GENERAL INFORMATION:

Milica Lukač, M.Sc., Senior Teaching Assistant

Office: 28

Telephone: +38751319142

e-mail: milica.lukac@pmf.unibl.org

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2507-5979

EDUCATION:

  • 2017-Studies in progress – Ph.D in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
  • Master of Animal Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka
  • Bachelor degree -Professor of Ecology and protection of environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka

ACADEMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT DEGREE:

  • 2020 – today, senior teaching assistant Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, Department of Biology and Ecology and Protection of Environment

 

  • 2015 – 2020, senior teaching assistant, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, Department of Biology and Ecology and Protection of Environment

 

  • 2011 – 2015, teaching assistant, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, Department of Biology and Ecology and Protection of Environment

COURSES:

Undergraduate studies

  • Organic evolution
  • Evolutionary and systems ecology
  • Hydroecology and inland water protection
  • Ecology and water protection
  • Population biology

RESEARCH FIELD:

  • Evolutionary biology, conservation and population genetics, phenotipic variability

 

SELECTED PROJECTS:

  • 2017-18,“Species Boundary Identification of Endemic Cyprinid Telestes Metohiensis Using DNA Taxonomy”, Rufford Small Grant: Rufford Foundation, United Kingdom,
  • 2016-17“Population Structure and Vulnerability of the Threatened Fish Species Telestes metohiensis from Karstic Streams in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, Rufford Small Grant: Rufford Foundation, United Kingdom,

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  • Lukač, M (2018): Assessmentof conservation units of the endemic and vulnerable cyprinid species from the karst field of Eastern Herzegovina. Abstract book-Intrenational Rufford Small Grants Conference “Explore and protect the natural beauty of Balkans”21-28 September,2018.Silver Lake, Serbia:27.
  • Francuski, L., Ludoški, J., Lukač, M., Dekić, R. & Milankov, V. (2019): Integrative study of population structure of Telestes dabar, the strictly endemic cyprinid species from the Dinaric karst on the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Wildlife Research.65: 66. doi.org/10.1007/s10344-019-1302-6.
  • Francuski, L., Ludoški, J., Lukač, M & Milankov, V. (2019): Fine scale population structure of hoverfy pollinator, Eristalis arbustorum: an integrative study. Journal of Insect Conservation. Article in press.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00202-5.
  • Ludoški J, Francuski L, Lukač M, Dekić R, Milankov V. (2021): Toward the conservation of the endemic monotypic fish genus Aulopyge from the Balkan Dinaric karst: Integrative assessment of introduced and natural population. Ecology andEvolution;00:1–12. https://doi. org/10.1002/ece3.7108

OTHER:

  • Participant in one national and five international projects
  • Author and co-author of 10 papers (three from SCI list) published in scientific journals, and seven at scientific conferences
  • Member of the organizing committee of the Symposium of Biologists and Ecologists of the Republic of Srpska (SBERS) in 2015 and 2020
  • Incentive for scientific productivity in international reference journals and rewarding for scientific achievements in 2019, Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society, January 2020
  • Incentive for scientific productivity in international reference journals and rewarding for scientific achievements in 2020, Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society, January 2021