1. Annual award of Ruđer Bošković Institute for 2018 for the scientific paper published in the journal of high impact factor – to Nesrete Krasnići, Zrinka Dragun, Marijana Erk; paper: Krasnići, N., Dragun, Z., Erk, M., Ramani, S., Jordanova, M., Rebok, K., Kostov, V. (2018) Size-exclusion HPLC analysis of trace element distributions in hepatic and gill cytosol of Vardar chub (Squalius vardarensis Karaman) from mining impacted rivers in north-eastern Macedonia. Sci. Total Environ. 613/614:1055-1068.

2. Annual award of Ruđer Bošković Institute for 2019 for the scientific paper published in the journal of high impact factor – to Zrinka Dragun, Nesrete Krasnići, Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Damir Valić, Damir Kapetanović and Marijana Erk; paper: Dragun, Z., Tepić, N., Ramani, S., Krasnići, N., Filipović Marijić, V., Valić, D., Kapetanović, D., Erk, M., Rebok, K., Kostov, V., Jordanova, M. (2019) Mining waste as a cause of increased bioaccumulation of highly toxic metals in liver and gills of Vardar chub (Squalius vardarensis Karaman, 1928). Environ. Pollut. 247:564-576.