Professor, Head of Department
Born on 17th of January 1965, in Belgrade.
Education and experience:
Primary and secondary school in Belgrade, exellent marks.
1983- Enrolled at Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
1989 - Graduated at Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade, (average mark 9,26).
1990 - Assistant position at Department of pathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
1991 - Master degree, Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
1993- Doctor degree, Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
2005 - Specialization in pathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
1995-2005 - Assistant professor, Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
2005 - Full Professor at Department of pathology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Belgrade.
Publications:
Published 2 monographs, 1 book, cc 170 publications / over 50 on sci list.
Project participation:
Two national project leader, few national project participant and international project participant (Swiss Goverment).
Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal Acta Veterinaria, Beograd since 2014. Awarded as Editor-in-Chief, 2016.
Member of Editorial Board Veterinarski glasnik, (National Scientific Journal), since 2010.
Mentor:
Doctor dissertation: 5
Master thesis: 5
International experience: (over 3 years)
University Minas Gerais, Brasil, 1988 (3 months)
University Hohenheim, Germany, 1989 (3 Months)
Institute for Pathology, JL University Giessen, Germany, DAAD, 1991-1992 (12 months)
Institute for pathology, University Leipzig, Germany, 1994 (6 months)
JL Institute for pathology, University Giessen, Germany, 2000 (3 months)
Vet.Institut, BSE Lab. Prionics, Zagreb, Croatia, 2002 (1 week)
Advanced course in Neuropathology, University of Bern, Swiss, 2003 (1 week)
SAFOSO /CAPSERSA Project for BSE and other diseases in animals, University of Bern and Prionics BSE Lab. Zurich, Swiss, 2003 (1 Month)
Veterinary Hospital , Vancouver, Canada, 2011 (1 month)
Membership of professional bodies:
Board Member/Councillor of ESVP- European Society of Veterinary Pathology, since 2011
European Society of Veterinary Pathology ESVP-ECVP Scientific Committee Member, since 2013
Charles Louis Davis Foundation for Veterinary pathologists, USA
European Macrophage & Dendritic Cell Society, Serbian Society of Veterinary Pathology,Veterinary chamber of Serbia ,Serbian medical association
Director and invited speaker in Eastern Europe Pathology Symposium, Charles Louis Davis Foundation, USA, Belgrade, 2004
Member of Organizing Committee of 28th Meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Pathology, Belgrade, 2010
Head of Pathology Department and Path. Laboratory and Leader of Department for Pathohistology and immunohistochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade
Councillor of Group for Medical Science at University of Belgrade
Councillor of Scientific Institutes Group at University of Belgrade
Member of the Faculty Council at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade
Languages skills:
Fluent in English, German and Italian.
Personal skills:
Communication skills, problem solver. Married, two children.
1. Darko Marinkovic, Sanja Aleksic-Kovacevic, Pavle Plamenac: Cellular basis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in horses, International Review of Cytology, vol. 257, 2007., p. 213 – 247, ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373701-4 (ISBN-10: 0-12-373701-X), key words: horse, lungs, COPD, pathohistology, cytology (M 21, IF 5,988)
2. Milijana Knežević, Sanja Aleksić-Kovačević, Zoran Aleksić Cell Proliferation in Pathogenesis of Esophagogastric lesions in pigs International Review of Cytology, Vol.260, 2007. p.1-34 ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374114-1, ISBN-10: 0-12-374114-9, key words: swine, esophagogastric ulcer, parakeratosis, hyperkeratosis (M 21, IF 5,988)
3. Becskei, Zsolt - Aleksić-Kovačević, Sanja – Rusvai, Miklos – Balka, Gyula –Jakab, Csaba – Petrovic, Tamas – Knežević, Milijana: Distribution of porcine circovirus 2 CAP antigen in the lymphoid tissue of pigs affected by postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome. - Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 2010, 58, 4, p. 483-498. (M21, IF 1,264)
4. Velhner, Maja – Mitevski, Dejan – Potkonjak, Dubravka – Stojanović, Dragica - Kovačević, Mira - Petrovic, Tamas – Aleksić-Kovačević Sanja: Biological properties of naturally attenuated infectious bursal disease virus isolated from backyard chicken flock. - Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 2010, 58, 4, p. 483-498. (M21, IF 1,264)
5. Aleksić-Kovačević Sanja, Kukolj V, Kureljušić B, Marinković D, Knežević Đ, Ignjatović I, Jovanović M, knežević Milijana , Gledić D. Role of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) in development of hepatic fibrosis in cats with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Acta Veterinaria (Beograd), Vol.60, No4, 2010, 391-400, Key words: cat, liver, fibrosis, HSCs, histopathology, immunohistochemistry (M 23, IF 0,179)
6. A. Agdestein / T.B. Johansen, V. Polacek, B. Lium, G. Holstad, D. Vidanovic, S. Aleksic-Kovacevic, A. Jørgensen, J. Žultauskas, S.F. Nilsen and B. Djønne: Investigation of an outbreak of mycobacteriosis in pigs, 2011, BMC Veterinary Research 2011, 7:63doi:10.1186/1746-6148-7-63 (M21, IF 2,370) http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/7/63
7. Nešić V., Resanović R., Marinković D., Nešić K., Lazarević M., Nešić S., Sanja Aleksić-Kovačević: Efficacy of T-2 toxin detoxifying agent in broiler chickens. Acta Veterinaria (Beograd), Vol.62, No2-3, 2012, 3171-182, Key words: broiler chickens, detoxification, Mycofix, T-2 toxin (M23, IF 0,179)
8. Djordjević Milena, Krstić V., Krstić N., Vasiljevic Maja, Ilić V., Vučićević Ivana, Sanja Aleksić-Kovačević: Morphological, immunophenotypic and clinical characteristics of dogs with lymphocytic, plasmacytic duodenitis, Acta Veterinaria (Beograd), Vol.62, No4, 2012, 445-454, Key words: dog, duodenum, endoscopy, histopathology (M23, IF 0,179)