Dr. Bojana Mićić

Bojana Mićić received her PhD from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade in 2023. Her research interests focus on metabolic diseases, primarily on the contribution of obesity to metabolic disorders associated with polycystic ovary syndrome, but also on the biological effects of pollutants in the environment, with an emphasis on those that disrupt reproduction and the function of the endocrine system. She started her research work at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad in the Laboratory for Ecotoxicology, where she worked from 2015 to 2019. So far, she has been involved in several national and international projects and will participate in the STRIMHealth project within the Twinning initiative of the Horizon Europe programme from June 2024.

In addition to her research activities, she is also dedicated to the scientific education of youth and the popularisation of science. In the period 2015-2020, she worked first as Assistant Head and then as Head of the Department of Biology at the Petnica Science Center, where she gained valuable pedagogical experience working with secondary and primary school students as well as with university students. In September 2023, she was elected President of the Governing board of the Petnica Science Center.

Since 2020, she has been part of the IBISS team for the organisation of the European Researchers' Night and a participant in several projects dedicated to this event: ReFocuS 3.0 (HORIZON-MSCA-NIGHT-2020 955020, 2020-2021), ReFocuS Art (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01 101061356, 2022-2023) and ReFocus FLOW (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01-01, 2024-2025).

She is a member of the Serbian Society for Molecular Biology and the European Society of Endocrinology.