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Dr Biljana Nikić

др Биљана Никић

Dr Biljana Nikić

Senior research associate Development of numerical and experimental methods in radiation and atomic physics
Education: Doctor of Science - Physical Sciences
Address: Institute of Information Technologies Kragujevac, Liceja Kneževine Srbije 1A, 34000 Kragujevac
Email: bmilenkovic@kg.ac.rs
IBI researcher number: AW261
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Brief description of the research

Dr. Biljana Nikić's research is focused on the detection of ionizing radiation using solid-state trace detectors. An algorithm has been developed for estimating the distribution of alpha particle traces on CR-39 detectors exposed in radon diffusion chambers, which has been experimentally tested, and the model is planned to be extended to LR-115 and macrofol detectors. Additionally, research includes measurements of concentrations of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment, measurement of concentrations of radon and its progeny in indoor spaces, examination of correlations between radon concentrations and 226Ra in soil, as well as the transfer of radionuclides from soil to plants. The plan is also to compare methods for determining the radon emanation fraction based on gamma spectrometry and fitting data obtained using the RAD7 device.

Selected references
  1. Milenkovic B, Stajic J.M, Zeremski T, Strbac S, Stojic N, Nikezic D, Is Kragujevac city still a “hot spot” area, twenty years after the bombing?, Chemosphere, 245, 125610, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125610
  2. Biljana Milenkovic, Jelena M. Stajic, Natasa Stojic, Mira Pucarevic, Snezana Strbac, Evaluation of heavy metals and radionuclides in fish and seafood products, Chemosphere, 229, 324–331, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.189
  3. Biljana Milenkovic, Jelena M. Stajic, Ljiljana Gulan, Tijana Zeremski, Dragoslav Nikezic, Radioactivity levels and heavy metals in the urban soil of Central Serbia, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22, 16732–16741, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4869-9
  4. Milenkovic B, Stevanovic N, Nikezic D, Ivanovic M, Computer program Neutron_CR-39 for simulation of neutrons from an Am-Be source and calculation of proton track profiles, Computer Physics Communications, 182, 1536–1542, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2011.03.024
  5. Biljana Milenković, Dragoslav Nikezić, Nenad Stevanović, A simulation of neutron interaction from Am-Be source with the CR-39 detector, Radiation Measurements, 45, 1338–1341, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.06.049