Center for sensing technologies

Center for Information Technologies

Center for Innovation and Business Development

Project aim: SHEALTHY proposal aims to assess and develop an optimal combination of non-thermal sanitization, preservation and stabilization methods to improve the safety (inactivation of pathogens and spoilage microorganisms), while preserving the nutritional quality (up to 30%) and prolonging the shelf-life (up to 50%) of minimally processed F&amp;V products.
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About the project: By combining and modulating non-thermal technologies with minimally processing operation, we will respond to consumers’ demand for fresh, healthy, convenient, sustainable, and locally produced and additive-free food. The combined and optimized mild technologies will be demonstrated and validated in 2 business cases: Minimally processed fruits and vegetables and Fruit and vegetable-based juices &amp; smoothies. Sanitization during washing will be optimized by applying in combination ultrasound (US), electrolyzed water, plasma activated water, High Intensity Pulsed Light and Blue Light. Bioactive coating, active and intelligent packaging will be applied for quality preservation and shelf-life extension of minimally processed F&amp;V. F&amp;V-based juices &amp; smoothies will be stabilized by US and high-pressure processing. For F&amp;V by-product valorization, US, pulsed electric field and membrane filtration will be used to extract bioactive compounds. Sustainable and flexible processing methods will be transferred and adapted to the need of local F&amp;V micro and SMEs, interconnecting primary producers through novel cooperative business models and new logistics systems, to enhance the traceability and authenticity of raw materials along the F&amp;V value chain. Commercial feasibility will be assessed, including consumer acceptance and regulatory, safety and environmental aspects. SHEALTHY will combine the technology trends and consumer needs to afford the business models, technology transfer and market orientation that will facilitate the transition towards a new collaborative agri-food ecosystem for traditional, local, and rural SMEs around EU.

Milica Trajković

Vladislava Grbović works as a Project Manager within the Center for Innovation and Business Development at the BioSense Institute. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Business in Services, and a master's degree from the Faculty of Tourism, where she specialized in Eco Villages. With a rich professional background, she has several years of experience working with international corporations. Throughout her career path, she has actively participated in the planning, application, and execution of both national and international projects, taken charge of event organization and support, and engaged in collaborative efforts with the business sector. Since joining the BioSense Institute's Center for Innovation and Business Development in May 2023, she has been working on the implementation of large-scale Horizon Europe projects.

Vladislava Grbović

Milica Brkić is a researcher at the Biosense Institute and a doctoral student of Informatics with a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Master diploma in Data science obtained at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia. During her doctoral studies, she spent the summer semester at the University of Coimbra in Portugal where she studied as a scholarship holder of the Erasmus+ Exchange Program. Since November 2018 Milica has been working as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Sciences, she is responsible for the Programming for data science course. Her research focuses on the application of machine learning in agriculture. She was a part of the BioSense team that developed a novel algorithm for the classification of maize hybrids tolerant to drought and heat stress, which won the third prize at the Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics 2019.

Milica Brkić

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.

Slobodan Birgermajer

Dr Nikolina Janković (F) senior researcher in the Center for Sensing Technologies in the BioSense Institute. Author and co-author of more than 40 journal and conference papers and 5 book chapters. Main research interest metamaterials, plasmonics, acoustics, sensors, and microwave passive devices. The coordinator of the H2020 MSCA-RISE project NOCTURNO and EUREKA project WaQUMoS in Serbia. Well versed in EU regulations and procedures and the EC funded projects. In the last seven years, participated in two FP7 projects: MultiWaveS and InnoSense (Financial and Administrative Manager and WP leader), as well as in three H2020 projects (H2020 Teaming ANTARES, NOCTURNO, and SHealthy).

Nikolina Janković

Mina Mirović is a junior reseacher at BioSense Institute. She holds a BSc in Mechatronics from Faculty of Novi Sad and MSc in Mechatronics, Robotics and Embedded Systems from London South Bank University.

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Mina Mirović

Milena Jakšić works at BioSense Institute as a research assistant. She is PhD student in Biochemistry at Faculty of Natural Sciences within University of Novi Sad, at which she has received her bachelor and master’s degree, as well. Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry based chemical and biochemical analysis represent her research focus, emphasizing portable mass spectrometric systems with application in volatolomics.

