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Research Associate Professor

Dušan Nikolić

PhD in ecological sciences

Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Research

Center for Green Technologies

Contact:

Address:

Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade

Telephone:

(+381) 11 2078 477

E-Mail:

dusan@imsi.rs

dusan@imsi.bg.ac.rs

Links:

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2004-1662

Scopus ID: 57198442577

ResearchGate: Dusan-Nikolic

Research area

  • Ecology;
  • Ecotoxicology;
  • Ichthyology;
  • Histology of fish;
  • Monitoring of aquatic ecosystems.

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),
  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), STATISTICA, SPSS, MorphoJ, Tps Dig, Tps Relw, Integrated Morphometric Package (CoordGen6).
Work experience:
  • (February) 2025 – present: Senior Research Associate, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (October) 2020 – (February) 2025: Research Associate, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (January) 2020 – (October) 2020: Research Assistant, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • (December) 2017 – (January) 2020: Research Trainee, University of Belgrade – Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.
Education:
  • 2020: PhD in Ecological Sciences, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology;
  • 2015: MSc in Ecology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology;
  • 2014: BSc in Biology, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Biology.
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);
  • Belgrade City Award for Youth Creativity – Science category (2020, awarded in 2021);
  • Đoka Vlajković Endowment Award for the best scientific paper by young researchers of the University of Belgrade, for the paper “The European chub (Squalius cephalus) as an indicator of reservoirs pollution and human health risk assessment associated with its consumption” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119871) (2023);
  • Đoka Vlajković Endowment Award for the best scientific paper by young researchers of the University of Belgrade, for the paper “Risk assessment of using fish from different types of reservoirs as human food – A study on European perch (Perca fluviatilis)” (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113586) (2021);
  • “Vuk Karadžić” Diploma for outstanding academic achievement and conduct (2010);
  • “Vuk Karadžić” Diploma for outstanding academic achievement and conduct (2006).
Other professional activities
  • Researcher at the Center of Excellence for Green Technologies, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • Member of the Transformation Team of the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, established for the implementation of the Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship Project (SAIGE Project);
  • Member of the Ethics Committee of the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research;
  • Preparation of Environmental Impact Studies;
  • Completed the continuous professional development program “Train (Training and Research for Academic Newcomers)”;
  • Co-author of six Fisheries Management Programs and ten Fish Stock Monitoring Reports;
  • Successfully completed professional training within the organization IAESTE (The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience), during which he participated in projects at the National University of San Juan (Argentina): “Umbrella for the conservation of native forest species in the Ischigualasto Provincial Park” and “Hierarchical models of species distribution in the hyperarid desert of central-west Argentina: Microcavia australis as a model”.
Courses taught:
  • Teaching Assistant in undergraduate courses at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade:
    • 2016 – 2018: Animal Ecology;
    • 2016 – 2024: Aquatic Ecology
Editorial and Reviewer’s activity (journals, books, projects):
  • Reviewer for scientific journals: Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Discover Environment, Fishes, Biology, Sustainability, Biological Trace Element Research, Scientific Reports, Journal of Xenobiotics, Diversity, Molecules, Applied Sciences, Animals, Toxics, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Oceans, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Agriculture, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Environmental Pollution.
Memberships:
  • International Association for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollution (IABEP);
  • Serbian Water Protection Society;
  • Serbian Society of Toxicology (SETOX).
Current:
  1. DANUBElifelines– Safeguarding Migratory Fish and Their Habitats in the Danube River Basin and Beyond. A Danube River Basin Lighthouse Horizon Europe Project, Grant Agreement No. 101213836, 2025–2029 (https://danubelifelines.eu);
