Dr. Aleksandar Cingel

Dr. Aleksandar Cingel (September 24th, 1969, Sremska Mitrovica, Republic of Serbia) is a Principal research fellow at the Department of Plant Physiology of the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković". He received a PhD degree in plant physiology and molecular biology from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade in 2012.

His research belongs to the field of plant biotechnology and, above all, includes the study of the mechanisms that underlie the defensive responses of plants to various biotic and abiotic factors to improve the properties of cultivated plant species for sustainable agriculture.

He has been awarded the 2012 by "Goran Ljubijankić" Foundation for the best doctoral dissertations in molecular biology. He is a member of the Serbian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) and The Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB).