senior research associate for a narrow scientific field:
Morphology, systematics and phylogeny of animals
Elementary School "Sveti Sava", Gornji Milanovac 1996 - 2004.
High School "Takovski ustanak", Gornji Milanovac 2004 - 2008.
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, undergraduate studies (Biology)
Graduated on August 21, 2012. Average grade 9.23.
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Master's degree (Invertebrate Zoology and Entomology)
He completed his studies on September 26, 2013, with the defense of his master's thesis entitled: "Structure of pygidial glands and defense compounds" Calosoma sycophanta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Average rating 10.00.
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, doctoral studies (Entomology)
He completed his studies on February 12, 2019, with the defense of his doctoral dissertation entitled: "Morphological study of pygidial glands and analysis of the chemical composition of their secretions in selected species of ground beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Average grade 9.91.
Elected to the position of Research Intern as of March 1, 2014.
Elected to the title of Research Associate on July 10, 2015.
Re-elected to the title of Research Associate as of June 15, 2018.
Elected to the title of research associate on March 23, 2020.
Elected to the title of Senior Research Associate as of February 26, 2025.
Morphology, anatomy, taxonomy, ecology and semiochemistry of midges (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Diversity and fauna of terrestrial and cavernicolous antoptera.
The Rufford Project:
Selected publications:
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/4/234 – The Diversity of Subterranean Terrestrial Arthropods in Resava Cave (Eastern Serbia)
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1120006/full – The chemical composition of the secretions, their antibacterial activity, and the pygidial gland morphology of selected European Carabini ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-022-01790-0 – Pygidial glands of the blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus: chemical composition of the secretion and its antimicrobial activity
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-019-00298-w – Pygidial gland secretions of Carabus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Carabidae): chemicals released by three species
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146780391830135X – Sexual size and shape dimorphism in two ground beetle taxa, Carabus (Procrustes) coriaceus cerisyi and C. (Morphocarabus) kollari praecellens (Coleoptera: Carabidae) – A geometric morphometric approach
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2017.1293183 – Chemical secretion and morpho-histology of the pygidial glands in two Palaearctic predatory ground beetle species: Carabus (Tomocarabus) convexus and C. (Procrustes) coriaceus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-015-0593-7 - Molecular Diversity of Compounds from Pygidial Gland Secretions of Cave-Dwelling Ground Beetles: The First Evidence
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