Dr. Ana Atanacković

Ana Atanacković was born in Belgrade, where she completed primary and secondary school. In 2004, she graduated from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Belgrade. In 2015, she completed her doctoral academic studies at the same faculty, specializing in Ecology, biogeography and biodiversity conservation, module Hydroecology. Her dissertation was titled "Aquatic oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata, Oligochaeta) in different types of watercourses in Serbia".

Since June 2006, she has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" at the University of Belgrade. She was appointed Associate Researcher in 2010, Research Associate in 2016 and Senior Research Associate in 2022.

Ana Atanacković is continuously working on issues related to the ecology of aquatic ecosystems. Her research in the field of aquatic ecology is based on monitoring changes in the habitats of aquatic ecosystems under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors and the role of macroinvertebrates in biological monitoring.

In her work, she has particularly focused on the distribution and structure of communities of small aquatic worms (Annelida: Oligochaeta), which often dominate the bottom fauna and represent an important bioindicator component in aquatic ecosystems. Monitoring the distribution of another related group of aquatic worms from the Annelida group (Polychaeta) is also a topic that Atanacković deals with in her research. With her experience in the identification, knowledge of taxonomy and morphology of oligochaetes, she contributes to international cooperation, both in the study of their communities in the country and in the region, as well as in the monitoring of non-native and invasive species of this group of organisms and in the assessment of their risk to native communities and aquatic ecosystems.

Ana Atanacković is a member of the Serbian Biological Society and the Serbian Society for Water Protection.