Dr. Aleksandar Urošević

Doctorate (Ph.D.), Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 2012; basic studies (M.Sc., B.Sc.), Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 2007. Since 2011, he has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National institute of the Republic of Serbia. He works on evolutionary morphology, primarily the evolution of the cranial and postcranial skeleton of amphibians, reptiles and large Pleistocene herbivores. Another direction of his research is related to studies of faunistics, biodiversity and conservation biology. So far, he has participated in basic research projects financed by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia. In addition, he participated in several national and international projects and collaborated with researchers outside the main project, including numerous international collaborations. He has authored chapters in the Red Books of Fauna of Serbia I and II (Amphibians and Reptiles). He was employed as an expert on the projects of the Ecological Network of the Republic of Serbia. He participated in teaching at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade, for the subjects Morphometrics and the Special Course of Faunistics. He was a co-mentor for two doctoral theses. By introducing new methodological approaches, he contributed to the development of both evolutionary morphology and paleontology, while his work on faunistics and biogeography greatly improved knowledge of the distribution and diversity of amphibians and reptiles in Serbia.