Dr. Branka Petković

Ph.D. in 2007 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, M.Sc. in 2003 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, and B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Physiology in 2000 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. She studies the effects of various pharmacological substances and environmental factors on the central nervous system and behavior of experimental animals in physiological and pathophysiological conditions, and especially the effects of constant and variable magnetic fields in evolutionarily distant species. Engaged in projects of the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia since 2000. Head of the project "The effects of magnetic fields and other environmental stressors on the physiological responses and behavior of different species" (OI173027; 2011-2019) and the bilateral project with France "MAGNETDROSOLOCO" (no. 451-03-01963/2017-09/06) within the "PAVLE SAVIĆ" Program (2018-2019). Award of the Serbian Biological Society for the best Ph.D. dissertation defended in the school year 2006/2007 (2007), award of the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia for successful researchers (2004), and fellowship of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of Serbia (2000-2001). Engaged in doctoral studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. Member of BioEM Society, Association of Italian and Serbian Scientists and Scholars (AIS3), Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Serbian Neuroscience Society, Serbian Biological Society, and Biophysical Society of Serbia. Member of the Committee for Science, and currently president of the Board of Directors of the Serbian Biological Society. Member of the Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee of the Second Congress of Biologists of Serbia and the Third Congress of Biologists of Serbia. Invited reviewer in several journals from the SCI list, monographs, textbooks, and project proposals within the Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation Program and the AAPG 2019 of the French National Research Agency (ANR).