Dr. Vida Jojić

Education:
2010, Ph.D. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade; Ph.D. Dissertation: "The maintenance of B chromosomes in populations of the yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis (Mammalia, Rodentia): Geometric morphometric analysis of morphological variability and its components"
2005, M.Sc. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade; M.Sc. Thesis: "The effects of B chromosomes in a population of yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis (Rodentia, Mammalia): Morphometric analysis of the mandible"
2000, B.Sc. Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade

Employment:
December 2001-Present, Department of Genetic Research, IBISS

Research interests:
Zoology – traditional and geometric morphometrics in zoology; Evolutionary biology – evolution of complex morphological structures in vertebrates; morphological variability and its components (canalization, developmental stability, and morphological integration); Genetics – supernumerary B chromosomes; Taxonomy – traditional and geometric morphometrics in integrative taxonomy

Other relevant information:
One of the pioneers of geometric morphometrics in Serbia. Since 2007, passing on her knowledge and experience in geometric morphometrics to younger colleagues by teaching Morphometry within PhD studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade and by supervising and mentoring of graduate, master's and Ph.D. students
2020-2022, Leader of bilateral (Serbia-Slovenia) project "The role of phylogeny and ecology in structuring mandibular and cranial variation patterns in Apodemus (Muridae, Rodentia) species" (337-00-21/2020-09/9)
Reviewer for: BMC Evolutionary Biology; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Contributions to Zoology; Journal of Morphology; Zoologischer Anzeiger; Biological Journal of the Linnean Society; European Journal of Taxonomy; Mammalian Biology; Acta Theriologica; Journal of Applied Ichthyology; Archives of Biological Sciences; Turkish Journal of Zoology; Turkish Journal of Entomology; Acta Zoologica Bulgarica; Acta Biologica Slovenica; Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia; Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics
January 2019-Present, Member of the Advisory Board of peer-reviewed scientific journal Zoologischer Anzeiger
Member of IBISS’s Scientific Board in four periods: 2011-2013; 2019-2021; 2021-2023; 2023-2025
Member of Serbian Genetic Society and Serbian Biological Society