University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

Dušan Nikolić

PhD in ecological sciences

Research Associate

Address: Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade

Telephone: (+381) 11 2078 477

Research area

1.Work experience:

  • (Oct) 2020 – present: Research Fellow, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (Jan) 2020 – (Oct) 2020: Research Assistant, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (Dec) 2017 – (Jan) 2020: Research Trainee, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.

2.Education:

  • 2020: PhD in Ecology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology (average grade 10.0);
  • 2015: MSc in Ecology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology (average grade 9.91);
  • 2014: BSc in Biology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology (average grade 9.30).

3.Awards and certificates:

  • Scholarship of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2016 – 2018);
  • Second award “Assistant Professor Dr. Milena Dalmacija” for the doctoral dissertation that gave the greatest scientific contribution in the field of environmental protection at universities in the Republic of Serbia (2020);
  • Diploma ″Vuk Karadžić″ for exceptional success in learning (2010);
  • Diploma ″Vuk Karadžić″ for exceptional success in learning (2006)

4.Other professional activities

  • Has mastered the program of continuous improvement “Train (Training and Research for Academic Newcomers”);
  • Co-author of two fisheries management programs and three reports on monitoring of the fish stock;
  • He successfully completed an internship within the IASTE (The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) organization, when he was involved in the projects “Umbrella for the conservation of native forest species in the Ischtigualasto provincial” at the National University of San Juan (Argentina) park” and “Hierarchical models of species distribution in hyperarid desert of the central west of Argentina: Microcavia australis as a models”.

Courses taught:

  • Teaching assistant in courses at Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade, undergraduate studies:
    •  2016 – 2018: Animal Ecology;
    •  2016 – present: Aquatic Ecology.

Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):

  • Reviewer – Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Memberships:

  • Association of Toxicologists of Serbia

Skills

Fish sampling by electrofishing devices and fish nets according to the standards of the European Commission for Standardization (SRPS EN 14962, SRPS EN 14011, and SRPS EN 14757);

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), STATISTICA, SPSS, MorphoJ, Tps Dig, Tps Relw, Integrated Morphometric Package (CoordGen6).

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications
  1. Work experience:
  • (Oct) 2020 – present: Research Fellow, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (Jan) 2020 – (Oct) 2020: Research Assistant, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (Dec) 2017 – (Jan) 2020: Research Trainee, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.
  1. Education:
  • 2020: PhD in Ecology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology (average grade 10.0);
  • 2015: MSc in Ecology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology (average grade 9.91);
  • 2014: BSc in Biology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology (average grade 9.30).
  1. Awards and certificates:
  • Scholarship of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2016 – 2018);
  • Belgrade City Award for Youth Creativity for 2020 – in the field of science (2021);
  • Award of the Đoka Vlajković Endowment, for the best scientific article of young scientists of the University of Belgrade, for the article: Risk assessment of using fish from different types of reservoirs as human food – A study on European perch (Perca fluviatilis) (2021);
  • Second award “Assistant Professor Dr. Milena Dalmacija” for the doctoral dissertation that gave the greatest scientific contribution in the field of environmental protection at Universities in the Republic of Serbia (2020);
  • Diploma ″Vuk Karadžić″ for exceptional success in learning (2010);
  • Diploma ″Vuk Karadžić″ for exceptional success in learning (2006).
  1. Other professional activities
  • Researcher at the Center of Excellence for Green Technologies, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • Member of the Ethics Committee of the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • Provider of services for the Environmental Impact Assessment Studies;
  • Has mastered the program of continuous improvement “Train (Training and Research for Academic Newcomers”);
  • Co-author of three fisheries management programs and four reports on monitoring of the fish stock;
  • He successfully completed an internship within the IASTE (The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) organization, when he was involved in the projects “Umbrella for the conservation of native forest species in the Ischtigualasto provincial” at the National University of San Juan (Argentina) park” and “Hierarchical models of species distribution in hyperarid desert of the central west of Argentina: Microcavia australis as a models”.

Courses taught:

  • Teaching assistant in courses at Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade, undergraduate studies:
    •  2016 – 2018: Animal Ecology;
    •  2016 – present: Aquatic Ecology.

Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):

  • Reviewer – Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Memberships:

  • Serbian Society of Toxicology (SETOX);
  • Federation of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX);
  • International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX);
  • Serbian Water Pollution Control Society.

Current: 

  • Managing and restoring aquatic ecological corridors for migratory fish species in the Danube River Basin – MEASURES;
  • The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network (COST Action CA18102);
  • Comparative ecology of selected invasive fish species in Slovakia and Serbia in respect with climat change and human disturbance (2019-2021) – Serbian – Slovak joint research project, Institute for multidisciplinary research, University of Belgrade and Centrum biológie rastlin a biodiverzity SAV.

Past:

  • Fishes as water quality indicators in open waters of Serbia (OI173045);
  • Monitoring and Modeling of Rivers and Reservoirs (MORE) – Physical, Chemical, Biological and Morphodynamic Parameters (TR37009);
  • Obtaining data and other services in order to continue the establishment of the ecological network in the Republic of Serbia (JNOP 01/ 2018);
  • Obtaining data and other services in order to establish the ecological network of the European Union Natura 2000 as part of the ecological network of the Republic of Serbia (JNOP 02/ 2018);
  • Obtaining data and other services in order to continue making red lists of individual groups of organisms of flora, fauna and fungi in the Republic of Serbia (JNOP 03/ 2018);
  • Operational monitoring of surface and groundwater of the Republic of Serbia – Lot 1 – Operational monitoring of surface waters (2017 – 2018);
  • A study on the presence of European eel in the fishing waters of the Republic of Serbia (2018).
  1. Nikolić, D., Skorić, S., Mićković, B., Nikčević, M., Smederevac-Lalić, M., & Djikanović, V. (2022). Accumulation of 25 elements in gills, liver, gonads, and muscle of European chub (Squalius cephalus), Cactus roach (Rutilus virgo), and pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) from Zlatar reservoir (Serbia). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19472-9
  2. Nikolić, D., Skorić, S., Poleksić, V., & Rašković, B. (2021). Sex-specific elemental accumulation and histopathology of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) from Garaši reservoir (Serbia) with human health risk assessment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(38), 53700-53711. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14526-w
  3. Nikolić, D., Skorić, S., Janković, S., Hegediš, A., & Djikanović, V. (2021). Age-specific accumulation of toxic metal (loid) s in northern pike (Esox lucius) juveniles. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09004-2
  4. Nikolić, D., Skorić, S., Cvijanović, G., Jaćimović, M., Đikanović, V., & Mićković, B. (2021). Morphometric and meristic characteristics of the Amur sleeper (Perccottus glenii) from the Danube River drainage channel. Archives of Biological Sciences, 73(3), 381-388. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS210413031N
  5. Nikolić, D., Skorić, S. B., Đikanović, V., Mićković, B. B., Hegediš, A., Lenhardt, M., & Krpo-Ćetković, J. (2020). Toxic elements in water and sediment from six reservoirs in Serbia. Water Research and Management, 10(1-2), 13-18.
  6. Nikolić D., Skorić S., Rašković B., Lenhardt M., Krpo-Ćetković J. (2020). Impact of reservoir properties on elemental accumulation and histopathology of European perch (Perca fluviatilis). Chemosphere, 244, 125503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125503
  7. Nikolić D., Skorić S., Lenhardt M., Hegediš A., Krpo-Ćetković, J. (2020). Risk assessment of using fish from different types of reservoirs as human food – A study on European perch (Perca fluviatilis). Environmental Pollution, 113586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.-113586
  8. Smederevac-Lalić M., Regner S., Lenhardt M., Nikolić D., Cvijanović G., Jaćimović M., Hegediš A. (2019). Review of allochthonous fish species with the marine origin in Serbian freshwater system. Studia Marina, 32 (1): 33-46.
  9. Skorić S., Mićković B., Nikolić D., Hegediš A., Cvijanović G. (2017). A Weight-length Relationship of the Amur Sleeper (Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877) (Odontobutidae) in the Danube River Drainage Canal, Serbia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 9: 155-159.