Biography
Dr Milica Markelić is an associate professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. She has extensive experience in various molecular and microscopic methods (light, confocal, transmission electron microscopy) as well as in the investigation of the cell and tissue structural remodeling of main organs involved in the maintenance of energetic and metabolic homeostasis. Additionally, strong experience in animal models and the histological and ultrastructural analysis of tissue, cells, and their constituents, under physiological and pathological conditions, including metabolic disorders, will contribute to a better understanding of the alterations to which pancreatic β-cells and insulin-targeting cells undergo in diabetes mellitus, as well as after the proposed treatments. She has 32 publications, which were cited 513 times (h-index = 13), and was a guest editor of international journals. She is a project coordinator of the Serbian-Austrian bilateral project (2022-2024), and was granted two one-month research fellowships (WUS, FEBS). She has participated in two COST actions (2007-2011; 2023-ongoing) and as an investigator was previously engaged in five research projects in Serbia. As an associate professor at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, dr Milica Markelić holds courses on BSc/MSc/specialization/PhD programs, is engaged as a lecturer at high-school biology seminars, and was one of the Microscopy Workshops organizers in Petnica Research Center. She has supervised 4 master/diploma works, 2 specialization thesis, and 1 PhD thesis.