Research Visits and Training Abroad
2011 – Short-term stay within the SEE-ERA.NET project, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2009 – Postdoctoral training, INRA, Nantes, France.
2005 and 2007 – Short-term research stays as part of doctoral dissertation work, INRA, Nantes, France.
Membership in Scientific Societies
Serbian Society for Molecular Biology; Serbian Society for Microbiology; Serbian Biological Society
Award
“Goran Ljubijankić” Foundation Award for the best doctoral dissertation in molecular biology, defended in 2008 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
Participant in numerous international and national scientific projects; reviewer for leading scientific journals in various fields of microbiology; editor of BMC Microbiology; member of the editorial board of Archives of Biological Sciences.
2008 – PhD in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
2003 – MSc in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
1999 – BSc in Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
2021 – Full Professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
2013 – Associate Professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
2009 – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
2003 – Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
2000 – Junior Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
Molecular mechanisms of microorganism–host interactions, with a particular focus on plant growth-promoting bacteria and their role in helping plants overcome drought as an abiotic stress. Function of the Type III secretion system in non-pathogenic bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas. Biocontrol and biostimulatory potential of bacterial isolates from plant microbiomes.
