{"id":28190,"date":"2025-07-16T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/researchers\/miroslav-nikolic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:14:40","slug":"miroslav-nikolic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/researchers\/miroslav-nikolic\/","title":{"rendered":"Miroslav Nikoli\u0107"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"28190\" class=\"elementor elementor-28190 elementor-9278\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523a9c7c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"523a9c7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66aa89d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66aa89d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Miroslav Nikoli\u0107<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9f4531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d9f4531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nPhD in Agricultural sciences<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f349389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f349389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/departments\/department-of-plant-soil-and-nano-systems\/\">Department of Plant, Soil and Nano Systems<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43db148 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43db148\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2efe4be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2efe4be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16711a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c16711a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352259b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"352259b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c929466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c929466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Address:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a4b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4a4b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/VFbfkguvfo2tTmkJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kneza Vi\u0161eslava 1, 11030 Belgrade<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717cf05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"717cf05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>E-Mail:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6426f157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6426f157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:mnikolic@imsi.bg.ac.rs\">mnikolic@imsi.bg.ac.rs<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03960b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ORCID ID: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9643-138X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0000-0001-9643-138X<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c1d4da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61c1d4da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scopus ID: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=7103334689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7103334689<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f12d9e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f12d9e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ResearchGate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Miroslav-Nikolic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miroslav_Nikolic<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8fda8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8fda8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Google Scholar: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=uCll8L0AAAAJ&amp;hl=sr&amp;oi=ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miroslav Nikolic<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5549cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5549cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Web of Science Researcher ID: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webofscience.com\/wos\/author\/record\/H-8657-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-8657-2014<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4db843c e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4db843c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3507f52c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3507f52c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1938a4a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1938a4a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research area<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2321144f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2321144f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My research is focused on the nutrient acquisition and utilization processes in plants under stressful environment, and on the metabolic functions of mineral elements in stress tolerance, particularly on the mechanisms through which silicon modulates acquisition, transport and utilization of nutrients in crops. My team was the first one to demonstrate that silicon promotes root acquisition and uptake of iron and phosphorus under conditions of their low availability by up-regulating expression of key genes involved in these processes. Ongoing research is to understand the mode of silicon action in improving nutrient use efficiency in crops, and more general to discover its signaling role in plant stress physiology. Practically, these studies may suggest the way to develop novel fertilization strategies for sustainable crop production in stress conditions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478b388d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"478b388d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddbbe0f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddbbe0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-824c232 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"824c232\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"136626738\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c868db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work experience:<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77673e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77673e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>2020-2023: Associate Director for Science and Education, University of Belgrade \u2013 Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2018-2020: Head of Department of Plant, Soil and Nano syst\u0435ms (former Department of Plant Nutrition), University of Belgrade \u2013 Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2011-2015: Associate Director for Science, University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2007-present: Research Professor, University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2005-2008: Head of Department of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2003-2007: Senior Research Fellow, University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2002-2003: Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture,<\/li>\n  <li>2002: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Udine, Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences; advisors: Roberto Pinton and Zeno Varanini.<\/li>\n  <li>1999-2001: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Plant Nutrition; advisor: Volker Ro\u0308mheld.<\/li>\n  <li>1997-1998: Visiting PhD-student, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Plant Nutrition; advisor: Volker Ro\u0308mheld.