EDUCATION

• PhD: 2021, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Serbia
  PhD thesis: Evaluation of the biological activity of a herbal mixture used in the ethnopharmacological therapy of diabetes (Supervisor: P. Vasiljević)
• MSc: 2009, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Serbia
  MSc thesis: In vitro investigation of biomaterial extracts’ biocompatibility. (Supervisor: S. Najman)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor (Assistant): 

Mar 2024 – present. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.

Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant:                                               

·       Oct 2021. – Mar 2024. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.

Research Associate:

·       Aug 2021. – present. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.

Research assistant:

·       Dec 2019 – Aug 2021. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.

Junior Research Assistant:

·       Sep 2016 – Dec 2019. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.

Teaching Assistant:

·       Sep 2017 – Mar 2018. Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.

Biologist:

·       Mar 2014 - Mar 2015. Laboratory for Immunology and Genetics, Center for Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, University Clinical Center Niš, Niš, Serbia

Research Biologist:

·       Aug 2011 – May 2012. Department for Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Demonstrator:

·       Nov 2011 – May 2012. Department for Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Substitute biology teacher:

·       High school “Stevan Sremac”, Niš, Serbia

CERTIFICATIONS

·       2015. Healthcare associate, Ministry of Health, Belgrade, Serbia

·       2011. Programme in Animal Welfare, Ethics and Science PAWES, Perth, Australia

RESEARCH PROJECTS

·     Natural products of plants and lichens: isolation, identification, biological activity, and application. Funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia;

·   Multiple cytomegalovirus infections; biological and evolutionary significance. Funding by: NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia) ID404090.

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

EASD (The European Association for the Study of Diabetes)

Serbian Biological Society

Anthropological Society of Serbia

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REVIEW ACTIVITIES

·       South African Journal of Botany

·       PLoS ONE

·       Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

·       Cell Biochemistry and Function

·       Journal of King Saud University - Science

·       Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry