Curriculum vitae

Family name: Crnobrnja-Isailović          Name: Jelka

Date of Birth: 28. August 1962.           Nationality: Serbian

Civil Status: Married, one daughter (born 1991)

Address: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia (80% working time);

Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’ (IBISS), University of Belgrade, Despota Stefana Blvd. 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia (20% working time).

 

Home Address: Mlatišumina 1a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Home phone: 00381 11 386 1261     Cell phone: 00381 64 1830771

E-mail: jelka@pmf.ni.ac.rs,           jelka@ibiss.bg.ac.rs,        jelka.c.i@gmail.com

Webpages: http://wpresspmf.pmf.ni.ac.rs/?page_id=2231&lang=en&idz=253
http://www.npao.ni.ac.rs/prirodno-matematicki-fakultet/item/898-jelka-crnobrnja-isailovic
         http://www.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/index.php?id=94&uid=101

Education:

Ph.D. in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 12.12.1997;

M.Sc. in Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Belgrade, 18.11.1988;

B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Belgrade, 21.02.1986

Language Skills:

 Indicates competence on the scale of 1 to 5 (1-excellent, 5-basic)

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
Serbian (native)	1	1	1
English	1	1	1
Russian	5	5	5
Spanish	5	5	5
Montenegrian	1	1	1
Croatian	1	1	1
Bosnian	1	1	1
Macedonian	3	5	5

Professional positions held:

Teaching positions

2013 – present Full Professor Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Niš;

2008  - 2013  Associate Professor Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Niš;

2008 -  present Lecturer at PhD studies at Faculty of Biology at University of Belgrade;

2003-2008 -Visiting lecturer at Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of sciences and mathematics, University of Niš;

2000 -2006 Assistant Professor at Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.

Research Positions

Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, 2011- present;

Senior Research Associate, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković” University of Belgrade, (2011-2006);

Research Associate, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, (1998- 2006); Research Assistant, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, (1990-1998); Assistant, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, (1987-1990);

Research Trainee, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, (1986-1987)

Courses taught and other services provided to students and the home institution:

Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Niš:

Teaching: Organic Evolution since 2003, undergraduate studies; Introductory to Conservation Biology since 2003, undergraduate studies; Theory of Organic Evolution since 2008, master studies in Biology; Conservation Biology since 2008, master studies in Ecology and Nature Conservation; Animal Ecology, 2008-2013, master studies in Ecology and Nature Conservation, master studies in Biology; Principles of Conservation Planning – since 2014, PhD studies in Biology; Quantitative Conservation Biology – since 2014, PhD studies in Biology;

Menthoring: more than 20 Diploma theses supervised, 18 Master Theses supervised, one PhD thesis supervised, two PhD theses ongoing;

Field work training: since 2010. I have established continuous monitoring of herpetofauna in the vicinity of Niš where undergraduate students can get praxis in biodiversity management and master students can do experimental part of their theses.

Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade:

Teaching: Organic Evolution 2000-2006, undergraduate studies in Ecology; 2008 - present Conservation aspects of Evolutionary Biology PhD studies in Biology, Evolutionary Biology modul;

Menthoring: two PhD theses supervised, one PhD thesis co-supervised; two Master theses co-supervised; more than 10 B.Sc. theses supervised.

Department of Biology Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Kragujevac, Serbia:

Menthoring: one PhD thesis supervised.

Publications (provide full citations and list them starting with the most recent):

https://www.npao.ni.ac.rs/prirodno-matematicki-fakultet/item/898-jelka-crnobrnja-isailovic

SELECTION OF INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED

*oral presentation, **poster, a - published abstract

Meetings of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (1993, Barcelona, Spain*,a ; 2001, Žalec, Slovenia*,**,a ; 2003, Sanct Petersbourg, Russia*,**,a ; 2005, Bonn, Germany*,a ; 2007, Porto, Portugal*,**,a ; 2009, Aydin - Kusadasi, Turkey*,**,a ; 2011, Luxembourg, Luxembourg*,a ; 2013, Vezsprem, Hungary*,**,a; 2015, Wroclaw, Poland*,a; 2017, Salzburg, Austria**,a; 2019 Milano, Italy, *,**, a)

Biology of Vipers Conference (2007, Porto, Portugal*,a ; 2010 Calci, Italy*,a ; 2014 Athens, Greece*,a ; 2017 Chefchaouen, Morocco*,a )

Workshop “Ecophysiology: Interactions of organisms with their environment” (2017, San Juan, Argentina*,a )

IUCN SSC Viper Specialist Group Regional Workshop for Europe and North Asia (2017, Salzburg, Austria*,a)