Milena Jakšić

Dr. Jovan Matovic is the principal scientist in BIOSENSE Institute. Dr. Matovic has a PhD in applied physics, MSc in material science and BS in mechanical engineering. Work of Dr. Matovic covers sensor and instrument design, novel materials and µ-fluidics. Dr Matovic received awards from European Space Agency for novel solution for satellite thermal management in 2004 and winning Challenge at Nature &amp; Cleveland Clinic, for novel neurosurgery instrument "Avoidance of Blood Vessels During Insertion of Medical Probes” in the amount of 30.000$ in 2012. Dr Matovic has over 1100 and citations and was project manager in multiple Austrian and EU projects i-10 index 25

Jovan Matović

Jovana Stanojev is a research assistant and a PhD student at the Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad. She studied materials engineering. She is working towards finishing her PhD thesis. Topic of her PhD thesis is "Development of uncooled infrared detector based on lead selenide". Her current research focuses are development of new materials for sensors, nanomaterials and nanomembranes, microfluidics, development of organ-on-a-chip platforms, cell culturing.

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Jovana Stanojev

Goran Kitić works at the position of the Head of the Center for Sensing Technologies within the BioSense Institute. He received a PhD degree from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia in 2016 on the subject of microwave soil moisture sensors. Goran Kitić developed experience in the field of different fabrication technologies (LTCC, thin&amp;thick film technology, microfabrication, PCB, wire bonding, machining, and 3D printing) and characterization methods (electron microscopy, EDS spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, optical profilometry, electrical measurements). His research interests are related to the development of sensors applied in agriculture, food sector and environmental protection. Some of the developed sensor prototypes involve a multispectral sensor for plant status assessment, soil moisture sensor, a device for early mastitis detection, nitrates in water detector. Besides stated, he is heavily involved in the development of a robotic system for soil sampling and analysis. His research work resulted in seven international journal publications, and numerous papers published on international conferences. During his research career, he was involved in 13 international and national projects.

Goran Kitić

Dr Branimir Bajac (M), researcher at BioSense institute, received the Ph.D. degrees in 2017 at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia, in field of materials engineering. Author and co-author of more than 30 papers in international journals and conferences and 1 book chapter. His PhD involves research in ceramic multiferroic thin films, but his current scientific interests are in fields of metal-oxide gas sensors, biopolymers and optical gas sensors in smart food packaging. Experienced in various material procesing techniques and film deposition, characterization of their structural and functional properties. In the last 5 years a member of two H2020 projects (Shealthy, PROTEIN), two COST projects, one EUREKA, and two national Serbian project.

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Branimir Bajac

Ms. Isidora Stojačić (F) works as a Project Manager at the Business Development Department at BioSense Institute. She obtained her bachelor’s degree at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, and her master’s degree at the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Faculty of Agriculture and Life
Sciences and at the Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Life Sciences. She has a few years of experience in project management, research, and project proposal writing. She has been involved in various topics, mostly related to Responsible Research and Innovation, co-creation, social design and implementation, market and business exploitation and multi-actor engagement strategies. She has been involved in Horizon2020, ERASMUS+ and National projects.

Isidora Stojačić

Sanja Brdar is a senior researcher and head of the Centre for Information Technologies at BioSense Institute. She received a PhD degree from the University of Novi Sad in 2016. Prior to starting her PhD studies, she spent two years working in the software industry with a major in databases design and development. In 2010 she was awarded a ten-month Basileus fellowship for joining the Bioinformatics Laboratory at University of Ljubljana which set the foundations for the PhD thesis on data/knowledge fusion in bioinformatics. Currently, she is actively involved in many projects including H2020 Antares, Dragon, Bestmap and Flexigrobots and teaches two master level courses at Faculty of Sciences. Her research interests include machine learning, explainable AI and bioinformatics. She works on ensemble methods, data fusion, clustering, and predictive modelling with applications in biology, agriculture, environmental sciences and health. She enjoys participating in worldwide data science challenges and with the team of researchers made significant results: placed third in Nokia Mobile Data Challenge (2012), finalist of Orange, France, Data for Development Challenge (2013), finalist/winner/third place of Syngenta Crop Challenge (2016, 2017, 2019) and finalist of UNDP Depopulation challenge (2020).

