Biomonitoring is the process of systematically observing, measuring, and analysing the physiological, biochemical, molecular, and genetic responses of living organisms to environmental changes, thus providing qualitative or quantitative information on the state of the environment. It includes the use of various bioindicators, biomonitors, bioaccumulators, and biomarkers.
Bioremediation is the process in which living organisms (mainly plants, microorganisms, or plant and microbial enzymes) are used to reduce, degrade or detoxify contaminants, pollutants, and toxins in soil, water, and other elements of the environment.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Terrestrial ecology studies relationships between organisms and ecological communities (biocenoses) on the one hand and external environmental conditions on the other. It also investigates the interaction between living beings on land. This research provides a conceptual basis for understanding processes in terrestrial ecosystems and their sensitivity to environmental and biotic changes.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Biomonitoring is the process of systematically observing, measuring, and analysing the physiological, biochemical, molecular, and genetic responses of living organisms to environmental changes, thus providing qualitative or quantitative information on the state of the environment. It includes the use of various bioindicators, biomonitors, bioaccumulators, and biomarkers.
Bioremediation is the process in which living organisms (mainly plants, microorganisms, or plant and microbial enzymes) are used to reduce, degrade or detoxify contaminants, pollutants, and toxins in soil, water, and other elements of the environment.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Ecotoxicology studeies the toxic effects of chemicals on the environment. The effects are studied at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, organs, individual organisms, populations or ecosystems.
Functional ecology focuses on the understanding of various biological phenomena (functions) at different levels of organization from organisms to ecosystems, thus enabling the understanding of the existence of certain patterns in nature. It identifies and studies the processes and/or activities that keep an organism or entire ecosystem functioning.
Climate change is an all-encompassing and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. It directly leads to phenological, physiological, morphological, and ethological changes, the spread of invasive species, and a decrease in the number of native species and their extinction. Changed climatic conditions affect habitat quality, resulting in changes in the distribution of species and communities. In order to mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment, it is necessary to predict and understand their impact on the living world.
Terrestrial ecology studies relationships between organisms and ecological communities (biocenoses) on the one hand and external environmental conditions on the other. It also investigates the interaction between living beings on land. This research provides a conceptual basis for understanding processes in terrestrial ecosystems and their sensitivity to environmental and biotic changes.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Dr. Milica Jonjev was born in 1990 in Belgrade, where she completed primary and secondary school. She completed her bachelor's and master's academic studies at the Faculty of Forestry University of Belgrade, Ecological engineering for soil and water resources protection. She completed her doctoral studies at the same department in 2022 when she defended her doctoral dissertation, entitled ‘Distribution of heavy metals in soils of the Sava River riparian zone’.
Since July 2015, she has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - an Institute of national importance for the Republic of Serbia - in the Department of Ecology, since April 2022 as a Research Associate. She is engaged in research on chemical and physical degradation of soils and river sediments, with a focus on potentially toxic elements and assessment of ecological risk to the environment. Another part of the research is related to ecophysiological research of plants under conditions of multiple stresses and ethnobotanical research.
During her research activity, she has been involved in the implementation of several scientific and applied projects funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. She was a participant in the international project from the FP7 framework program "GLOBAQUA'' Managing the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic ecosystems under water scarcity" (EC No. 603629). She is currently employed under the Institutional Funding Program of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (451-03-66/2024-03/ 200007).
In 2016, she was on a study visit at the "Jožef Stefan" Institute in Ljubljana, where she did part of her doctoral thesis. Dr. Milica Jonjev is a member of the Serbian Biological Society and the Serbian Soil Science Society.
Biodiversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. It encompasses diversity at the genetic, taxonomic and ecosystem levels. Biodiversity is important in both natural and artificial ecosystems. Today, biodiversity is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, unsustainable resource use, invasive species, pollution and global climate change.
Biomonitoring is the process of systematically observing, measuring, and analysing the physiological, biochemical, molecular, and genetic responses of living organisms to environmental changes, thus providing qualitative or quantitative information on the state of the environment. It includes the use of various bioindicators, biomonitors, bioaccumulators, and biomarkers.
Bioremediation is the process in which living organisms (mainly plants, microorganisms, or plant and microbial enzymes) are used to reduce, degrade or detoxify contaminants, pollutants, and toxins in soil, water, and other elements of the environment.
Ethnobotany deals with research into specific aspects of the cultural and biological heritage of a particular region and includes research into the ways in which native plants are used in traditional and veterinary medicine, nutrition, and the production of various local products. This research contributes to the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, and the efficient management of resources.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Ecotoxicology studeies the toxic effects of chemicals on the environment. The effects are studied at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, organs, individual organisms, populations or ecosystems.
Climate change is an all-encompassing and growing global threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. It directly leads to phenological, physiological, morphological, and ethological changes, the spread of invasive species, and a decrease in the number of native species and their extinction. Changed climatic conditions affect habitat quality, resulting in changes in the distribution of species and communities. In order to mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment, it is necessary to predict and understand their impact on the living world.
