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Laboratory
Laboratory of Applied Entomology |
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Research Rank
Senior Research Associate |
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Education
2010 - Graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade (Ecology and Environment protection)
2018 - PhD from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade (Entomology) |
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Research Filed
Life sciences - Biology - Entomology
Study of the vector role of insects from the planthopper and leafhopper groups (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in the epidemiology of phytoplasma-associated diseases. Molecular identification and characterization of insects significant for agricultural production. |
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Participation in projects
Rubbery Taproot Disease of Sugar Beet: Etiology, Epidemiology and Control (SUGARBETY), Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Program IDEAS, project no.7753882 (2022-2024)
SCOPES Joint research projects, financed by Swiss National Science Foundation; Project No. IZ73Z0_152414: “Epidemiology and management strategy of stolbur phytoplasma in agroecosystems” (2014-2017).
Bilateral cooperation project Serbia-Germany, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (SRB) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); Project No. 57514272; "Differentiation and comparative molecular analyses of Phytoplasmas infecting carrots in Serbia and Germany", acronym PhytoCarrot, (2020-2021).
Bilateral cooperation project Serbia-Italy, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development: (SRB) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (IT); Project No. 680-00-566/2013-09/03: “Epidemiology of Flavescence dorée, an European quarantine grapevine disease: the role of wild reservoir plants and potential insect vectors” (2013-2015).
Bilateral cooperation project Serbia-Germany, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (SRB) and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); Project No. 451-03-03159/2012-09/10: “Morphology, population genetics and acoustic communication signals in taxonomy of Hyalesthes obsoletus species group - vectors of stolbur phytoplasma” (2013-2014). |
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Activities, responsibilities and mentorship
Mentor for four master’s theses at the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.
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Membership in national and international organizations
Society for Plant Protection of Serbia, Entomological Society of Serbia
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Bibliography
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4770-9362
Enauka: https://enauka.gov.rs/cris/rp/rp05220 |
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Contact
E mail: :andrea.kosovac@pesting.org.rs; kosovac.andrea@gmail.com |