Sanja Brdar

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and  innovation program under grant agreement No. 817936.                          


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SHEALTHY- Non-Thermal physical technologies to preserve fresh and minimally processed fruit and vegetables

Centar za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja

Centar za senzorske tehnologije

Centar za Informacione Tehnologije

Cilj projekta: SHEALTHY ima za cilj da proceni i razvije optimalnu kombinaciju netermalnih metoda dezinfekcije, očuvanja i stabilizacije kako bi se poboljšala bezbednost (inaktivacija patogena i kvarljivih mikroorganizama), uz istovremeno očuvanje hranjivih materija (do 30%) i produženje roka trajanja (do 50%) minimalno prerađenih proizvoda od voća i povrća.
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O projektu: Kombinacijom i modulacijom netermalnih tehnologija s minimalnim postupkom obrade projekat SHEALTHY odgovoriće na tražnju potrošača za svežom, zdravom, održivom i lokalno proizvedenom hranom bez aditiva. Ishod ove kombinacije tehnologija sa minimalnim postupkom obrade biće prikazan i potvrđen kroz 2 slučaja: minimalno prerađeno voće i povrće, i sokovi i slatkiši na bazi voća i povrća. Sanitizacija tokom pranja biće optimizovana primenom kombinacije ultrazvuka (US), elektrolizovane vode, vode aktivirane plazmom, pulsirajućeg svetla visokog intenziteta i plavog svetla. Bioaktivni premaz, aktivna i inteligentna ambalaža biće primienjena za očuvanje kvaliteta i produženje roka trajanja minimalno obrađenih proizvoda hrane i pića. Sokovi i napitci na bazi voća i povrća biće stabilizovani postupkom obrade ultrazvukom i visokim pritiskom. Za valorizaciju sporednih proizvoda od voća i povrća, za ekstrakciju bioaktivnih jedinjenja koristiće se ultrazvuk, pulsirano električno polje i membranska filtracija. Održive i fleksibilne metode obrade preneće se i prilagoditi potrebama lokalnih mikro, malih i srednjih preduzeća koja se bave voćem i povrćem, povezujući primarne proizvođače kroz nove zadružne poslovne modele i nove logističke sisteme, kako bi se poboljšala sledivost i autentičnost sirovina duž lanca vrednosti na tržištu voća i povrća. Proceniće se komercijalna izvodljivost, uključujući i analizu glavne grupe potrošača i regulatornih, sigurnosnih i ekoloških aspekata. SHEALTHY će kombinovati tehnološke trendove i potrebe potrošača kako bi stvorio poslovne modele, transfer tehnologije i tržišnu orijentaciju koja će olakšati tranziciju ka novom zajedničkom poljoprivredno-prehrambenom ekosistemu za tradicionalna, lokalna i ruralna mala i srednja preduzeća širom Evrope.

Vladislava Grbović radi kao menadžer projekata u Centru za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja Instituta BioSense. Poseduje diplomu osnovnih studija sa Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, Fakulteta za uslužni biznis i master diplomu sa Fakulteta za turizam, sa specijalizacijom za Eko sela. Ima višegodišnje profesionalno iskustvo rada u međunarodnim korporacijama. Tokom svog profesionalnog puta, aktivno je učestvovala u planiranju, prijavi i realizaciji nacionalnih i međunarodnih projekata, bila je odgovorna za organizaciju događaja i pružanje podrške, te se angažovala u saradnji sa sektorom privrede. Od maja 2023. godine, otkako se pridružila Centru za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja Instituta BioSense, aktivno radi na implementaciji projekata u okviru programa Horizon Europe.

