Dr. Katarina Zorić

Born in Belgrade in 1978. Graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade in 2005. In 2015 she received her PhD from the same faculty, with a dissertation entitled "Invasiveness of non-native macroinvertebrates and fish species of the Danube River". Her interests focus on the ecology of aquatic ecosystems and the role of aquatic macroinvertebrates in biomonitoring, the investigation of invasive species and the risk assessment methodology as well as research of crayfish populations and their conservation. Author of 97 publications in various scientific categories, including 21 papers in international journals, which have been cited 100 times.

Since the beginning of her career, she has been involved in the implementation of 20 national and international projects and 2 bilateral cooperation projects. She is a member of the Serbian Biological Society and the Serbian Society for Water Protection.

Research interests:
ecology of freshwater ecosystems, invasive species, native and invasive crayfish species, conservation biology, aquatic macroinvertebrates, biomonitoring