Maja D. Markovic, PhD in Chemical Engineering, was born on April 12. 1989. in Kragujevac (Serbia), where she finished elementary school and The First Kragujevac Gymnasium, majoring in natural sciences and mathematics. She started her bachelor degree studies at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade (Serbia), in the study program Chemical Engineering in 2008 and graduated in 2012 with a GPA 9.29/10.00. She started her master studies in 2012 at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade (Serbia) in the study program of Chemical Engineering and completed it in 2013 with a GPA 9.75/10.00. During her studies, she was awarded a prestigeous scholarship from the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development for all four years of study. For the exceptional GPA and course project work achieved during her studies, she received the "Panta S. Tutundžić" award from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, as well as the award from the Serbian Chemical Society. She started her PhD studies at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade (Serbia), in the study program of Chemical Engineering in 2013, and defended her doctoral thesis ”Release kinetics of a poorly water-soluble substance from carriers based on poly(methacrylic acid), casein and liposomes” on September 11, 2020. Her great point avarage during her PhD studies was 10.00/10.00. From April to November 2014, she had an internship at the company ”Herba Svet” d.o.o. in Belgrade, which is engaged in the production of plant-based diet drops and capsules. From November 2014 to July 2018, she was permanently employed in the same company, in the position of technologist, and was responsible for the standardization of herbal drops and for the control of the process parameters and the process of production of herbal drops and capsules. The Chamber of Commerce of Serbia and SGS awarded her a diploma for her technical contribution to the seminar ”GMP - Good Manufacturing Practice” (April 2016). Since July 2018, she has been employed at the Innovation Center of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade. As part of the team working on the project sponsored by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, entitled: ‟Novel encapsulation and enzyme technologies for designing of new biocatalysts and biologically active compounds targeting enhancement of food quality, safety and competitiveness" - III 46010 (2018-2020) she developed hybrid bio hydrogels based on poly(methacrylic acid), casein and liposomes for controlled release of poorly water-soluble active substances. She also cooperated with researchers who participated in the research project sponsored by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development: "Synthesis and characterization of new functional polymers and polymer nanocomposites" (OI-172062 2018-2020) and the project Program for excellent projects of young researchers – PROMIS which was funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (# 6062612 "POLYGREEN"). Dr. Maja Markovic developed biobased and sustaineble polymer materials and published several papers with these authors as a result of these colaborations. She was also part of the organizing committee of the IcETRAN 2019 international conference. Currently, she is emoplyed as a Research Associate at the Innovation Center of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, where she is responsible for the laboratory research planning, collection and analysis of experimental results, writing of research papers and for working with students.

Her research involves design of sustainable polymer materials obtained by using natural recyclable and low-cost resources, such as cellulosic materials, casein, crotonic acid etc. Her research is focused on design of the hybrid polymer materials with outstanding properties intended for biomedical applications especially for drug delivery. Keywords: Biomaterials; Polymer Engineering; Biomaterial Engineering; Biomaterial Science; Polymeric Biomaterials; Hydrogel; Smart Materials; Controlled Drug Delivery; Targeted Drug Delivery; Chemical Engineering; Polymers; Liposomes; Materials Engineering; Advanced Materials

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