CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

INSTITUTION

LOCATION

DATE

DEGREE

University of Belgrade Environmental Management

Belgrade, Serbia

2010

PhD

Uppsala University and SLU Management of Biological Diversity

Uppsala, Sweden

2009

MSc

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology (Ecology and Environmental Protection)

Belgrade, Serbia

2002

BSc

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

DATES

POSITION

INSTITUTION

2022-present

Junior Professor

University of Paris-Saclay, Paris, France

2017-present

Researcher

Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

2019-2022

Lecturer

University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

2015(Nov-Dec)

Guest Investigator

Laboratory of Ecology, Systematics and Evolution, CNRS, University of Paris-Sud, Paris, France

2014-2017

Researcher

Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany

2014(Sep)

Guest Investigator

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

2013-2017

Research Associate Professor

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
University of Belgrade, Serbia

2011-2013

Research Assistant Professor

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
University of Belgrade, Serbia

2011(Jan)-2012(Jan)

Postdoc Fellow

Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany

2003-2011

Research Assistant

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
University of Belgrade, Serbia

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

DATES

AWARD/FELLOWSHIP

2022

The Award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for outstanding results in science, experimental research and innovations

2018-2022

The J. E. Purkyne Fellowship, Czech Academy of Sciences

2015

Danubius Young Scientist Award, Austrian Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

2014-2017

Georg Forster Research Fellowship (HERMES), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2011(Jan)-2012(Jan)

IGB Fellowship in Freshwater Science, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany

2007-2009

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Masters Programme in Management of Biological Diversity, Swedish Biodiversity Centre (CBM), Uppsala, Sweden

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

DATES

INVOLVEMENT

INSTITUTION/CONFERENCE

2023-2025

Organizer and Chair

International Symposium and Workshops: The Use of Online Digital Data to Advance Invasion Science, France, Italy, Czechia

2022

Organizer and Chair

International Symposium and Workshop: Monitoring Biodiversity Trends and Threats Using Novel Digital Tools, Prague, Czechia

2022

Scientific Committee

International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS 2022), Trabzon, Turkey

2021

Scientific Committee

9th European Congress of Malacological Societies (EUROMAL), Czechia

2020-present

Steering Group

Alliance for Freshwater Life (AFL)

2019-present

Steering Committee

Invasion Dynamics Network (InDyNet)

2018-2022

Organizer and Chair

International Workshops: Lake Fish Telemetry Group, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia, and Berlin, Germany

2018-present

Board member

Conservation Culturomics Working Group of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)

2017

Scientific Committee

EIFAAC International Symposium "Adaptation of inland fisheries and aquaculture to climate change", Stare Jablonki, Poland

2013-2017

Scientific Council

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
University of Belgrade, Serbia

2012-present

Member

Danube Sturgeon Task Force (DSTF)

2011-present

Member

World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS)

2010-2011

Consultant

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - OSCE Mission to Serbia

2010

Consultant

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Serbia

2009-present

Member

Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

AD HOC REVIEWS

Nature Sustainability

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Global Change Biology

Trends in Parasitology

Conservation Biology

Biological Conservation

Conservation Letters

Fish and Fisheries

People and Nature

Aquatic Conservation

Ecosystem Services

Ecological Modelling

Ambio

Environmental Management

Oecologia

Science of the Total Environment

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Endangered Species Research

Biological Invasions

PLOS One

PeerJ

Freshwater Biology

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Science and Engineering Ethics

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Ecological Engineering

Journal of Nature Conservation

Fisheries Research

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Tissue and Cell

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Analytical Letters

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Archives of Biological Sciences

Hydrobiologia

Slovenian Veterinary Research

Biologia

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Advances in Environmental Research

African Journal of Biotechnology

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

PROJECT REVIEWS

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Actions

Evaluation Panel of the Czech Science Foundation

French National Agency for Research (ANR)

Greater Atlantic Regional Office of NOAA Fisheries

National Science Centre (Poland)

Latvian Council of Science

Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation

TEACHING

Challenges in Research: From Individual Project to Career Project, MSc course, University of Paris-Saclay, France

Population Dynamics and Management, MSc course, University of Paris-Saclay, France

Why and How to Develop your Postdoc Project, PhD course, University of Paris-Saclay, France

Writing and Publishing Research Papers, PhD course, University of Paris-Saclay, France

Scientific English, undergraduate course, University of Paris-Saclay, France

Ecological Engineering and Social Sciences, undergraduate course, University of Nanterre, Paris, France

Aquatic Conservation (KBE/047), Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czechia (2020-2022)

STUDENT SUPERVISION

Katarina Jovicic, PhD student (2013-2019): "Distribution of different pollutants in the tissues of five commercial fish species from the Danube River near Belgrade", Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Anna Cihlova, MSc student (2021-2022): "Apps for nature - gaining ecological and conservation insights from dedicated smartphone applications", Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel [co-supervised with Uri Roll]

Shengyu Wang, PhD student (2023-present): "Impacts, invasion risks, and social awareness of alien ants", University of Paris-Saclay, France [co-supervised with Franck Courchamp]

Haiyu Li, MSc student (2024-2025): "Effects of human activities on the migration and reproduction of the Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)", University of Sorbonne, Paris, France [co-supervised with Jacqui Shykoff]

Jessica Smith, PhD student (2024-present): "Feathered friends or foes? Socio-cultural and ecological influences on perceptions of introduced species", University of Exeter, UK, and University of Paris-Saclay, France [co-supervised with Sarah Crowley]

KEYNOTE AND INVITED LECTURES

2025, Invited seminar: "Harnessing online digital data in ecology and conservation", 20 March 2025, University of Leeds, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Leeds, UK

2023, Keynote lecture: "Invasion culturomics and iEcology: emerging fields in the Age of Internet", International Conference "Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution" (TiBE), Vila do Conde, Portugal, 30 November 2023

2023, Invited seminar: "iEcology and conservation culturomics: emerging fields in the Age of Internet", 23 November 2023 (remote), University of Nalanda, Rajgir, Bihar, India

2021, Keynote lecture: "Crowdsourcing: a neglected research approach in malacology", 9th European Congress of Malacological Societies (EUROMAL), Czech Republic

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