Researcher profile

Aleksandra Buha Djordjevic

Department of Toxicology, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Pharmacy, Serbia Date of birth: December 22, 1984 Research interest: Toxicology of metals, toxicology of persistent organic pollutants, toxicology of mixtures, human health risk assessment PhD Title: Toxic effects of prolonged exposure to cadmium and/or polychlorinated biphenyls in rats Academic Qualifications (University of Belgrade-Faculty of Pharmacy) MSc (Pharmacy) 2009 Postgrad Specialism (Toxicological Risk Assessment) 2014 PhD (Toxicology) 2016 Scholarships and Awards: • 2013 Scholarship for Young Scientists (EUROTOX 2013) • 2012 Award for the best young scientists’ abstract (CROTOX 2012) • 2012 NATO Science for Peace and Security Advanced Study Institute Scholarship • 2006-2009 Scholarship of the Serbian Foundation for Support of Young Scientists and Artists • 2005-2006 Scholarship of the City of Belgrade for Talented Students • 2004-2005 Scholarship of the Ministry of Education of Republic of Serbia Scientific activities • University of Belgrade-Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Research Assistant (2009- present) • Collaborator on project NATO The Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme (2012) • Member of: EUROTOX, IUTOX, Pharmaceutical Society of Serbia, Serbian Soceity of Toxicology • Reviewer for: Food and Chemical Toxicology, Journal of Endocrinology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal of Integrative Medicine, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, Open Veterinary Journal, Medical Research Training: • 2015 Visiting Scholar at MRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, UK • 2015 Specialized Toxicology Course “Genotoxicity and Carcinogenicity”, Serbian Society of Toxicology under the auspices of EUROTOX, Belgrade, Serbia • 2014 “In Silico ADME and Predictive Toxicology”, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark • 2014 “New Horizons in Pharmacy Profession”, VI Serbian Congress of Pharmacy, Belgrade, Serbia • 2014 “The Third EYE Lab Surfing Workshop, FP7 EYE (Empowering Young Explorers) project”, Belgrade, Serbia • 2013 “Identification and assessment of reproductive toxicity and endocrine disruption”, IMM, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden • 2012 „Environmental Security Assessment and Management of Obsolete Pesticides in Southeast Europe“ NATO Science for Peace and Security Advanced Study Institute, Varna, Bulgaria • 2012 „Principles of Good Laboratory Practice and Laboratory Animals Sciencies“, University of Belgrade-School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia • 2011 „EUROTOX Advanced Toxicology course”, Turkish Society of Toxicology under the auspices of EUROTOX, Kusadasi, Turkey • 2011 E-learning Summer School 2011, University of Greenwich, London, UK • 2011 “EUROTOX Basic Toxicology course”, Serbian Society of Toxicology under the auspices of EUROTOX, Belgrade, Serbia • 2002 Certificate in Advanced English, Cambridge English