Dr. Aleksandra Popov Aleksandrov

Dr. Aleksandra Popov Aleksandrov was born in Zrenjanin, where she completed primary and secondary school. She pursued her undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, the study group Molecular Biology and Physiology, in the academic year 2000/2001., graduating in 2008. She enrolled in doctoral studies in Immunobiology at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, in the academic year 2009/2010, and defended her doctoral dissertation in 2013. She has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia since 2008.

Dr. Popov Aleksandrov's scientific research focuses on investigating the effects of xenobiotics, such as cadmium, warfarin, benzo[a]pyrene, on immune homeostasis in specialized barrier tissues (skin, lungs and intestine) as well as on the systemic immune response in laboratory rodents. Additionally, Dr. Popov Aleksandrov studies the mechanisms underlying both physiological (wound healing) and pathological (contact hypersensitivity reactions) processes in the skin.

Participation on projects:
2006-2010 "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
2011-2020 "Immunomodulatory effects of xenobiotics and biotic factors from the environment on populations of mouse-like rodents" which were financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia
2022-“Examination of the biological efficiency of Protector M-25”

Аwards and scholarships:
2016. Research visit at the Department of Clinical Immunodermatology and Infectious Diseases (Prof. Dr. Georg Stingl Laboratory), University of Vienna, Austria, for one month, thanks to the award of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS)

Scientific society membership:
Immunological Society of Serbia, member of Steering Committee
Serbian Biological Society
Representative of Club of Serbian Young Immunologists (2020-2022)