Dr. Jelena Ćorović

1. Work experience
• 2020 - Present: Research associate, Department of Evolutionary biology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade
• 2017 - 2020: Research assistant, Department of Evolutionary biology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade
• 2014 - 2017: Junior research assistant, Department of Evolutionary biology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade

2. Education
• 2020: PhD degree, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology
• 2012: Master’s degree, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology
• 2006 - 2010: Bachelor’s studies, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology

3. Additional work experience
• Scientific and professional training at the CIBIO Institute – Research Center for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Portugal. In the period from 01.09. to 30.09.2023. she participated in the project titled "Assessing the indirect effect of pesticides at individual level with lizards in mesocosms" financed by the COST action PERIAMAR (CA18221 - PEsticide RIsk AssessMent for Amphibians and Reptiles).
• Conservation status and threats of westernmost populations of the meadow lizard (Darevskia praticola), project financed by SEH – Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Grant in Herpetology 2014.
• Monitoring of amphibians and reptiles of the "Uvac" Special Nature Reserve
• Monitoring of the European ground squirrel of the "Titelski breg" Special Nature Reserve

4. Professional service
• Assessor on the IUCN Red List – IUCN Red List Assessment status of Darevskia praticola, 2022.
• Member of the local organizing committee – 21th European Congress of Herpetology, Belgrade, Serbia, September 5th-9th 2022.
• Membership in scientific bodies – Serbian biological society; SEH – Societas Europaea Herpetologica
• Peer-reviewed articles for – Amphibia-Reptilia, Ecologia Balkanica, Ecologica Montenegrina, Herpetozoa, North-Western Journal of Zoology and PeerJ

5. Research interest
My scientific work includes research in the field of evolutionary and conservation biology, as well as in the field of herpetology – where I study morphological and ecophysiological characteristics of reptiles.