University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research

Nikola Šušić

PhD in Forestry — Silviculture

Research Associate

Address: Bulevar despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade

Telephone: (+381) 11 2078 400 ; 64 512 66 03

Research area

Silviculture, Forest Ecology, Woody Species Ecophysiology, Nature Protection, Invasive Species Ecology and Management, Ancient Trees

Skills

Measurements of tree growth characteristics; Tree phenology assessments; Microhabitats assessments; Morphometry analyses; Statistical analyses; Project Management

  • Biography
  • Projects
  • Selected publications
  1. Work experience:
  • University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research
  • 2018–2021 — Research Trainee
  • 2021–2023 — Research Assistant
  • 2023–present — Research Associate
  • March 2025–present — Head of Department of Life Sciences
  1. Education:
  • (2023): PhD, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Silviculture
  • (2017): MSc, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Silviculture
  • (2015): BSc, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry
  1. Awards and certificates:
  • (2025): Professor Lazar Stojković Award for scientific contribution in the field of agroecology and agroecosystems — Matica srpska, Novi Sad, May 16, 2025
  1. Other professional activities

Scientific and Study Visits:

  • 2024: Study visit to the Slovenian Forestry Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia), SAIGE
  • 2024: Training school ,,Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in global change drivers and their effects on semiarid woodlands and forests’’, Lisbon, Portugal, CLEANFOREST, Cost Action 21138
  • 2024: Study visit to Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Beijing, Trilateral project: ,,Genome evolution and molecular modules of dessication tolerance in resurrection plants in Gesneriaceae family

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

Peer Reviewer (4 manuscripts) for journals:

  • Processes (ISSN: 2227-9717)
  • Science Progress (ISSN: 0036-8504; Online: 2047-7163)
  • Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (ISSN: 0004-1254; eISSN: 1848-6312)
  • Reforesta (ISSN: 2466-4367)

Memberships:

  • International Oak Society
  • Serbian Plant Physiology Society

Current: 

  • 2024–2025: Development of a novel concept for regeneration of Hungarian and Turkey oak forests in Serbia (RegenOAK). Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (GRANT No #1497), Principal Investigator (link)
  • 2025–Current: Sacred Trees of Šumadija — Uncovering Hidden Gems of Serbia’s Botanical and Cultural Legacy. Citizen Science Project, Center for the Promotion of Science of Serbia, Contract No. 1373/24, Principal Investigator ()
  • 2024–Current: Horizon Europe, Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Changemaking to Shape, Protect and Maintain the Resilience of Tomorrow’s Forests (eco2adapt), Participant (PI in Serbia, Dr. Žaklina Marjanović, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research) (link)
  • 2024–Current: Microbial Diversity, Ecosystem Services of the Soil Microbiome and Ecosystem Conservation — MicroEco (Biodiversa +), Participant (PI in Serbia, Dr. Žaklina Marjanović, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research) (link)
  • 2024–Current: INTACT — Innovation in Truffle Cultivation, Preservation, Processing and Wild Truffle Resources Management Participant (PI in Serbia, Dr. Žaklina Marjanović, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research) (link)

Past:

  • (2018–2023): Modulation of antioxidative metabolism in plants for improvement of plant abiotic stress tolerance and identification of new biomarkers for application in remediation and monitoring of degraded biotopes (III43010), Participant (PI, Dr. Sonja Veljović Jovanović, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research);
  • (2022–2024): Pojate-Preljina Motorway Project (Morava Corridor), RS102-HS1-SO-THS0-00020, Biodiversity monitoring, Participant (PI, Dr. Stefan Skorić, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research);
  • (2021): Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management — Forest Directorate: Defining the effects of the adapted silvicultural technique in biological control of invasive neophytes expansion — Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima /Mill/Swingle) and black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia ) and revitalisation of endangered natural forest communities in the territory of National park ,,Fruška Gora’’, Participant (PI, Professor Martin Bobinac, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry)
  • (2021): Public Enterprise: National Park ,,Đedrap’’: Determination of the distribution of Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima /Mill./Swingle) in the area of Đerdap National Park and proposal of silvicultural measures to halt further invasion, Participant (PI, Professor Martin Bobinac, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry)
  • (2019): Public Utility Company “Zelenilo Beograd”: Physiological condition of protected trees in the territory of City of Belgrade — Čukarica, Vračar and Stari Grad” Participant (PI, Dr. Sonja Veljović Jovanović, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research);
  • (2019): Belgrade City Government, Secretariat for Environmental Protection: Influence of quality of new seedlings on the establishment success of protective plantations and “buffer zones” in the territory of city of Belgrade. Participant (PI, Dr. Sonja Veljović Jovanović, Research Professor at the University of Belgrade-Institute for Multidisciplinary Research);

 

  • Kabiljo, M., Bobinac, M., Andrašev, S., Milenković, I., Šušić, N. (2024): The Importance of Stand Structure in Narrow-Leaved Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia Vahl) Dieback—Insights from an Extensively Managed Stand on a Humogley Soil in Serbia. Forests, 16(1), 36. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16010036
  • Bobinac, M., Šušić, N., Šijačić-Nikolić, M., Kerkez Janković, I., Veljovic Jovanovic, S. (2024): Photosynthetic insights into winter-green leaves in Quercus pubescens Willd. seedlings. Archives of Biological Sciences, 76(2), 223-232. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS240417015B
  • Šušić N., Bobinac M., Andrašev S. (2022): Effects of two different thinning methods on the diameter and basal area increments of silver lime (Tilia tomentosa Moench) target trees in Fruška Gora (Serbia). For. Res. 65(2): 3–14, https://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2022.2392
  • Šušić, N., Bobinac, M., Andrašev, S., Šijačić-Nikolić, M., Bauer-Živković, A. (2019): Growth characteristics of one-year-old Hungarian oak seedlings (Quercus frainetto) in full light conditions. Šumarski list 143 (5–6), 221–229, https://doi.org/10.31298/sl.143.5-6.3
  • Šušić, N., Milić Komić S., Živanović, B., Jelušić, A., Marković, S., Sedlarević Zorić, A., Veljović Jovanović, S. (2023): Acclimation of pedunculate oak seedlings to different light conditions in the first months after germination, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference Ecological Truth & Environmental Research, 20–23 June, Stara planina, Serbia, 135–140, https://eco.tfbor.bg.ac.rs/download/Zbornici/2023.pdf