EDUCATION

2020 – 2023 - PhD in Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2016 – 2021 - PhD in Biological Sciences,  Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
2014 – 2016 - Master of Biology – Biochemistry - Faculty of Natural Science, University of Banja Luka, B&H
2010 – 2014 - B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2025 – present – Research associate at Laboratory for plant molecular biology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2023 – present – Assistant professor at Faculty of Forestry University of Banja Luka, Republik of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019 - 2022 – Research assistants at Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2016 - 2019 – Research assistant, employed on various projects at Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2024 – Recipient of the Matica Srpska Award for notable scientific research in the field of botanical disciplines, titled “Josif Pančić Award.”
2024 – Member of the Society of Plant Physiologists of Serbia.
2023 – 2025 – Lecturer in the first cycle of studies at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka (courses: Botany, Plant Physiology, and Plant Nutrition).
2022 – Participant in the summer school "Molecular Evolutionary Ecology in Biodiversity", organized by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany.

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Priming and plant stress memory
• Molecular and biochemical mechanisms of effects of abiotic stresses in plants
• Antioxidants and reactive oxygen species, redox regulations
• Metabolomic, secundary metabolites
• Plant bioactive compounds