form the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, in 2019. He is currently working on development and application of the sensors in agriculture, food industry, and environmental monitoring, and he is actively involved in many H2020 projects such as ANTARES, IPANEMA SHealty, etc. His main research interest includes microwave passive devices, photonic crystals, microfluidic sensors, and 3D and 4D printing.

Center:

CST

CST

Themes:

1. Plant-O-Meter – low-cost portable multispectral optical device for precise plant status assessment

2. Agrobot for in-field soil analysis

3. FastMast – instrument for early detection of mastitis

4. Environmental monitoring applications

5. AgroSense

6. Government

7. Food Innovation and Health

Projects:

1. ANTARES- Centre of Excellence for Advanced Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
2. IPANEMA – Integration of PAper-based Nucleic acid testing mEthods into Microfluidic devices for improved biosensing Applications
3. agROBOfood- Business-Oriented Support to the European Robotics and Agri-food Sector, towards a network of Digital Innovation Hubs in Robotics
4. SHEALTHY- Non-Thermal physical technologies to preserve fresh and minimally processed fruit and vegetables
5. Development of the device for measurement and mapping of nitrogen as the most important parameter in sustainable agriculture
6. Optimization of sampling location and number of soil samples based on processing of satellite images of plots and zoning in order to reduce costs
7. The use of satellite images during the growing season in order to visualize crop variation and develop maps for rational variable nitrogen supplementation
8. Analysis of collected data using unmanned aerial vehicles
9. Application of modern information technologies in vocational agricultural schools and agricultural stations
10. Detection of usurped state-owned agricultural land and detection of burning of crop residues on the territory of APV
11. AgroSense APV
12. Code: Re-farm – Consumer-driven demands to reframe farming systems
13. FLEXIGROBOTS-Flexible robots for intelligent automation of precision agriculture operations
14. DIATOMIC- Digital Innovation Hubs boosting European Microelectronics Industry
15. IoF2020 – Internet of Food and Farm 2020
16. KATANA – Emerging industries as key enablers for the adoption of advanced technologies in the agrifood sector
17. Smart-AKIS- European Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) towards innovation-driven research in Smart Farming Technology
18. Development of 3D-printing functional materials and magnetic components prototyping
19. EUREKA WaQuMoS – Water Quality Monitoring System with Multi-Parameter IoT Sensor Nodes for Proactive Water Resource Management, 2019-2022, E!13044
20. CleanNanoCatalyze – In situ pollutants removal from waters by sustainable green nanotechnologie
21. Know4Nano

Publications:

  1. S. Birgermajer, N. Janković, V. Radonić, V. Crnojević-Bengin, M. Bozzi, “Microstrip-Ridge Gap Waveguide Filter Based on Cavity Resonators With Mushroom Inclusions,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 136–146, Jan. 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2017.2750149
  2. Vasa Radonić, Goran Kitić, Slobodan Birgermajer, “Microfluidic EBG Sensor Based on Phase-Shift Method Realized Using 3D Printing Technology”, Sensors 2017, 17(4), 892; DOI: 10.3390/s17040892
  3. Kitić, G., Tagarakis, A., Cselyuszka, N., Panić, M., Birgermajer, S., Sakulski, D., Matović, J., “A new low-cost portable multispectral optical device for precise plant status assessment”, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 162, 300–308, April 2019, DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2019.04.021
  4. S. Birgermajer, N. Janković, V. Crnojević-Bengin, and V. Radonić, “Millimetre-Wave Dual-Mode Filters Realized in Microstrip-Ridge Gap Waveguide Technology,” Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves, 40, 1, 92-107 Jan. 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10762-018-0550-y
  5. Kojić, S., Birgermajer, S., Radonić, V. et al. Optimization of hybrid microfluidic chip fabrication methods for biomedical application. Microfluid Nanofluid 24, 66 (2020), DOI: 10.1007/s10404-020-02372
  6. Brunet, S. I., Erceg, T., Janjušević, L., Birgermajer, S., Odanović, M., Puškaš, V., & Miljić, U. (2025). Materials for yeast immobilization in alcoholic fermentation: Bridging conventional techniques and 3D bioprinting. Polymers, 17(23), 3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17233094

Patent:

- System and method for intelligent soil sampling