·       Research field and area/areas: macroinvertebrates, ecology, springs, intermittent rivers

·       Education: bachelor, master and Ph.D. studies (university/faculty), degrees and corresponding fields, dates (years) of enrolment and graduation, titles of defended final papers/theses and average grades for all education levels.

o   Bachelor: Department of Biology, Faculty of sciences and Mathematics, University of Priština (1997-2002);  After a reform of higher education in 2005 this degree is equalized with Master’s degree (300 ESPB)

o   Master: see previous degree

o   Ph.D. Faculty of Biology, University in Belgrade; Ph.D. in Ecology, biogeography and biodiversity protection (2008-2012); Thesis: Ecological analysis of macrozoobenthos communities in the Nišava River;   

·       Dates of appointments (researcher and scientific titles, i.e., equivalent titles in higher education).

o   2004-2010 junior teaching assistant

o   2010-2013 teaching assistant

o   2013-2018 assistant professor

o   2018 to present associate professor

·       Employment history (institutions and to/from dates up to the day of the proposal submission).

o   2004 to present: Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš

o   2008-2010 high school professor (class of students talented for mathematics and physics) High school “Svetozar Marković”, Branka Radičevića 1, 18000 Niš

·       Project history: previous and present participation in national and international research grants and other significant projects (project name, funding body, dates and engagement).

o   2013. Coordinator in front of Serbian team. Initiation of International Research Collaboration with the developing countries: Impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) on the ecology and biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in pristine ecosystems.  DFG (German Research Foundation). No JO1134/2-1.  Principal Investigator: B. Jovanović 

o   2014-2015. Coordinator in front of Department of biology and ecology. European Researchers’ Night „Science in Motion for Friday Night Commotion 2014-2015“ (SCIMFONICOM 2014-15, EU project H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-633376).

o   2015-2016. Supervisor. “Establishing Conservation Management of Salt Marshes in Serbia Based on Monitoring of Macroinvertebrate community. The Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation „

o   2016-2017. Coordinator in front of Department of biology and ecology. European Researchers’ Night „Road to Friday of Science-„ReFocus“ (No: 722341 – ReFocus - CSA,EU project H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2016)

o   2017. Participant. COST action CA 16208 „Knowledge conversion for enhancing management of European riparian ecosystems and services“

o   2017/2018. Participant. Microfreak. Grant Agreement number: 731065 — AQUACOSM — H2020-INFRAIA-2016-2017/H2020-INFRAIA-2016-1

o   2017/2018. Participant.  COST action CA 15113 „Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams“ (SMIRES)

o   2018-2019. Coordinator in front of Department of biology and ecology. European Researchers’ Night „Road to Friday of Science-"ReFocuS 2.0", 818325 - ReFocuS 2.0, H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2018)

o      2022-2023. Coordinator in front of Department of biology and ecology. European Researchers’ Night „The Road to Friday of Science and Art-ReFocuS Art“ (HORIZON-MSCA-NIGHT-2022-CITIZENS-01-101061356)

o      2022-2023. Participant. Restoration of wetland complexes as life supporting systems in the Danube Basin. (HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01)

·       Awards, prizes, etc.

o   1995 – First place in high school national biology competition

·       Reviewing scientific journals and grants.

o   Revised many papers for the journals from JCR list: Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, Ecohydrology etc. Revised a couple projects for The Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation

·       International scientific collaboration and mobility.

o   March 2007: Zoology teaching in Nice (France): from decrease to renewal. 7th March 2007. TEMPUS JEP Project "Higher education reform of biological sciences (H.E.R.B.S.)", Beograd.

o   October 2013: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, as a part of the project Initiation of International Research Collaboration with the developing countries: Impact of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) on the ecology and biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in pristine ecosystems.

o   February 2018: Rennes, France, , as a part of the project „Knowledge conversion for enhancing management of European riparian  ecosystems and services“

o   March 2018: National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, Lyon, France. STSM (“Effects of flow intermittence on macroinvertebrate FFG (Functional Feeding Groups) metacommunity composition in intermitent rivers and ephemeral streams“) as a part of the COST action CA 15113 „Science and Management of Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams“ (SMIRES)

o   Маy 2018: Bialystok, Poland. Institute of Biology. University of Bialystok as a part of ERASMUS + exchange program

o   June 2018: Ankara, Turky. Middle East Technical University, Department of Biology as a part of the project Microfreak. Grant Agreement number: 731065 — AQUACOSM — H2020-INFRAIA-2016-2017/H2020-INFRAIA-2016-1

·       Skills and other facts relevant to the Project.

o   Determination of different group of macroinvertebrates up to species level with special emphasize on Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Tricoptera. Long experience practice in determination both taxonomic and functional entitets.

o   Member of Aquatic ecosystems Health and Management Society from 2011 and member of Biological Society “Dr Sava Petrović, Niš” which confirms dedications to environmental protection on local and global scale