Dr. Marija Matić

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.