World Congress of Herpetology (2012, Vancouver, Canada**,a ; 2016, Hangzhou, China*,a; 2020, Dunedin, New Zealand*,a)

IUCN SSC Red-Listing Workshop for Amphibians of Europe (2015, Wroclaw, Poland*,a; 2019, Milano*,a)

International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions (2015,  Irakleio, Crete, Greece*a )

Science Online conference (2010, Ralleigh Durham, North Carolina, USA*)

Workshop LIFE+ project “Conservation of Hungarian Meadow Viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis) in the Carpathian basin” (LIFE07 NAT/H/000322)(2009, opening workshop Budapest, Hungary*; 2013, closing workshop Budapest, Hungary*)

European Congress of Conservation Biology (2009, Prague, Czech Republic,**,a – not intended personally)

IUCN SSC Red-Listing Workshop for Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe (2004, Malaga, Spain; 2005, Bonn, Germany; 2008, Antalya, Turkey)

European Workshop on the conservation of the Orsini Viper (2008, Auzet, France*)

Workshop on Confinement of Genetically Engineered Crops During Field Testing (2004, Washington, USA)

Triturus Conference (1990, Valsain, Spain*)

Other professional activities, such as workshops, seminars and consultations:

Member of Scientific Committee of 19th SEH European Congress of Herpetology in Salzburg, Austria, September 18-23 2017.

Member of Scientific Committee of 5th Biology of Vipers Conference in Chefchaouen, Morrocco, May 12-14 2017.

Member of Scientific Committee of 13th International Congress on the Zoogeography and Ecology of Greece and Adjacent Regions in Irakleio, Greece, Oct. 7- 11 2015.

Member of Organizing Committee of 4th Biology of Vipers Conference in Athens, Greece, Oct. 10-13 2014.

Member of Scientific Committee of 4th Biology of Vipers Conference in Athens, Greece, Oct. 10-13 2014.

Member of Scientific Committee of 8th International Symposium on the Lacertids of the Mediterrannean Basin, Koper, Slovenia, June 3rd-6th 2013.

Expert Moderator of the workshop, project “Implementation of Carpathian Convention in Serbia”, REC for Southeastern Europe (2008).

Member of Scientific Committee of II International Symposium of Ecologists of Montenegro, Kotor, 20-24. September 2006.

Member of UNDP expert team for preparation of Biodiversity conservation strategy of Republic of Serbia (2008-2010). 

Member of Local Advisory Board of Regional Ecological Center for Serbia &Montenegro (2003 – 2005).

Member of Advisory Editorial Board of International Journal "Amphibia-Reptilia"(2002 – 2005).

Member of The Committee for Protection of Wild Animal and Plant Species and Biodiversity, Directorate for Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia (2001 -2003).

Member of the Editorial Board of Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe (1997). 

Member of The Mapping Committee of Societas Europaea Herpetologica (1994 -  1997). 

Project Reviewer: BiodivERsA joint call 2012-2013 on Invasive Species and Biological Invasions, peer- reviewer of selected project proposals; Romania - France Scientific Collaboration Programme 2013, reviewer of selected project proposals

Reviewer for scientific journals: Acta Herpetologica, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, Amphibia –Reptilia, Animal Biology,  Archive of Biological Sciences Belgrade, Basic and Applied Herpetology, Biologica Nyssana, Biota, Biological Journal of The Linnean Society, Bulletin Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Contributions to Zoology, Genetika, Herpetological Conservation and Biology, Herpetological Journal, Herpetozoa, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Basic and Applied Herpetology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of North-American Herpetology,  Nature Protection (Serbian), North Western Journal of Zoology, Russian Journal of Herpetology, Vertebrate Zoology, Zoologische Anzeiger.

Membership and activities in professional associations:

Member of Society for Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) since 2013.

Regional Coordinator for Europe and North Asia region in IUCN Viper Specialist Group, 2012-present.

Member of Viper Specialist Group of IUCN, 2010-present.

Tier I IUCN Amphibian Red List Authority Working Group for Europe, 2013-2016.

Vice Secretary of Council of Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2009-2012, 2013-2016. 

Member of IUCN Amphibian Red List Assessors team, 2009-present.

Member of Amphibian Species Specialist Group of IUCN, 2008-present.

Member of Serbian Biological Society (SBD in Serbian) since 2010, member of Biodiversity Working Group 2014-2018; currently member of Science  Working Group.

Member of Conservation Committee of Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2008-present.

President of Serbian Herpetological Society “Milutin Radovaanović” (2007-2010).

Founder and member of Serbian Herpetological Society “Milutin Radovanović” 2007-present.

