Teaching Assistant M.Sc. Sofija Popovska Blazhevska

Biography

Date and place of birth: 15.02.1997, Bitola, North Macedonia

Education:

  • 2022/2023 – ongoing – Doctoral studies, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje.
  • 2019/2020–2022 – Master studies, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, Applied Chemistry.
    Master thesis: “Influence of the partial substitution of Sm and Gd with Er on the structure and properties of RE1-xErxFeO3 perovskites (RE = Sm or Gd, x = 0; 0.2 or 0.4)” under supervision of Prof. Dr. Sandra Dimitrovska-Lazova.
  • 2015–2019 – Undergraduate studies, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, Applied Chemistry.
    Bachelor thesis: “Preparation of composite materials from organic-inorganic perovskite with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: MWCNTs - CH3NH3PbI3” under supervision of Prof. Dr. Sandra Dimitrovska-Lazova.
  • 2011–2015 – High school, Secondary School „Josip Broz Tito”, Bitola.

Work Experience:

  • 2023–present – Assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje.
  • 2020–2023 – Senior Laboratory Assistant, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje.
  • 2019–2020 – Demonstrator, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje.
  • 06/2018–08/2018 – During the final year of undergraduate studies, completed a three-month summer internship in the laboratory at the Factory for Yeast and Alcohol - A.D. Bitola.

Teaching and Educational Activities 

  • Currently engaged in conducting laboratory and numerical exercises for the courses „General Chemistry“ and „Inorganic Chemistry“, as well as laboratory exercises for „Chemistry of Complex Compounds“, „Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry“ and Chemistry” for students at the Institute of Biology in the Teaching curriculum and the Ecology and Environmental science curriculum.
  • Previously participated in conducting laboratory exercises for the following courses: „Structure of Atoms and Molecules“, „Environmental Chemistry“, „Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds“, “General Chemistry” for students at the Institute of Biology in the Biochemistry and Physiology curriculum and the Molecular Biology curriculum, as well as “Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry” and “Organic Chemistry” for students in the Biochemistry and Physiology and Nutrition programs, “Chemistry” for students at the Institute of Physics and “Chemistry” for students at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Scientific research area 

Perovskites (synthesis, structural characterization, properties); powder X-ray diffraction; infrared spectroscopy; structural chemistry; structure–property correlations.

Mobility and Study stays

28.09–10.10.2026 - Institut of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IGIC–BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria.

Articles and Conferences

Published Papers:

  • B. Cheliku Ramadani, J. Sela, L. Stojanov, S. Popovska, V. Mirčeski, M. Bukleski, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, A. A. Reka, S. Aleksovska, Synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic properties of PrMn0.5M0.5O3 (M = Cr, Fe, Co, Ni) perovskites, Materials, 18, 717, 2025.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ ma18030717, IF=3.1
  • S. Popovska, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, M. Bukleski, T. Skalar, S. Aleksovska, Crystal structure and vibrational spectra of Ln1−xErxFeO3 (Ln = Gd or Sm, x = 0; 0.2 or 0.4), Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1002, 175283, 2024.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.175283, IF=5.8

Conference Presentations:

  • B. Ademovski, S. Popovska Blazhevska, M. Bukleski, D. Thompsett, S. Aleksovska (2026). Synthesis and structural characterization of Pr1−xAxCoO3 type of perovskites, A = K and Ca, 28th Congress of SCTM with International Participation, Book of Abstracts, p. 18, 23–26 September 2026, Metropol Lake Resort, Ohrid, N. Macedonia. 
  • C. Trajkovska, S. Popovska Blazhevska, M. Bukleski, I. Misztalewska-Turkowicz, A. Z. Wilczewska, S. Aleksovska (2026). Synthesis and investigation of La1−xErxFe0.5Mn0.5O3 (x = 0.2 and 0.4) complex perovskites, 28th Congress of SCTM with International Participation, Book of Abstracts, p. 122, 23–26 September 2026, Metropol Lake Resort, Ohrid, N. Macedonia. 
  • S. Popovska Blazhevska, L. Stojanov, M. Bukleski, S. Aleksovska, V. Mirceski (2026). Synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic properties of Pr1-xErxFeO3 (x = 0; 0.2; 0.4 or 1), 28th Congress of SCTM with International Participation, Book of Abstracts, p. 121, 23–26 September 2026, Metropol Lake Resort, Ohrid, N. Macedonia. 
  • S. Popovska Blazhevska, M. Bukleski, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, S. Aleksovska (2025). Synthesis and Characterization of Complex Perovskites of Ln1-xErxFeO3 type (Ln = La or Pr, x = 0; 0.2 or 0.4), poster presentation, 10th European Crystallography School, 22–29 June 2025, Hotel Inex Olgica, Ohrid, N. Macedonia.
  • B. Cheliku Ramadani, S. Popovska, L. Stojanov, Arianit A. Reka, V. Mirceski, M. Bukleski, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, S. Aleksovska (2024). Synthesis, Characterization and Electrocatalytic properties of GdMn0.5M0.5O3 (M = Cr, Fe, Co) Perovskites, poster presentation, 27th Congress of SCTM, Book of Abstracts, p. 203, 25–28 September 2024, Metropol Lake Resort, Ohrid, N. Macedonia.
  • B. Cheliku Ramadani, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, Arianit A. Reka, M. Bukleski, S. Popovska and J. Sela (2023). Synthesis, Structure and Properties Investigation of Complex Perovskites with Manganese, poster presentation, nanoBalkan2023 Conference, Book of Abstracts, p. 124, 16–20 October 2023, Tirana, Albania.
  • C. Trajkovska, S. Popovska, M. Bukleski, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova and S. Aleksovska (2023). Synthesis and Investigation of Ln1−xErxFe0.5Mn0.5O3 (Ln = La, Sm; x = 0.2 and 0.4), poster presentation, 26th Congress of SCTM with International Participation, Book of Abstracts, p. 39, 20–23 September 2023, Metropol Lake Resort, Ohrid, N. Macedonia.
  • B. Cheliku Ramadani, S. Popovska, M. Bukleski, A. Reka, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova and S. Aleksovska (2023). Synthesis and Investigation of Complex Perovskites with Manganese, poster presentation, 26th Congress of SCTM with International Participation, Book of Abstracts, p. 38, 20–23 September 2023, Metropol Lake Resort, Ohrid, N. Macedonia.
  • S. Popovska, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, M. Bukleski, S. Aleksovska (2022). Synthesis, structure and electrical properties of Gd1–xErxFeO3 (x = 0, 0.2 and 0.4) perovskites, oral presentation, 15th Students’ Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry of SCTM, Book of abstracts, p. 14, 29 September – 1 October 2022, Skopje, Macedonia.
  • S. Popovska, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, M. Bukleski, S. Aleksovska (2021). Influence of the rare-earth cation substitution in RE1–xErxFeO3 (RE = Sm or Gd, x = 0, 0.2 and 0.4) perovskites characterized by powder XRD and vibrational spectroscopy, oral presentation, 14th Students’ Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry of SCTM, Book of abstracts, p. 35, 30 September – 2 October 2021, Skopje, Macedonia.
  • S. Popovska, M. Bukleski, S. Dimitrovska-Lazova, S. Aleksovska (2019). Preparation of composite material of organic-inorganic perovskite with multi-wall carbon nanotubes: MWCNTs-CH3NH3PbI3, oral presentation, 13th Students’ Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry of SCTM, Book of abstracts, p. 48, 19 - 21 September 2019, Skopje, Macedonia.

Other activities

M.Sc. Sofija Popovska Blazhevska is actively involved in the professional and applied activities of the Society of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia as a coordinator in the organization and implementation of municipal, regional, and national chemistry competitions for primary and secondary education, accredited by the Ministry of Education and Science, as well as in the organization of congresses and other professional events.

Workshops:

  • Participant and member of the Organizing Committee of the First US-Macedonian Workshop on Modeling in Chemistry and Biochemistry, 14–15 October 2025, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, „Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje.
  • Participant in the 10th European Crystallography School, 22–29 June 2025, Hotel Inex Olgica, Ohrid, North Macedonia.
  • Engaged as a trainer in the course Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis within the project „Education for Employment in North Macedonia”, intended for teachers of vocational subjects from DSU-RCSOO “Kiro Burnaz”.

Проекти

  • Introduction of new bioanalytical methods and development of standard techniques for the analysis of amplicons obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (2021–2023).
  • Modernization and development of the laboratory for structural characterization of materials (2021–2023).
  • Raman spectroscopy of materials (2021–2023).
© 2026. Institute of Chemistry, PMF, UKIM, Skopje.