Maja M. Natić is a Full Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade . She has held various academic roles since her professional associate appointment in 1999, including Researcher-intern, Assistant Trainee, Assistant, and eventually achieving the title of Full Professor in 2022. She actively participates in teaching courses like Analytical Chemistry 1 , Separation Methods , and Classical Analytical Chemistry for pharmaceutical chemistry students. Undergraduate: Chemical Sciences (University of Belgrade, 1998) Master's: Chemical Sciences (University of Belgrade, 2003) Doctorate: Chemical Sciences (University of Belgrade, 2008) Her research focuses on analytical chemistry of phenolic compounds , chromatographic methods for food authentication , and environmental pollutant analysis . She has led projects on Serbian wine authentication, soil contamination assessment between Serbia and Slovakia, and bioactive compound extraction from raspberry waste. Her work frequently employs TLC, HPLC, and LC-MS techniques. Key research trends include phenolic fingerprinting of honey, berries, and plant extracts; antioxidant capacity evaluation ; and structure-retention relationships in chromatography. She has published extensively on these topics in journals like Food Chemistry , Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , and Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society .