Terrestrial ecology studies relationships between organisms and ecological communities (biocenoses) on the one hand and external environmental conditions on the other. It also investigates the interaction between living beings on land. This research provides a conceptual basis for understanding processes in terrestrial ecosystems and their sensitivity to environmental and biotic changes.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
She graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade in 2011 with a degree in Ecology and Environmental Protection. She completed her doctoral studies in 2018 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, in the Plant Ecology and Phytogeography program and defended her dissertation entitled "Ecophysiological adaptations of the species Pinus nigra Arn., Aesculus hippocastanum L. and Platanus acerifolia (Ait.) Willd." in urban areas with different sources of pollution".
She has been working as a research trainee at the Department of Ecology of the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade since 2011. In 2012, she was appointed as a research assistant, and in 2019 as a research associate in the field of Natural Sciences - Biology.
Research interests: ecophysiological research of urban ecosystems, the study of woody species, their morphological, biochemical and physiological adaptations to stressful habitat conditions. Potential toxicity, availability and mobility of chemical elements in soil and their influence on plant function. Effects of potentially toxic elements on human health. Physical and chemical soil degradation.
In her scientific work and research to date, she has been involved in the implementation of 8 national and 3 international projects.
She is a member of the Serbian Biological Society (SBD), and a member of the administrative and organizing committee of the YUCORR international conference entitled "Meeting Point of the Science and Practice in the Fields of Corrosion, Materials and Environmental Protection". She is committed to the realization of the goals and tasks of the Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia, for which she was appointed an honorary member in 2020.
Ethnobotany deals with research into specific aspects of the cultural and biological heritage of a particular region and includes research into the ways in which native plants are used in traditional and veterinary medicine, nutrition, and the production of various local products. This research contributes to the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, and the efficient management of resources.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Education
• Ph.D. (Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade, 2022)
• M.Sc. (Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade, 2016)
Work experience
• Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia (2018 - present)
Research interest
• Immunomodulatory effects of xenobiotics (warfarin and cadmium) in laboratory rodents
• Local and systemic reactions after infection with Aspergillus species in laboratory rodents
• Wound healing mechanisms
Projects
• Immunomodulatory effects of xenobiotics and biotic factors from the environment on populations of mouse-like rodents (Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia)
• From food to dermal application: IBISSPolyCURE - emollient cream enriched with 5% dexpanthenol, 0.2% hyaluronic acid and glucan extract of Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Quelet for wound healing" (Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia)
• Application project “Examination of the biological efficiency of Protector M-25”
Memberships in scientific societies
• Immunological Society of Serbia
• Serbian Biological Society
Ethnobotany deals with research into specific aspects of the cultural and biological heritage of a particular region and includes research into the ways in which native plants are used in traditional and veterinary medicine, nutrition, and the production of various local products. This research contributes to the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, and the efficient management of resources.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Dr Ivana Mirkov was born in Kikinda, where she finished primary and secondary school. She enrolled in the study group Molecular Biology and Physiology at the Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade in the academic year 1998/1999. and finished the same in 2006. She enrolled in doctoral studies in the Animal and Human Physiology module at the Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade in 2006, and defended her doctoral dissertation in 2010. She has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia since 2006.
Her scientific research work includes studies of local and systemic reactions after infection with Aspergillus species in laboratory rodents, immunomodulatory effects of warfarin and cadmium, wound healing mechanisms and contact hypersensitivity reactions.
Ivana Mirkov participated in projects: "Immunomodulatory effects of xenobiotics and biotic factors from the environment on populations of mouse-like rodents", "Molecular properties and modifications of some respiratory and nutritional allergens", "Taxonomic, biochemical and molecular research of fungi and biologically active compounds", "Investigations of the ecotoxicological aspects of xenobiotics and biotic agents action on populations of mouse-like rodents" which were financed by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, and then by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, the project "Alleviation of pulmonary inflammation with probiotics" which was financed by the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia and the project " From food to dermal application: IBISSPolyCURE - emollient cream enriched with 5% dexpanthenol, 0.2% hyaluronic acid and glucan extract of Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Quelet for wound healing " which was financed by the Institute of Biological research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia and the project “Examination of the biological efficiency of Protector M-25”.
She is a member of the Immunological Society of Serbia and the Serbian Biological Society.
Ethnobotany deals with research into specific aspects of the cultural and biological heritage of a particular region and includes research into the ways in which native plants are used in traditional and veterinary medicine, nutrition, and the production of various local products. This research contributes to the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, and the efficient management of resources.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Ethnobotany deals with research into specific aspects of the cultural and biological heritage of a particular region and includes research into the ways in which native plants are used in traditional and veterinary medicine, nutrition, and the production of various local products. This research contributes to the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, and the efficient management of resources.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
She graduated in 2008 from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Belgrade with a degree in Biochemistry. She obtained her Master's Degree at the same faculty in 2010. In 2018, she defended her PhD thesis entitled "The chemical properties of potentially toxic elements in soil and their impact on the functioning of the species Betula pendula Roth., Acer pseudoplatanus L. and Acer platanoides L. in urban areas of several industrial centers in Serbia". She has been working as a research trainee in the Department of Ecology of the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade since 2011. In 2012, she was appointed as a research assistant and in 2019, and as a research associate in the field of Natural Sciences - Biology.
