full professor and scientific advisor for a narrow scientific field:
Biology of microorganisms



She enrolled in the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, in the academic year 1993/94. She graduated in 1998. She enrolled in postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Biology, Department of Microorganism Biology, in the academic year 1998/99. She defended her master's thesis in 2003. She defended her doctoral dissertation in 2010.
She was elected as a trainee assistant for the subjects Microbiology and Microbial Ecology and Methods in Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology of the Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden "Jevremovac", Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade on February 1, 1999, and as an assistant for the narrower scientific field Biology of Microorganisms on April 15, 2004. She was re-elected as an assistant for the narrower scientific field Biology of Microorganisms in 2008. She was elected as an assistant professor for the narrower scientific field Biology of Microorganisms in June 2010. She was elected as an associate professor for the narrower scientific field Biology of Microorganisms in June 2015. She was elected as a full professor for the narrower scientific field Biology of Microorganisms in May 2020. In May 2024, she was elected as a scientific advisor and divided her engagement between the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Physics of the University of Belgrade, where she was appointed head of the new Laboratory for Experimental Astrobiology.
He is engaged in scientific research at the Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Biology, in the field of microbiology. He is engaged in biochemical and molecular-genetic characterization of Bacillus spp bacteria, their use in biocontrol of plant pathogens and as agents for promoting plant growth. Then, the study of the entire plant microbiome and their interactions and the use of this knowledge in the construction of bacterial consortia for use in agricultural production. He is working on finding strategies for the most efficient isolation and selection of bacteria of interest from natural samples. In the 2023/24 academic year, classes will begin on the new master module Astrobiology, which he is the head of. Research related to this topic will be focused on the isolation and selection of microorganisms from extreme environments, their study for application in biotechnology and extrapolation of data to environments beyond Earth, as well as the effect of bacteria that promote plant growth on their survival in simulated Martian soil conditions. In the newly established Laboratory for Experimental Astrobiology at the Institute of Physics, research related to Venus as an astrobiological target is beginning.


