Dr. Marko Prokić

I received my PhD in 2016 at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. The title of my doctoral dissertation is “Parameters of antioxidative defense system in different tissues of Pelophylax esculentus complex frogs as biomarkers of metals exposure”. My fields of investigation are the ecophysiology and toxicology of ectothermic organisms with a special focus on amphibians. The research I conduct in natural populations and the laboratory is dedicated to determining the effects of environmental stressors on physiological parameters (redox balance, metabolism) and the ability of the organism to cope with changes in the environment.

Awards, acknowledgments and projects:
- "Dostiteja" award for the 1000 best students, Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia.
- Award "Professor Radoslav Žikić" for the best student of the Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, for the generation 2007.
- Award for Scientific Excellence (2018-2022), Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia
- Project memeber #173041 Molecular and physiological biomonitoring of aerobic organisms based on the determination of biochemical biomarkers of oxidative stress (2017-2019), Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia
- Project coordinator #11120 Development under artificial light at night. Biological impact of light pollution on amphibians - ENLIGHT (2024-2026), PROMIS 2023 program, Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia

Memberships:
Society of Experimental Biology, Society for Free Radical Research- Europe, Serbian Society for Mitochondrial and Free Radical Physiology and Serbian Biological Society.