<\/li>\n  <li>1996-1999: PhD-student, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade; advisor: Ruz\u030cica Dz\u030camic\u0301.<\/li>\n  <li>1991-1999: Teaching Assistant, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28272aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28272aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education:\n\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4ac811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4ac811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>1999: PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Plant Nutritional Physiology), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>1995: MSc in Plant Physiology, University of Belgrade, faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>1990: Graduate degree with honours in Agronomy (Viticulture major), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684b6b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"684b6b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Awards and certificates:<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9680085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9680085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>University of Belgrade (Serbia) scholarship for talented students (1988).<\/li>\n  <li>University of Belgrade outstanding student award (1989).<\/li>\n  <li>Commendation letter from the Faculty of Agriculture on the occasion of 70 years of existence and work (1989).<\/li>\n  <li>DAAD (Germany) research fellowship at University of Hohenheim (1997, 2004).<\/li>\n  <li>MIUR (Italy) postdoctoral fellowship (2002).<\/li>\n  <li>Serbian Ministry of Science and Technology (Serbia) research excellence award \u2013 the First Price in biology (2004).<\/li>\n  <li>Erasmus Mundus (EC) professorship, International Master in Viticulture and Enology \u2013 VINTAGE (2008-2009).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc11508 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc11508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other professional activities:<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f4efaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f4efaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>2022-present: President of the International Society for Silicon in Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>2021-present: Member of Scientific Council of the Fund of Science of the Republic of Serbia.<\/li>\n  <li>2017-2022: Vice President of the International Society for Silicon in Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>2015-present: President of the Steering Bord of the Institute of Plant Protection and Environment.<\/li>\n  <li>2011-2015: Member of Council of Institutes of the University of Belgrade.<\/li>\n  <li>2012-2015: Member of Board of Faculties of Science and Mathematics of the University of Belgrade.<\/li>\n  <li>2008-2013: President of Scientific Council of the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n  <li>2005-2008: Member of Steering Bord of the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b39348e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b39348e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Courses taught:<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72a68b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72a68b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>2020-present: \u201cPlant Physiological Ecology\u201d, Doctoral Studies of the Faculty of Forestry.<\/li>\n  <li>2007-2013: \u201cPhysiological and Molecular Principles of Plant Nutrition\u201d, Doctoral Studies of the Faculty of Biology.<\/li>\n  <li>2008-2013: \u201cRhizosphere Ecology\u201d, Doctoral Studies of the Faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>2004-2010: \u201cMineral Nutrition\u201d (part of the course \u201cPlant Physiology\u201d), Bachelor Studies of the Faculty of Biology.<\/li>\n  <li>2004-2006: \u201cEnvironment and Sustainable Development\u201d, Master and Doctoral Multidisciplinary Studies of the University of Belgrade.<\/li>\n  <li>2002-2003: \u201cPlant Physiology\u201d, Bachelor Studies of the Faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>1991-1999: Practicum in \u201cPlant Physiology\u201d and \u201cAgricultural Chemistry\u201d, Bachelor Studies of the Faculty of Agriculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c3ea8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c3ea8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Editorial and Reviewer\u2019s activity (journals, books, projects):<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e19efe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e19efe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>Section Editor of Plant and Soil (2018-present).<\/li>\n  <li>Associate Editor of Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2020-present)<\/li>\n  <li>Associate Editor of Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2019-present).<\/li>\n  <li>Associate Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science (2022-present) and (2017-2018).<\/li>\n  <li>Consulting Editor of Plant and Soil (2013-2018).<\/li>\n  <li>Editorial Board member of Journal of Plant Interactions (2022-present).<\/li>\n  <li>Editorial Board member of Plant Nano Biology (2022-present).<\/li>\n  <li>Editorial Board member of Plants (2022-present).<\/li>\n  <li>Editorial Board member of Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (2019-present).<\/li>\n  <li>Guest Editor of the special research topic \u201cWheat Biofortification for Global Nutritional Security\u201d, Frontiers in Nutrition (2020-2022).<\/li>\n  <li>External reviewer for the following international scientific journals: Plant and Soil (2006-2013); Physiologia Plantarum; Journal of Experimental Botany, New Phytologist; Plant Physiology; Annals of Botany; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Environmental and Experimental Botany; Plant Cell Environment; Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science; Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; Functional Plant Biology; PLOS ONE; Chemosphere; Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2017-2019); Journal of Plant Nutrition; Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research; New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science; South African Journal of Botany; Silicon; Journal of Plant Growth Regulation; Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Plants; Scientific Reports; Plant Biosystems; Frontiers in Plant Science (2018-2022).<\/li>\n  <li>Reviewer of the research projects for: Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (MPNTR), Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR), Polish National Science Centre (NCN), Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), British Council (BC), German Leibniz Association and Israel Science Foundation (ISF).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba1b458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba1b458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Memberships:\n\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234ee6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"234ee6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>International Society for Silicon in Agriculture.