Dragana Šnjegota, PhD, Assistant Professor

Office: 27

Telephone: +38751319142

e-mail: dragana.snjegota@pmf.unibl.org

ORCID: 0000-0002-1340-8027

ЕDUCATION

  • 2019. PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Republic of Serbia
  • 2013. Master’s degree in Biology, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Republic of Serbia
  • 2009. Bachelor’s degree in Biology, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

ACADEMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT DEGREE

  • 2020. – Present, Assistant professor, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Undergraduate Study
  • 2020. – Present, Assistant professor, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Postgraduate Study
  • 2015. – 2020., Senior Teaching Assistant, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Undergraduate Study
  • 2011. – 2015., Teaching Assistant, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Undergraduate Study
  • 2009. – 2011., Professor of Biology, School Center „Petar-Kočić“, Srbac

 

COURSES

Undergraduate Studies

  • Genetics 1
  • Genetics 2
  • Genetics with genotoxicology
  • Biology of population

 

Master studies

  • Genetics, reproduction and selection
  • Animal genetic resources

 

RESEARCH FIELD

Elementary genetics, Population and conservation genetics

 

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • 2021 – Rufford Small Grant: The Importance of Non-Formal Education in Conservation: The European Wildcat (Felis silvestris) as an Example Species
  • 2019 – Cytological, physiological and genetic effects of pyrophyllite, pesticides and electromagnetic fields on Wistar rats, Ministry for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republika of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2019: Genome analyses using arrey comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) in children with facial dysmorphia, psychomotor developmental delay and multiple congenital anomalies, Ministry for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republika of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2018/23 – COST action: Genomic Biodiversity Knowledge for Resilient Ecosystems (CA19112)
  • 2017/18 – Rufford Booster Grant:  Let’s Make a Better Future for Grey Wolves in Bosnia & Herzegovina: Continuation of Conservation Activities”
  • 2016/17 – Rufford Small Grant: Grey Wolf Conservation in Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Next Step
  • 2015/2016 – Rufford Small Grant: Monitoring of Grey Wolf Population from Bosnia and Herzegovina with the Aim to Create Conservation Strategy

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Stronen, A.V., Ahmed, A., Caniglia, R., Ćirović, D., Djan, M., Ericson, H.E., Fabbri, E., Fedorca, A., Galaverni, M., Ghazaryan, A., Godinho, R., Hulva, P., Jedrzejewska, B., Kopaliani, N., Kusak, J., Mattucci, F., Nowak, C., Plis, K., Politov, D., Saarma, U., Skrbinšek, T., Šnjegota, D., Åkesson, M. i Binelli, G. 2019. Population genomic analyses of a highly mobile large carnivore, the gray wolf (Canis lupus), across Eurasia. 8th Congress of Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology – Congresso SIBE. September, 1-4; Padua, Italy
  • Šnjegota, D., Stefanović, , Veličković, N., Ćirović, D. & Đan, M. 2019. Wolves in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Poster presented at: The 20th Student Conference on Conservation Science. March, 25-28; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Šnjegota, , Stefanović, M., Veličković, N., Ćirović, D., & Djan, M. 2018. Genetic characterization of grey wolves (Canis lupus L. 1758) from Bosnia and Herzegovina: implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics, 19(3), 755-760.
  • Šnjegota, , 2018. Let’s make a better future for Grey Wolves in Bosnia & Herzegovina: Continuation of conservation activities. Book of Abstracts. Rufford Small Grants Conference “Conservation across the Caucasus”. Tbilisi, Georgia. 14p.
  • Stronen, A.V., Cotovelea, , Ericson, H.S., Saarma, U., Hulva, P.,Ćirović, D., Đan, M., Šnjegota, D., Jedrzejewska , B., Plis, K., Hegyeli, Z., Dykyy, I., Kusak, J., Tsingarska, E., Karamanlidis, A.A., Ornicans, A., & Skrbinšek, T. 2018. Population genetic structure of wolves (Canis lupus) in Central Europe. Book of Abstracts. 3rd Annual Meeting in Conservation Genetics, Wien. 21p.
  • Šnjegota, , Đan, M., Veličković, N., Stefanović, M., Trbojević, I., & Ćirović, D. 2016. Genetic variability and population structure of grey wolf (Canis lupus) from Bosnia&Herzegovina. Balkan Journal of Wildlife Research, 3(1), 7-11.
  • Ðan, , Šnjegota, D., Veličković, N., Stefanović, M., Vidaković, D. O., & Ćirović, D. 2016. Genetic variability and population structure of grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Serbia. Russian Journal of Genetics, 52(8), 821-827.
  • Popović, , Djan, M., Šašić, L., Šnjegota, D., Obreht, D., & Vujic, A. 2014. Usage of different molecular markers in delimitation of cryptic taxa in Merodon avidus species complex (Diptera: Syrphidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 7, 33-38.

 

 OTHER

  • The member of the operating group: „Animal genetic resources “, Institute of Genetic resources, Univeristy of Banja Luka (2020, 2021)
  • The member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Genetic resources, University of Banja Luka (2020, 2021)
  • Member of the Organizing Comittee – Symposium of Biologists and Ecologists of Republic of Srpska, (СБЕРС) (2015, 2020)
  • Member of the Scientific Comittee – 7th International Wildlife & Game Management Symposium, Zagreb, Croatia, 2020
  • Workshop „Genomic tools in conservation “, La Valletta, Malta (2020)
  • Reserach visit to the Biotechnical Faculty, Department for Zoology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia – scholarship for the international exchange of the academic personnel, Ministry for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republika of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019)
  • Scholarships for the international PhD studies, Ministry for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republika of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2013/2019)
  • Research visit to the Mammal Institute of Wildlife Research, Polish Academy of Science, Bialowieza, Poland (2017, 2018)
  • Workshops: „Meta-analyses “and „Practical conservation genetics “, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2019)
  • International course „Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use“Wageningen, The Netherlands, Scholarship of the Government of Netherlands (2013)
  • Membership in the following organisations: Wildlife and Game Managament Scientific Society (GAMEST), Serbia; Serbian Genetic Society, the Serbian Biochemical Society
  • The member of the Volunteering service of Republic of Srpska