Goran Kitić je zaposlen na poziciji Rukovodioca centra za senzorske tehnologije na Institutu BioSens. Doktorirao je na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu 2016. godine na temu mikrotalasnih senzora vlažnosti zemljišta. Goran Kitić ima iskustva u oblastima raznih tehnologija fabrikacije (LTCC, debeloslojna i tankoslojna tehnologija, mikrofabrikacija, PCB, wire bonding, mašinska obrada i 3D štampa) i metoda karakterizacije (elektronska mikroskopija, EDS spektoroskopija, UV/Vis spektroskopija, optička profilometrija, električna merenja). Njegova istraživanja su u vezi sa razvojem senzora koji svoju primenu imaju u poljoprivredi, prehrambenom sektoru i zaštiti životne sredine. Neki od razvijenih prototipa senzora uključuju multispektralni senzor za utvrđivanje statusa biljaka, senzor vlažnosti zemljišta, uređaj za rano otkrivanje mastitisa, detektor nitrata u vodi. Pored navedenog, u velikoj meri je uključen u razvoj robotskog sistema za uzorkovanje i analizu zemljišta. Njegovo istraživanje je publikovano u 7 međunarodnih časopisa, i brojnim radovima objavljenim na međunarodnim konferencijama. Tokom svoje karijere, učestvovao je u 13 međunarodnih i nacionalnih projekata.

Milica Brkić je istraživač na Institutu Biosens i student doktorskih studija Informatike. Završila je osnovne studije matematike i master studije nauke o podacima na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu (PMF) u Novom Sadu. Tokom letnjeg semestra druge godine doktorskih studija kao stipendista Erasmus + programa razmene provela je na Univerzitetu u Koimbri, Portugal. Od novembra 2018. radi kao asistent u nastavi na master kursu Programiranje u nauci o podacima na PMF-u. Fokus njenog istraživanja je primena mašinskog učenja u poljoprivredi. Milica je bila deo tim BioSensa koji je razvio novi algoritam za klasifikaciju hibrida kukuruza koji si otporni na sušu i toplotni stress, i za koji su osvojili treću nagradu na Sindžentinom “Izazovu za useve” 2019. godine.

Slobodan Birgermajer je naučni saradnik u Centru za Senzorske Tehnologije pri Institutu BioSens. Doktorat iz mikrotalasne elektronike odbranio je 2019. godine na Fakultetu Tehničkoih Nauka, Univerziteta u Novom Sadu. Trenutno radi na razvoju i primeni senzora u poljprivredi, prehrambenoj industriji i monitoringu životne sredine, i aktivno je uključena na više međunarodnih projekata iz poziva H2020, kao što su ANTARES, SHEALTY, IPANEMA, i drugi. Takođe, domen istraživanja obuhvata razvoj i fabrikaciju mikrotalasnih pasivnih kola, fotonskih kristala, mikrofludinih senzora, kao i 3D i 4D tehnologiju štampe.

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Dr Nikolina Janković je stariji Istraživač u Centru za senzorske tehnologije Instituta BioSens. Autor i koautor više od 40 radova u časopisima i na konferencijama, kao i 5 poglavlja u knjigama. Njena polja interesovanja uključuju metamaterijale, akustiku, plazmoniku, senzore i mikrotalasna pasivna kola. Koordinator je H2020 MSCA-RISE projekta NOCTURNO i EUREKA projekat WaQUMoS u Srbiji. In poslednjih sedam godina učestvovala je u 2 FP7 projekta MultiWaveS i InnoSense (menadžer projekta i vođa radnog paketa), kao i u 3 H2020 projekta (H2020 Teaming ANTARES (vođa radnog paketa), NOCTURNO (rukovodilac) i SHealthy).

Mina Mirović je zaposlena kao mlađi istraživač na BioSense Institutu. Osnovne studije iz oblasti mehatronike završila na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu a Master studije iz oblasti mehatronike, robotike i embeded sistema završila je na London South Bank Univerzitetu.

Milena Jakšić radi na Biosens Institutu na poziciji istraživač saradnik. Student je doktorskih studija biohemije na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu, Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, gde je završila i osnovne i master akademske studije biohemije. U fokusu njenih istraživanja su hromatografske tehnike i masena spektrometrija – sa akcentom na portabilnu masenu spektrometriju i analizu lako isparljivih organskih jedinjenja

Dr. Matović je doktorirao u oblasti primenjene fizike, magistrirao u oblasti nauke o materijalima i diplomirao mašinstvo. Istrživački rad dr Matovića pokriva dizajn senzora i instrumenata, nove materijale i µ-fluidnike. Dr Matović je dobio nagrade Evropske svemirske agencije za novo rešenje za satelitsko upravljanje toplotom 2004. godine i dobitnik nagrade na takmičenju održanom u klinici Nature &amp; Cleveland, za novi neurohirurški instrument „Izbegavanje krvnih sudova tokom umetanja medicinskih sondi“ u iznosu od 30.000 američkih dolara. Dr Matovic ima preko 1100 citata i učestvovao je u mnogobrojnim evropskim projektima.

