Education
2010. PhD in biotechnical sciences (fruit and vine growing). University of Belgrade – Faculty of Agriculture.
Research interests
Study on the factors of optimization of all phases of micropropagation and adventitious organogenesis in vitro of stone, small and pome frit species.
Determination of genetic stability of plants propagated in vitro by methods of determination of chromosomes number and isoenzyme analyses.
Cryopreservation/in vitro fruit germplasm cryoconservation.
Selected projects
Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia
Conservation and plum pox virus eradication from Serbian autochthonous plum genotypes using cryotechniques, 2020-2022 – researcher.
International projects
COST action CA21157 European Network for Innovative Woody Plant Cloning (COPYTREE), 2022-2026 - member.
Clonal in vitro propagation of selected cultivars of Rubus i Prunus spp., 2015–2016 – PI.
Application of "droplet" vitrification and "V-cryo-plate" method in cryopreservation of genetic resources of the genus Prunus, 2014‒2015 – PI.
The sustainable improvement of european berry production, quality and nutritional value in changing environment: strawberries, currants, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries (EUBERRY), FP7 program (subcontractor), 2011–2014 – researcher.
Ministry of education, science and technological development of the Republic of Serbia
TR–31064 The creation and preservation of genetic resources of continental species of fruit trees, 2011-2019 – researcher.
Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management of the Republic of Serbia
Improvement of primary raspberry production through modification of applied agro and pomotechnical measures in orchards, 2021–2022 – researcher.
Improving raspberry production in Serbia through the increase of the mother plantation capacity for the production of certified planting material, 2020-2021 – researcher.
Certification of raspberry (Rubus ideaus L.) planting material, 2017-2018 – researcher.
Study visits
Crop Research Institute, Prague, The Czech Republic (2012).
Centre IRD de Montpellier, UMR DIADE, Montpellier, France (2010).
Cornell University – Ithaca, New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, SAD (2004).
Memberships in scientific and professional associations
The Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB).
Serbian Plant Physiology Society.
Scientific Pomological Society of Serbia.
ECPGR (European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources).
Lecturing
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