Dr. Milan Miljević

Milan is a research associate whose primary focus lies in the fields of parasitology, molecular ecology, and zoonoses, with a specific emphasis on echinococcosis. His professional career started in 2014 at the National Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Pasteur Institute Novi Sad. Since 2019, Milan has been employed at the Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. In September 2020, Milan defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Ecology and significance of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) and jackal (Canis aureus L.) as a natural reservoir of multilocular echinococcosis and other intestinal zoonosis in Vojvodina” at the Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, earning his PhD in Ecological Sciences. Milan has been involved in two projects funded by the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. As a recipient of a scholarship for a research visit under the "IT makes S(ci)ENSE" program in 2022, he underwent professional training at ANSES, the National Reference Laboratory for Echinococcus spp., Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife in Nancy, France. He is an active member of the Serbian Parasitological Society and the One Health Association of Serbia. He has also contributed several times to the promotion of science through various media.