EDUCATION

2017 – PhD in Biology, Faculty of Biology (FB), UB
Variants in RNA editing, serotonergic receptor 2C and tryptophan-hydroxylase 2 genes as risk factors for suicide attempt in psychiatric patients (doctoral dissertation done at the Center for Human Molecular Genetics (CHMG), FB, UB)
2009 – BSc equivalent to MSc in Molecular Biology and Physiology, FB, UB

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2023 – Assistant Research Professor, LMB, IMGGE, UB
2018 - 2023 – Assistant Research Professor, CHMG, FB, UB
2013 - 2018 – Research Assistant, CHMG, BF, UB
2011 - 2013 – Junior Researcher, CHMG, BF, UB
2009 - 2011 – Teaching Assistant, CHMG, BF, UB
2009 – Associate (molecular diagnostics of rare neuromuscular diseases, paternity/kinship testing), CHMG, BF, UB

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2020 - 2022 – Principal Investigator of the bilateral project Genetic predisposition of suicidal behavior with the Republic of Slovenia (Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia)
2022 - 2023 – Participant of the pilot study of the feasibility of neonatal screening for spinal muscular atrophy (National Program)
2022 – Study visit in the laboratory of prof. Dr. Alja Videtič Paska (Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana)
2017 – Study visit in the laboratory of prof. Dr. Tomaž Bratkovič (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana)
2019 – Member of the Program Council for Doctoral Studies of the UB
2020 – Lecturer on the course R in the analysis of biological data (PhD studies, FB, UB)
2009 - 2022 – Participation in practical and/or theoretical teaching in the courses Basics of molecular biology, Molecular biology of eukaryotes, Introduction to molecular diagnostics of human diseases (BSc and MSc studies, FB, UB)
2016 - 2019 – Member of the organization and lecturer at the PCR in biological and biomedical research and Quantitative PCR summer schools
2017 – Member of the Technical Board of the First Congress of Molecular Biologists of Serbia with international participation
Participation in international and national projects, membership in scientific societies, lecture by invitation at the Brain Awareness Week event in 2020

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Genetics and epigenetics of multifactorial diseases (psychiatric diseases, malignant tumors)
• Molecular basis of rare neuromuscular diseases
• Bioinformatics and genomics
• Biostatistics