  2. LILY – Large-scale Interdisciplinary Alliance on Nature-based SoLutions and Health: Indicators, InequalitY and Innovation COST Action CA 23133, ЕУ, 2024-2028 (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23133/);
  3. DANUBE4all – Restoration of the Danube River Basin for ecosystems and people from mountains to coast European Commision, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101093985, 2023-2027 (https://www.danube4allproject.eu).
Past:
  1. Towards an assessment of host-determined microbial assemblage processes in freshwater ecosystems – HostMBias, eLTER PLUS_078 TA, Horizon 2020, No 871128, 2025;
  2. Biological and Environmental Management for Invasive Fish (BEMIF), Seed Research Grant funded by the Serbia Accelerating Innovation and Growth Entrepreneurship Project (SAIGE), 2025;
  3. Услуге испитивања заједнице риба и макрофита површинских вода Републике Србије, Министарство заштите животне средине Републике Србије, 2024. године;
  4. We Pass 2 – Pilot Project: Making the Iron Gates dams passable for Danube sturgeon, funded from the European Union (Contract No. 07027756/2021/844774/ETU/ENV.C.1), 2021-2024;
  5. We Pass – Facilitating Fish Migration and Conservation at the Iron Gate, European Commission (DG REGIO), 2019-2021;
  6. ETN – The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network COST Action CA18102, Финансијер и трајање: ЕУ, 2019-2023;
  7. Mass removal of the black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) – Possibilities for self-sustaining commercial farming in Serbia (Rufford Foundation, Project ID: 31053 – 2), 2020-2021;
  8. Comparative ecology of selected invasive fish species in Slovakia and Serbia in respect with climate change and human disturbance, билатерални пројекат. Финансијер и трајање: Министарство науке, просвете и технолошког развоја Републике Србије и Министарство просвете, науке, истраживања и спорта Републике Словачке (евиденциони број пројеката 337-00-107/2019-09/04), 2019-2020;
  9. Black bullhead (Ameiurus melas) in Ponjavica Nature Park: biological characteristics, effects on native ichthyofauna, mass removal and experimental rearing (Rufford Foundation, Project ID: 24690 – 1) (2018-2019);
  10. Израда студије о присуству Европске јегуље у риболовним водама Републике Србије, Министарство заштите животне средине Републике Србије, 2018;
  11. Оперативни мониторинг површинских и подземних вода Републике Србије, Партија 1 – Оперативни мониторинг површинских вода, 2018-2019;
  12. Прибављање података и друге услуге у циљу наставка успостављања еколошке мреже у Републици Србији (JNOP 01/ 2018), 2018;
  13. Прибављање података и друге услуге у циљу наставка успостављања еколошке мреже Европске уније Натура 2000 као дела еколошке мреже Републике Србије (JNOP 02/ 2018), 2018;
  14. Прибављање података и друге услуге у циљу наставка израде црвених листа појединачних група организама флоре, фауне и гљива у Републици Србији (JNOP 03/ 2018), 2018;
  15. Мерење и моделирање физичких, хемијских, биолошких и морфодинамичких параметара река и водних акумулација (ТР 37009) (Министарство просвете, науке и технолошког развоја), 2010-2019;
  16. Рибе као биоиндикатори стања квалитета отворених вода Србије (ОИ 173045) (Министарство просвете, науке и технолошког развоја), 2010-2019.
  1. Stanković, E., Krpo-Ćetković, J., Rašković, B., Poleksić, V., Tasić, A., Skorić, S., Nikolić, D. (2025). Comparison of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) levels in Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) sampled from different reservoirs in terms of human health risk due to consumption. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 47(10), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-025-02729-w.
  2. Nikolić, D., Kostić, J., Aleksić, J. Đ., Sunjog, K., Rašković, B., Poleksić, V., Pavlović, S., Borković-Mitić, S., Dimitrijević, M., Stanković, M., Radotić, K. (2024). Effects of mining activities and municipal wastewaters on element accumulation and integrated biomarker responses of the European chub (Squalius cephalus). Chemosphere, 365, 143385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143385.
  3. Nikolić, D., Poleksić, V., Skorić, S., Tasić, A., Stanojević, S., Rašković, B. (2022). The European chub (Squalius cephalus) as an indicator of reservoirs pollution and human health risk assessment associated with its consumption. Environmental Pollution, 310, 119871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119871.
  4. 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 257, 113586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.-113586.
  5. 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.
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