<\/li>\n  <li>American Society of Plant Biologists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1366267382\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1366267382\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-277c197 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"277c197\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7c69fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7c69fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c969161 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c969161\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Current:<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6736c29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6736c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>\u201cGenomic Characterisation of Ancient Grapevine Varieties in Serbia\u201d; funded by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Resources; total budget: 50,000 EUR; duration 2021-2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f83d1aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f83d1aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past:\n\n<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ede5d0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ede5d0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n  <li>\u201cGenetic Valorization of Autochthonous Grapevine Varieties in Serbia (GEVIN21)\u201d; funded by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Resources; total budget: 115,000 EUR; duration 2020-2021<\/li>\n  <li>\u201cPlant Adaptations to Mineral Stress on Marginal Agricultural Soils (ON-173028)\u201d; funded by Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development; total budget: about 90,000 EUR yearly; duration 2011-2019.<\/li>\n  <li>\u201cMechanisms of Silicon-mediated Plant Adaptations to Abitotic Stress\u201d, exchange project between Serbia and China; co-funded by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development; duration 2012-2013.<\/li>\n  <li>\u201cRhizosphere Interactions and Functional Adaptive Mechanisms During Spontaneous Re-vegetation of Mining-waste Degraded Soil (153002)\u201d; funded by the Serbian Ministry of Science; duration (2008-2010).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1366267383\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1366267383\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-a94c437 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a94c437\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eaa059 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8eaa059\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d176d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d176d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Pang Z., de Tombeur F., Hartley S.E., Zohner C.M., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong>, Violle C., Mo L., Crowther T.W., Guan D-X., Luo Z., Zhu Y-G., Wang Y., Zhang P., Peng H., Str\u00f6mberg C.A.E., Nikolic N., Liang Y. 2025. Convergent evidence for the temperature-dependent emergence of silicification in terrestrial plants. Nature Communication 16: 1155. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-56438-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-56438-0<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><li>Kostic Kravljanac L., Pavlovic J., Bosnic P., Kostic I., Trailovic M., Dubljanin T., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong> 2024. Ammonium nutrition enhances rhizosphere mobilization and uptake of silicon in white lupin grown in low phosphorus soil. Plant and Soil, in press. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11104-024-06982-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11104-024-06982-3<\/a>.<\/span>  <\/li><li>Cakmak I., Brown P. Colmenero-Flores J.M., Husted S., Kutman B.Y., <strong>Nikolic M.*<\/strong>, Rengel Z., Schmidt S.B., Zhao F-J. 2023. Chapter 7: Micronutrients. In: Marschner\u2019s Mineral Nutrition of Plants, 4th Edition, Z. Rengel, I. Cakmak, P. White (Eds.), pp 283-385. Academic Press, London, UK. ISBN: 9780128197738. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-819773-8.00017-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-819773-8.00017-4<\/a>.<\/span>   <\/li><li>Pavlovic J., Kostic L., Bosnic P., Kirkby E.A., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong> 2021. Interactions of silicon with essential and beneficial elements in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 697592. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2021.697592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2021.697592<\/a>.<\/span>  <\/li><li>Bosnic P., Bosnic D., Jasnic J., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong> 2018. Silicon mediates sodium transport and partitioning in maize under moderate salt stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 155: 681-687. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/plants8120554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/plants8120554<\/a>.<\/span>  <\/li><li>Kostic L., Nikolic N., Bosnic D., Samardzic J., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong> 2017. Silicon increases phosphorus (P) uptake by wheat under low P acid soil conditions. Plant and Soil 419: 447-455. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11104-017-3364-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11104-017-3364-0<\/a>.<\/span>  <\/li><li>Liang Y., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong>, B\u00e9langer R., Gong H., Song A. 2015. Silicon in Agriculture: From Theory to Practice. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN: 9789401799775. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-94-017-9978-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-94-017-9978-2<\/a>.<\/span>   <\/li><li>Pavlovic J., Samardzic J., Maksimovi\u0107 V., Timotijevic G., Stevic N., Laursen K.H., Hansen T.H., Husted S., Schjoerring J.K., Liang Y., <strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong> 2013. Silicon alleviates iron deficiency in cucumber by promoting mobilization of iron in the root apoplast. New Phytologist 198: 1096-1107. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/nph.12213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/nph.12213<\/a>.<\/span>  <\/li><li><strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong>, Nikolic N., Liang Y., Kirkby E.A., R\u00f6mheld V. 2007. Germanium-68 as an adequate tracer for silicon transport in plants. Characterization of silicon uptake in different crop species. Plant Physiology 143: 495-503. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1104\/pp.106.090845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1104\/pp.106.090845<\/a>.<\/span>   <\/li><li><strong>Nikolic M.<\/strong>, R\u00f6mheld V. 2003. Nitrate does not result in iron inactivation in the apoplast of sunflower leaves. Plant Physiology 132: 1303-1314. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1104\/pp.102.017889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1104\/pp.102.017889<\/a>.<\/span>  <\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Professor Miroslav Nikoli\u0107 PhD in Agricultural sciences Department of Plant, Soil and Nano Systems Contact: Address: Kneza Vi\u0161eslava 1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27228,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28190","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28191,"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28190\/revisions\/28191"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imsi.bg.ac.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}