Dr. Milena Vlahović

2009 –Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
2003 – M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
1999 – B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade

2019 – Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Institute of National Importance for the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade
2015 – Senior Research Associate, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Institute of National Importance for the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade
2009 – Research Associate, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Institute of National Importance for the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade

Dr Milena Vlahović's scientific field of work includes the influence of chemical (metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and physical stressors (magnetic field, temperature) on various stress protection systems of economically important phytophagous insects. She is involved in research on insect physiology, genotoxicity, mechanisms of adaptation and phenotypic plasticity, methods for detoxification of xenobiotics, ecotoxicology, environmental pollution, risk assessment and identification of new biomarkers for environmental monitoring. She has been employed at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" since 2000 and has participated in numerous projects dealing with the effects of stress factors on various insect species (funded by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia), as well as the role of insects in the biotransformation of organic and plastic waste and their potential role in nutrition (United Nations Development Programme). She is a member of the Serbian Biological Society, Entomological Society of Serbia, Serbian Society of Toxicology, European Toxicologists & European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX) and International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX), reviewer for foreign projects and contributor to leading scientific journals. She has been involved in the supervision and preparation of doctoral theses. She is the author of over 100 scientific publications