Ph.D. Jelena Gajić Umiljendić

Senior Research Associate

Laboratory of Weed Research

Research Rank:
Senior Research Associate

E mail:  jelena.gajic@pesting.org.rs

Education
2004 - Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Plant and Food Product Protection, University of Belgrade
2015 - PhD from the Faculty of Agriculture, Biotechnical Sciences (field of agronomic sciences), University of Belgrade

Research Filed
Biotechnical Sciences - Agriculture - Plant Protection (Phytomedicine).

Studying the effects of allelochemicals and products of natural origin in weed control. Testing herbicide efficacy and herbicide-tolerant crops, herbicide residues in soil and their impacts on succeeding crops as well as efficacy evaluation of herbicides and growth regulators, and their impacts on crop plants and beneficial organisms in the environment. Development of a strategy for the integrated protection of crops from weeds. Studying weed plants' biology and ecology, especially invasive, quarantined, and economically harmful species. Study of weed flora in crops and ruderal habitats.

Participation in projects
Participant in three national scientific projects (2006 - 2019)
Participant in research funded by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation (2020 - )
Participant of the FA COST Action FA 1203 SMARTER (2012-2016)
Participant of the EU Twinning Project – SR/13/IB/AG/02, (2017-2018)

Activities, responsibilities and mentorship
Evaluator of the assessment of the efficacy of active substances for plant protection in the registration process of plant protection products.
Member of the Main Board of the Weed Science Society of Serbia
Member of the editorial board of the national scientific journal "Pesticides and Phytomedicine" (M24)
Mentoring work with master's and doctoral students in the field of weed sciences
Mentoring work with talented students in the field of biology from the Regional Talent Center Belgrade

Membership in national and international organizations
Society for Plant Protection of Serbia
Weed Science Society of Serbia
European Weed Research Society

Bibliography
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0232-5840
Enauka: https://enauka.gov.rs/cris/rp/rp02260/indicators.html