GENERAL INFORMATION:

Goran Šukalo, PhD, Assistant Professor

Office: 28

Email: goran.sukalo@pmf.unibl.org

ORCID: 0000-0003-0217-9772

EDUCATION:

  • 2017. PhD in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka,
  • 2012. MSc in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka,
  • 2007. BSc in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka,

ACADEMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT DEGREE:

  • 2018– today, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka,
  • 2008. – 2017., Teaching assistant, •   Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka,

COURSES:

Undergraduate studies:

  • General Zoology 1
  • General Zoology 2
  • Chordata Ecology and Diversity
  • Zoological Practicum
  • Fundamentals of Biology
  • Parasitology

Master studies:

  • Principles of zoological taxonomy

BOOKS:

Lubarda, B., Golub, D., Dekić, R., Janjić, N., Lolić, S., Dmitrović, D., Maksimović, T., Manojlović, M., Paraš, S., Škondrić, S., Šukalo, G., Cvijić, S., Šibarević, M., Pljevaljčić, T., Radusin-Sopić, B. (2019): Test pitanja za pripremu prijemnog ispita iz biologije. Other teaching publications. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, UNIBL, ISBN: 978-99955-21-79-0

RESEARCH FIELD:

  • Zoology, Morphology, Taxonomy, Population ecology of amphibians and reptiles, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology

SELECTED PROJECTS:

  • 2016-2018: Biodiversity of ecotones of aquatic and terrestrial biocenoses of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ministry of Science and Technology of Republic of Srpska – member of the project team
  • 2019-2020: Distribution, ecology and conservation of snakes in the area of eastern Herzegovina. Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republic of Srpska – project coordinator
  • 2020-2021: Natura 2000 species, habitat mapping and ethnobotanical research of the Nevesinje field. Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society of Republic of Srpska – member of the project team.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Šukalo, G., Dmitrović, D., Nikolić, S., Matović, I., Ajtić, S., Tomović, Lj. (2020) The first confirmed records of the Mediterranean house geckos, Hemidactylus turcicus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST, 14(2): 120-121.
  • Šukalo, G., Nikolić, S., Dmitrović, D., Tomović, Lj. (2019) Population and ecological characteristics of the dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768), in lower portions of the Vrbanja River (Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina). Turkish Journal of Zoology, (43): 657-664.
  • Marić S, Stanković D, Šanda R, Ćaleta M, Čolić S, Šukalo G, Snoj A. (2019) Genetic characterisation of European mudminnow (Umbra krameri) populations from the Sava River system. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 420, 46.
  • Šukalo, G., Đorđević, S., Gvozdenović, S., Simović, A., Anđelković, M., Blagojević, V., Tomović, Lj. (2014) Intra- and inter-population variability of food preferences of two Natrix species on the Balkan Peninsula. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 9(1): 123-136.
  • Ajtić, R., Tomović, Lj., Sterijovski, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Djordjević, S., Djurakić, M., Golubović A., Simović, A., Arsovski D., Andjelković, M., Krstić, M., Šukalo, G., Gvozdenović, S., Aïdam A., Michel, C., Ballouard, J.M., Bonnet, X. (2013) Unexpected life history traits in a very dense population of dice snakes. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252(3): 350-358.

OTHER:

  • Participant in 3 national and 1 international projects
  • Author and co-author of 6 papers published in journals on the Web of Science list, 6 papers on the Scopus list and a number of papers published in national journals and proceedings.
  • Member of the organizing committee of the IV Symposium of Biologists and Ecologists of the Republic of Srpska – SBERS2020, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska