MARKO ERCEGOVAC Geologist; (b. Niš, 12 April 1937 – d. Belgrade, 15 February 2012)

University professor: Faculty of Mining and Geology; full professor (from 1981); courses: Micropaleontology;  Comparative morphology of fossil organisms, Caustobolits, basins and research of oil and gas.

Membership of SASA: Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geosciences; corresponding member from 26 October 2000; full member from 2 November 2006; deputy secretary of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geosciences (from 2004); scientific council member of the SASA Geographical Institute ‘Jovan Cvijić’

Membership of SASA boards: Academy Board for Paleoflora and Paleofauna, member, secretary and president; Board for Geodynamics, member; Board for Geochemistry, member; Interacademy Board SASA-MASA for the Study of Fossil Fauna and Flora of Montenegro

Awards and recognitions: ‘Jovan Žujović’ Award (1986)