Dr. Željko Pavković

Željko Z. Pavković was born on October 20, 1986. in Belgrade. He attended the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade from 2005 to 2010. He completed his diploma thesis entitled "Odonata population in the Belgrade coast during the summer period of 2010: dynamism and habitat preferences of the most common species" at the Department of Animal Ecology and Geography. After six months of work at the elementary school "Radoje Domanović" in Belgrade, in 2011 he enrolled in doctoral studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. He began his scientific research work at the Laboratory for Human Molecular Genetics, Institute for Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, where he was employed from 2011 to 2012. Since 2012, he has been employed at the Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology and Behavior, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, a National Institute of the Republic of Serbia. He completed his doctoral dissertation entitled "Effects of propofol-induced anesthesia on synaptic plasticity, activity of the dopamine system and behavior of juvenile rats", for which he received the Ivan Đaja award (best doctoral thesis in the field of Physiology in 2017/2018). He participated in the realization of two projects financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (173051 and 173056). During 2020/21, he was engaged as a collaborator in the Covid-19 laboratory, Directorate for National Laboratories, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia. His area of research includes examining pharmacological and social factors in neurodegenerative disorders and neurodevelopment. He is a member of the Neuroscience Society of Serbia (DNS), the Serbian Biological Society and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).