Dr. Nevena Zogović

Nevena (Raičević) Zogović graduated from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Belgrade, majoring in Molecular Biology and Physiology. She enrolled in postgraduate studies at the same faculty, majoring in Immunobiology. She defended her M.Sc. thesis, entitled "Functions of rat macrophages in an experimental model of different severity trauma" in 2002 and her PhD thesis, entitled "Mechanism of cell death caused by oxidative stress in astrocyte culture: the role of nitrogen monoxide and iron" in 2006. In 2000-2001, Dr. Zogović was employed at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UB. Since 2001, she holds a permanent position at the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, UB. At present, she is a Senior Research Associate.

Dr Zogović's research is focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying cell-based models of cancer and neurodegeneration, as well as on the potential benefits of novel therapeutics for these diseases. In recent years, using state-of-the-art biochemical and molecular methods, her research has been directed toward revealing the role of autophagy, oxidative stress, mitochondria, and cell death, and their regulation as prospective therapeutic targets.

From 2008 to 2009, Dr Zogović was engaged as a postdoc on the FP6 project „Reinforcing a centre for laser microscopy and cell profiling for regional networking – NEUROIMAGE“, enabling her to visit the Laboratory of Professor Gian Micheale Ratto, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy as visiting scientist where I was trained in confocal microscopy.

Dr Nevena Zogović received a fellowship for advanced graduate students, of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Development of the Republic of Serbia (year 2000). Dr Zogović is the first laureate of the award for a young scientist in the field of physiology and/or biophysics of the Foundation "Akademik Radoslav K. Anđus" for 2005.

Dr Zogović is a member and one of the founders of the Optical Society of Serbia. She is also a member of the Serbian Biological Society (a member of the Scientific Board), the Serbian Neuroscience Society (SNS), Society for Neurosciences of Serbia, the Serbian Society for Mitochondrial and Free Radical Physiology, the Serbian Society for Molecular Biology (MolBioS), Federation of European Neuroscience Society (FENS), and the European Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR-E).