1.Work experience:
- 2017-present: Research Associate, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
- 2013-2017: Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
- 2012-2013: Junior Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
2.Education:
- 2017-present: Postdoctoral study in Plant Nutrition, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade; advisor: Miroslav Nikolić.
- 2016: PhD in study program of Agricultural Sciences in the module Phytomedicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, advisor: Olivera Petrović-Obradović; coadvisor: Slobodan Milanović.
- 2011: Graduated at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade.
3. Other professional activities
- Work on the services it provides Plant Nutrition Laboratory.
- Аdvisor of the defended doctoral dissertation: “The effect of essential oils and selected costituent s of thyme, rosemary and basil on the bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)”.
- Acknowledgment for participation in the realization of the doctoral dissertation: “In vitro propagation and biological activity of essential oil and methanol extracts of tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)”.
- Selected poster presentation “Alumina powders as novel non-toxic insecticide against bean weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus Say)”. at the 6th International Scientific Agricultural Symposium „Agrosym 2015“
Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):
1) External reviewer for the international scientific journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development (IF 4.531), verified at ORCID.
Past:
- Member of the national project “Plant Adaptations to Mineral Stress on Marginal Agricultural Soils”, No. OI-173028 funded by Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (2011-2019)
- Jelica Lazarević, Stojan Jevremović, Igor Kostić, Miroslav Kostić, Ana Vuleta, Sanja Manitašević Jovanović and Darka Šešlija Jovanović (2020): Toxic, Oviposition Deterrent and Oxidative Stress Effects of Thymus vulgaris Essential Oil against Acanthoscelides obtectus. Insects, 11, 563, 1-19. (IF 2.220)
- Nina Devrnja, Igor Kostić, Jelica Lazarević, Jelena Savić & Dušica Ćalić (2020): Evaluation of tansy essential oil as a potential “green” alternative for gypsy moth control. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27 (11): 11958–11967. (IF 3.056)
- Jelica Lazarević, Igor Kostić, Slobodan Milanović, Darka Šešlija Jovanović, Slobodan Krnjajić, Dušica Ćalić, Slađan Stanković and Miroslav Kostić (2020): Repellent activity of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) and Tanacetum vulgare (L.) essential oils against Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Bulletin of Entomological Research, DOI: 10.1017/S0007485320000504. (IF 1.184)
- Lazarević, J., Radojković, A., Kostić, I., Krnjajić, S., Mitrović, J., Kostić, M., Novaković, T., Branković, Z., Branković, G. (2018): Insecticidal impact of alumina powders against Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) (Article). Journal of Stored Product Research, 77, 45-54. (IF 1.954)
- Milanović, S., Janković-Tomanić, M., Kostić, I., Kostić, M., Morina, F., Živanović, B., Lazarević, J. (2016): Behavioural and physiological plasticity of gypsy moth larvae to host plant switching. Entomologia Experimentalis at Applicata, 158 (2), 1-11. (IF 1.162)
- Kostić I., Petrović O., Milanović S., Popović Z., Stanković S., Todorović G., Kostić M. (2013): Biological activity of essential oils of Athamanta haynaldii and Myristica fragrans to gypsy moth larvae. Industrial Crops and Products 41: 17-20. (IF 3.208)