Date and place of birth: February 10, 1966 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Citizenship: Serbian
Research field and areas: Pedology, Soil Biology, Soil Degradation, Carbon Cycling.
Education:
1998-2004: Doctoral course and PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan. Doctoral thesis: Characterization
of soil organic matter status of Chernozem soils in Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
1996-1998: Master's course and MSc degree in Agricultural Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan. Master's thesis: Changes
in soil organic matter under different soil cultivation technologies on Chernozems of Northern Kazakhstan.
1983-1988: Leningrad State Agrarian University, Pushkin, Russia.
Employment history:
2024-present, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade University, Serbia
2003-2024, Institute of Soil Science, Belgrade, Serbia, Principal Research Fellow
1989-2000, National Soil Science Institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
