Jelena Muncan

Applications of Aquaphotomics in Biodiagnostics, Biomeasurements and Biomonitoring (Abstract)

Dr Jelena Muncan obtained her PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering (2014) at the University of Belgrade, Serbia in the field of non-invasive glucose sensing. In 2017. she received Japanese Society for Promotion of Science post-doctoral research fellowship at Kobe University, Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory of Graduate School of Agriculture where, under guidance of Prof. Dr Roumiana Tsenkova she is researching applications of aquaphotomics for non-invasive mastitis diagnosis in dairy cows. She currently holds a position of an Assistant Professor at the Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade in Serbia.

Since 2011 she was introduced to the field of aquaphotomics, which considerably shaped all her subsequent research. Her research area is very wide and highly multidisciplinary, encompassing characterization of nanomaterials/materials/biomaterials and their interaction with water, biomedical diagnostics, monitoring and therapy. In all these research projects aquaphotomics plays key role. Her research efforts are directed toward better understanding of the role water has in biocompatibility and function of materials on macro as well as on nano scale. In diagnostics, the quest for water biomarker in body fluids could lead to minimally invasive and non-invasive detection based on the imprint of cumulative changes of all biomolecules with the role in disease pathogenesis. Her ultimate goal is to translate the research results of aquaphotomics to biomedical and other engineering applications.

Jelena Munćan is the author or co-author of more than 60 publications published in international journals and monographs as well as presented at various international conferences worldwide.