Marija Ječmenica Dučić holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy. She is currently a Research Associate at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia. She is an active member of projects: Removal of pollutants from the environment and A combined experimental and theoretical approach in the design of nanomaterials for environmental applications. Her research interests focus on carbon materials, decontamination by adsorption and electrochemical techniques, modeling, and simulation.