The scientific research focus is in the field of ecology and environmental protection, primarily in the chemical degradation of soils, i.e. the determination of the degree of pollution, the origin and bioavailability of potentially toxic elements (PTE) in the soils of riparian, urban and industrial ecosystems, as well as the study of the ecophysiological response of plants to the effects of multiple stress factors in the aforementioned habitat types.
In her scientific and research activities to date, she has been involved in the implementation of 8 national and 3 international projects. She has published a total of 61 bibliographic units. According to the Scopus database, she has 460 heterocites and an h-index of 12.
She is a member of the administrative and organizing committee of the international conference YUCORR entitled "Meeting Point of the Science and Practice in the Fields of Corrosion, Materials and Environmental Protection", and a member of the Serbian Biological Society. She is committed to the realization of the goals and tasks of the Union of Engineers and Technicians of Serbia, for which she was awarded the honorary member award in 2022.
Biomonitoring is the process of systematically observing, measuring, and analysing the physiological, biochemical, molecular, and genetic responses of living organisms to environmental changes, thus providing qualitative or quantitative information on the state of the environment. It includes the use of various bioindicators, biomonitors, bioaccumulators, and biomarkers.
Bioremediation is the process in which living organisms (mainly plants, microorganisms, or plant and microbial enzymes) are used to reduce, degrade or detoxify contaminants, pollutants, and toxins in soil, water, and other elements of the environment.
Ethnobotany deals with research into specific aspects of the cultural and biological heritage of a particular region and includes research into the ways in which native plants are used in traditional and veterinary medicine, nutrition, and the production of various local products. This research contributes to the protection of biodiversity, sustainable development, and the efficient management of resources.
Ecophysiology studies the physiological processes in living beings that are a response to changes in the external environment and that are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and interactions that underlie the adaptive strategies of organisms. The effect of climate change, the presence of various pollutants, the availability of nutrients, and habitat degradation are some of those influences that are studied.
Urban ecology focuses on studying fundamental ecological concepts within urban areas. It examines how ecological patterns, relations and processes differ in urban environments compared to non-urban environments, and investigates the impact of urbanisation on the ecology of organisms. Additionally, urban ecology examines the relationships and interactions between ecological and social systems within urban ecosystems that are made exclusively by anthropogenic activity.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Dr Dragan Čakmak enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Water Reclamation 1984/85. and completed his studies on 12 July 1989. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Belgrade on 6 July 1995. He took up his first employment on 1 June 1990 at the Institute of Agricultural Economics of PKB - Belgrade, and then from 01.07.1995 at the Institute for Soil science in Belgrade. From 1 January 2017, he was employed at the Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" of the University of Belgrade.
On 21.10.2019 he received the title of Principal Research Fellow. He has published 123 scientific publications, 45 of which are included in the SCI list. The published works are mainly in the field of ecology and soil degradation, with special emphasis on receptor modeling to determine the source of potentially toxic elements.
Participation in the projects was characterized by the three most important ones in which he was the leader: (2006-2007) "Soil Survey of the Crni Vrh (Bor) region", Dundee Plemeniti Metali d.o.o., study on impact assessment of the opening of new mines, (2014) "Soil investigation and sediments in flood-threatened areas". The results of the project, in addition to the usual form of presentation of the project results, were presented in the public announcement of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in the form of recommendations for agricultural production on areas from which flood waters have receded, (2018) "Determination of the natural background of certain harmful and hazardous substances in the soil", in order to determine the background of PTEs in the lands of the RS.
Dr Dragan Čakmak is a member of the Serbian Society for the Study of Soils and was its Secretary General from 2015 to 2019.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
Dr. Dina Tucović enrolled in the Faculty of Biology at the University of Belgrade in the academic year 2008/2009. year, at the Molecular Biology and Physiology study group. After completing basic studies, he completed his master's studies in the Immunobiology module in 2014. She enrolled in her doctoral studies in the same year in the Immunobiology module of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Belgrade, and she defended her doctoral dissertation in 2020. She has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia since 2017.
Her scientific research work mostly includes examination of the immunomodulatory effects of xenobiotics, primarily cadmium, and mechanisms of contact hypersensitivity reactions, as well as local and systemic reactions after infection with Aspergillus species.
Dina Tucović participated in projects: „Immunomodulatory effects of xenobiotics and biotic factors from the environment on populations of mouse-like rodents“; which was financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, the project „Alleviation of pulmonary inflammation with probiotics“; which was financed by the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia and the project “Examination of the biological efficiency of Protector M-25”.
She is a member of the Immunological Society of Serbia.
Environmental protection comprises reduction or prevention of pollution, negative impacts on the environment, damage caused to ecosystems or natural resources caused by human activities.
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