Dr. Milica Milutinović

After I graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, I earned the MSc (2012) and Ph.D. (2019) degrees at the same faculty. In the period from 2012 to 2017, I was a Visiting Scholar at The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio, USA) where I performed the experimental part of my doctoral thesis, and was engaged in the work of the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center. My research interest covers plant physiology and molecular biology, phytochemistry and biotechnology. Currently, I am focused on the biosynthesis of specialized plant metabolites and their regulation at the molecular level, as well as on metabolic engineering. In recent years, I have been additionally focused on research involving resurrection plants, primarily ferns. I am currently the leader of Dissemination work package on the NEPETOME project, project number 7749433, 2022-2025, financed the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia. Also, I am a participant in the DefensivACME project within the Proof of Concept program, financed by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia. Additionally, I participate in the popularization of science through projects of the European Researchers’ Night, the international manifestation "Fascination of Plants Day" organized under the auspices of the European Organization for Plant Sciences, and the "Drugarijada" organized by the Novak Đoković Foundation. Together with a group of researchers from IBISS, I was involved in the work of the laboratory of the Institute for Virology, Vaccines and Serums "Torlak" for testing Covid19. I am a member of the Federation of European Societies for Plant Biology (FESPB) and treasurer of the Serbian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS).