Dr. Sanela Martic is the Associate Professor, who joined the Forensic Science Department at Trent University in January 2019. Prior to Trent, she was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Oakland University (USA) as an Assistant Professor (2012-2017) and Associate Professor (2017-2018). Dr. Martic received Ph.D. degree in 2009 from Queen's University, under the supervision of Prof. Suning Wang and co-supervision of Prof. Gang Wu. Her Ph.D. dissertation was on the synthesis of fluorescent nucleosides and their self-assembly. In 2009, she joined the research group of Prof. Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz (currently at the University of Toronto Scarborough, previously at Western University) as a postdoctoral fellow. Her PDF work was on synthesis of redox active bioconjugates for bioelectrochemical applications.
Currently, Dr. Martic explores structure, property and function of a diverse group of (bio)molecules that are of relevance to forensic, biomedical, environmental and material sciences.
Dr. Martic is the Canadian Society of Chemistry Director of Awards, board member of the CSC WIDE committee, Vice-Chair of the ECS Canada Chapter, Vice-Chair of the CSC Analytical Chemistry Division, advisor on the EWOC Eastern Canada, member-at-large for CSMB, and member of the CSMB conference committee.
e-mail: sanelamartic@trentu.ca