Simonida Djuric

Full Professor Simonida Djuric, Ph.D. Field of research: Microbiology, Soil Microbiology, Microbial Ecology E-mail: simonida@polj.uns.ac.rs Telephone: +381 21 4853 426 Academic qualifications • B.Sc. (1992) - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture • M.Sc. (2000) - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture • Ph.D. (2010) - University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture Selected publications 1. Djuric, S., Pavic, A., Jarak, M., Pavlovic, S., Starovic, M., Pivic, R., Josic, D. (2011): Selection of indigenous fluorescent pseudomonads isolates from maize fhizosphere soil in Vojvodina as possible PGPR, Romanian Biotechnological letters, Vol. 16, No. 5, 6580-6591. 2. Stamenov, D., Jarak, M., Đurić, S., Milošev, D., Hajnal-Jafari, T. (2012): Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the production of English ryegrass, Plant Soil Environ., 58, (10), 477-480. 3. Fabrice Martin-Laurent, Ellen Kandeler, Ines Petric, Simonida Djuric, Dimitrios G. Karpouzas (2013) ECOFUN-MICROBIODIV: an FP7 European project for developing and evaluating innovative tools for assessing the impact of pesticides on soil functionalmicrobial diversity—towards new pesticide registration regulation?, Environ Sci Pollut Res (2013) 20:1203–1205, DOI 10.1007/s11356-012-1368-0 4. D.G. Karpouzas, E. Kandeler, D. Bru, I. Friedel, Y. Auer, S. Kramer, S. Vasileiadis, I. Petric , N. Udikovic-Kolic, S. Djuric, F. Martin-Laurent (2014) A tiered assessment approach based on standardized methods to estimate the impact of nicosulfuron on the abundance and function of the soil microbial community, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 75, (2014) 282-291. 5. Sonja Gvozdenac, Vojislava Bursić, Gorica Vuković, Simonida Đurić, Carlos Gonçalves, Dušica Jovičić, Snežana Tanasković (2016): Phytotoxic effects of irrigation water depending on the presence of organic and inorganic pollutants, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(18), 18596-18608, DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-7024-3 6. V. Vasic, S. Djuric, T. Jafari-Hajnal, S. Orlovic, S. Vasic, L. Poljakovic Pajnik, V. Galović (2018): The microbiological response of forest soils after application of nicosulfuron, imazamox and cycloxydim. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-018-1862-0 Selected projects 1. SEEERAPLUS-216 project: ‘Development and evaluation of innovative tools to estimate the ecotoxicological impact of low dose pesticide application in agriculture on soil functional microbial diversity’ (Acronym : ECOFUN-MICROBIODIV) FP7-SEE-ERA.NET Plus Joint Call, 2010-2012 (lokalni koordinator i član Organizacionog Komiteta projekta). 2. Unapređenje proizvodnje primenom đubriva, biopreparata I bioloških mera. TR31027; 2011-2014 (učesnik) 3. COST Action ES1406“Soil fauna - Key to Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Modelling (KEYSOM)” . Coordiator Dr Juan J. Jiménez, ARAID Foundation, Spain, 2014 – 2019. MC member. 4. COST Action CA17131 The soil science & archaeo-geophysics alliance: going beyond prospection (SAGA) 2018-2022. Academic activities • Teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. studies (Microbiology, Production and application of biopreparation, Microbiology of rhizosphere, Molecular characterization of microorganisms) • Supervisor of 22 B.Sc. thesis, over 16 M.Sc. thesis , 1 magistar thesis, 2 PhD thesis. member in numerous committees. Memberships • Member of the Microbial Society of Serbia • Member of Serbian Society for Soil Research • Member of FEMS. Other activities • member of the Organizing Secretariat of the XXXIV annual ESNA meeting (29 august – 02 September,2004, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro) • member of the Organizing Secretariat of the International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and European Integration Processes (September 19 – 24, 2004, Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro). • Two reviews in referee journals • Several reviews In national journals (Contemporary agriculture, Topola ) • h-Index 7, SCI Publications – 16 (citations: Google Scholar – 86;). • Language skills: English, French and Russian