Member of National Committee for Biological Safety Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Serbia, 2002-present.

Member of the Ethical Committee of Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković” University of Belgrade, 2004-present.

Member of the Scientific Council of Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković” University of Belgrade, 2001-2008.

Member of Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) since 1993.

Professional honors, awards and fellowships:

FULBRIGHT - fellowship for senior scientists (December 2018-July 2019, University of Illinois at Urbana-Shampaign, Illinois, USA)

CEEPUS - mobility fellowship for teaching staff (April-May 2018, University of Salzburg, Austria)

ERASMUS+ mobility fellowship for teaching staff (February 2017, Faculty of Biology, University “Ioan Cusa”, Iasi, Romania; July 2019, University "Ovidius", Constanza).

DAAD fellowship (November – December 2002, Natural History Museum “A. Koenig”, Bonn, Germany).

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA postgraduate fellowship for study visit (March 1989, Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain).

Selected community services:

Popularisation of biodiversity conservation through participation in TV and Radio shows in Serbia and Montenegro (2005 – 2017).

Participation in “Festival Nauke” (Science Festival) 3.0 (2009), 6.0 (2012) and 7.0 (2013) in Belgrade, Serbia.

Participation in “Nauk nije Bauk” (Science Festival) 9.0 (2016) in Niš, Serbia.

Public lectures on importance of biodiversity conservation held on Kolarac People’s University in Belgrade, Serbia (2003-2010).

Public lectures on human evolution held in Center for Cognitive Sciences University of Niš (2014).

Public lecture held in Center for the Promotion of Science in Belgrade (2017)

Projects:

(2014)  “Conservation status and threats of westernmost populations of the meadow lizard (Darevskia praticola)” Societas Europaea Herpetologica Grant. Team member.

(2013) ‘Ecological Baseline Report for Avala mining project’, Avala – the Timok Gold Project (Eastern Serbia), Avala Resources Belgrade, Contract no. 01-484 and 91/13. Expert in herpetology.

(2012) „Diversity of amphibians and reptiles in Djerdap National Park“, Public Enterpreuse Djerdap National Park. Expert.

(2011) Participation in the project “Environmental Impact  Assessment of the transposition of the part of the Peštan River and flood regulation measures for the coal exploitation in the Kolubara Basin” (subcontracting by University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Institute for Water Management “Jaroslav Černi”, Belgrade), Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade. Expert in herpetology.

(2011) Participation in the project “Environmental Impact  Assessment of the Building of Hydropower Plants on the Ibar River” (subcontracting by University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Institute for Water Management “Jaroslav Černi”, Belgrade), Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade. Expert in herpetology.

(2011) Participation in the project “Environmental Impact Assessment of the Building of Hydropower Plants on the Lim River” (subcontracting by Energoproject - Hydroingeneering Co. Ltd.), Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Contract no. 10120-201/K03. Expert in herpetology.

(2011-2012) „Using Podarcis lizards to monitor environmental disturbance“  Bilateral project Serbia/Portugal (MNTR/FCT). Project leader.

(2011-2019) Contract No. 173025 “Evolution in heterogeneous environments: mechanisms of adaptation, biomonitoring and biodiversity conservation”, Ministry of education, science and technological development of Republic of Serbia, leader of herpetological team.

(2009- 2010) „Methodology of improving technology of management of Vipera ammodytes for commercial exploitation“, Ministry of Science of Serbia grant in applied science, TR23012. Project leader.

(2009 – 2010) „Impact of habitat changes on reptile populations“ Bilateral project Serbia /France (MNTR/CNRS). Team member.

 (2006-2010) Contract No. 143040 “Evolution in heterogeneous environments”, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia, leader of herpetological team.

(2005-2006) Support for the implementation of the Carpathian Convention“,Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, REC & EURAC, Serbia, National Team coordinator.

(2003) «Population structure, threats and protection of Orsinii Viper (Vipera ursinii macrops) on Bjelasica Mountain, Montenegro» Societas Europaea Herpetologica Grant. Project leader.

(2003) «Status of Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus superspecies) breeding sites in Serbia, The Central Balkans» DAPTF Seed Grant 2003. Project leader.

(2002 – 2004) «Evolution in Heterogeneous Environments» Ministry of Science, Technology and development of Republic of Serbia, Contract No. B1725. Project leader.

(1991-2000) “Population-Biological Aspects of Speciation Processes” Ministry in charge for science in Republic of Serbia in SFRY. Project member.

(1986-1990) “Genetic and Ecological Mechanisms of Evolutionary Adaptations” Ministry in charge for science in Republic of Serbia in SFRY. Project member.