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Jovana Stanojev je istraživač saradnik i student doktorskih studija na Tehnološkom fakultetu u Novom Sadu, na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu. Studirala je inženjerstvo materijala i trenutno završava svoju doktorsku disertaciju. Tema njene doktorske disertacije je "Razvoj nehlađenog infracrvenog detektora na bazi olovo selenida". Njeno istraživanje se fokusira na razvoj novih materijala za senzore, nanomaterijala i nanomembrana, mikrofluidiku, uzgajanje ćelijskih kultura i razvoj platformi organ-na-čipu.

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Dr Branimir Bajac (M), stariji istraživač na Institutu Biosens, doktorirao je 2017. godine na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, Tehnološki fakultet Novi Sad, Srbija, u oblasti inženjerstva materijala. Autor i koautor više od 30 radova u međunarodnim časopisima i konferencijama i jednog poglavlja o knjizi. Njegov doktorat obuhvata istraživanje keramičkih multiferoičnih tankih filmova, dok mu se trenutna naučna interesovanja nalaze u oblasti metal-oksidnih gasnih senzora, biopolimera i optičkih senzora gasova kod pametne ambalaže za hranu. Poseduje široko iskustvo u raznim tehnikama procesiranja materijala i depoziciji filmova, karakterizaciji njihovih strukturnih i funkcionalnih svojstava. U poslednjih 5 godina član dva H2020 projekta (SHealthy, PROTEIN), dva COST projekta, jednog EUREKA i dva nacionalna projekta republičkog ministarstva.

Isidora Stojačić radi kao menadžer na projektima u Centru za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja Instituta BioSens. Diplomirala je na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu, na Ekonomskom fakultetu, završila master na Univerzitetu Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fakultetu za poljoprivredu kao i na Tehničkom univerzitetu u Minhenu, na Fakultetu prirodnih nauka. Isidora ima iskustva u upravljanju projektima, istraživanju i pisanju predloga projekata. Tokom svoje karijere, imala je dodira sa različitim temama projekata, uglavnom povezanim sa odgovornim istraživanjima i inovacijama (RRI), zajedničkim društvenim stvaranjem vrednosti, socijalnim dizajnom i implementacijom istog, tržišnim i poslovnim strategijama i razvojnim projektima. Bila je uključena u programe Horizon2020, ERASMUS + i srpske nacionalne projekte.

Dr Sanja Brdar je naučni saradnik i rukovodilac Centra za informacione tehnologije na Institutu BioSens. Doktorirala je na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu 2016. Pre početka doktorata provela je dve godine u softverskoj kompaniji u timu za razvoj baza podataka. Desetomesečnu Basileus stipendiju za istražvački boravak u Laboratoriji za bioinformatiku na Univerzitetu u Ljubljani dobila je 2010. godine i time postavila osnove za doktorat u oblasti fuzije podataka/znanja u bioinformatici. Aktivno je uključena u mnoge projekte, uključujući H2020 Antares, Dragon, Bestmap i Flekigrobots i predavač je na dva master predmeta na Prirodno-matematičkom fakultetu, smer Nauka o podacima. Njena istraživačka interesovanja uključuju mašinsko učenje, objašnjivu veštačku inteligenciju i bioinformatiku. Radi na ansambalskim metodama, fuziji podataka, klasterizaciji i prediktivnom modelovanju sa primenom u biologiji, poljoprivredi, životnoj sredini i javnom zdravlju. Učesnica je na svetskim izazovima iz nauke o podacima i sa timom istraživača postigla je značajne rezultate: treće mesto na Nokia Mobile Data Challenge (2012), finalista Orange France, Data for Development Challenge (2013), finalista / pobednik / treće mesto na Singenta Crop Challenge (2016, 2017, 2019) i finalista UNDP izazova depopulacije Srbije (2020).

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Ovaj projekat je finansiran od strane Evropske Unije, iz programa za Istraživanje i Inovacije-Horizont 2020, pod sporazumom o grantu broj 817936.              

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