Curriculum Vitae

Education

Academic positions and appointments 

2004-2008:   “Demonstrator” (Undergraduate teaching assistant) at The University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology

2008-2009:  Instructor at The University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physiology

2009-2011:  “Saradnik u nastavi” (Junior Teaching Assistant - Full Time) of physiology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine

2011-2015:  “Asistent” (Teaching Assistant- Full Time) of physiology at The University of Belgrade, School of Medicine (BSc/MS/MD/PhD programs in Serbian and English)

2015-2021:  Docent / As. Prof. of medical physiology at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine 

October/November 2013:  Guest professor, University of Salerno, Departments of Systems Biology, Mathematics and Pharmaceutical sciences, Salerno, Italy

August 2017:  Visiting Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel (Laboratory for social cognition and psychophysiology)

2017-2019Member of the Supervisory Board, University Clinic for mental disorders “Laza Lazarevic”, Belgrade, Serbia 

2017-2022:  External Research Associate. National Science Foundation’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Center, Center for advanced knowledge enablement, A consortium of Florida international, Florida Atlantic, Dubna, and Greenwich Universities. Miami, FL, USA

Current positions:

2021-presentProfessor ("Vanredni profesor") at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of medicine, Department of medical physiology 

2017-presentAffiliated Professor, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel (currently the 3rd consecutive year)

2018-present:  Psychiatry Specialist, MediGroup health system, Belgrade, Serbia

2022-present: Visiting Associate Professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Be'er Sheva, Israel. 

2022-present: Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Khalifa university, College of medicine and health sciences, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Research positions and projects

2009-present:  Head of the Laboratory for Cellular Physiology at the Institute of Medical Physiology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

2011-present:  Project research associate, Republic of Serbia, Ministry of Science and Education, Research Projects 175059 and 41027

2012-present:

2013-2015:  President of the Scientific Board of The Mediterranean Society for Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Hypertension in Pregnancy

2013-2017:  Head of the international research project (No. 62013; Title: Physiological and morphological complexity in fetal and postnatal development, and aging) of The Mediterranean Society for Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Hypertension in Pregnancy

2018-2022:  Head of the international research project (No. 92018; Title: Psychological and psychophysiological aspects of pregnancy, postnatal development, and aging) of The Mediterranean Society for Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Hypertension in Pregnancy

2015-2018:  Member of the Project 2014/15/B/HS6/03129 of the National Science Centre, Poland (Project Head: Prof. dr Agata Blachnio University John Paul II, Lublin, Poland; Research areas: Psychology, Psychophysiology)

2021-present: Member of the project EU COST Action CA18227 The Core Outcome Measures for Food Allergy (COMFA), European Union

2018-present:  Member of the Project  OPUS 2016/23/B/HS6/03866 „Media multitasking phenomenon: its determinants and effects on task performance“ of the National Science Centre, Poland (Project Head: Prof. dr Agata Blachnio University John Paul II, Lublin, Poland; Research areas: Psychology, Psychophysiology)

2018-2022:  Member of the project and Head of the local project team, Erasmus+ Project Advanced Data Analytics; 598829-EPP-1-2018-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP. Erasmus+ - Key Action 2 - Capacity building in the field of higher education, European Union.

2021-2022: Head of the Project, Program of the Fellowship of the Open Society Foundation. Open Society Foundations, Belgrade, Serbia.

2022-present: Member of the project EU COST Action CA20126 Network for research, innovation and product development on porous semiconductors and oxides (NETPORE), European Union

2022-present: Head of the Project SensoFracTW, Program IDEJE, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia.

2023-present: Member of the scientific project „Repurposing Slaughterhouse Waste to Drive Healthcare Innovation, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the UAE“,Khalifa University of Science and Technology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Editor positions, membership in editorial boards

Awards, prizes and certificates

Membership in scientific and professional associations:

Expert reviewer for journals (with number of performed reviews): 

Fluent in Serbian and English, moderate knowledge of German and French.

Married, one child.