Dragoslav Marinković
Evolutionary biology; genetics; bioethics; anthropology
Belgrade, 1934

Full member

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences

 

Membership of SASA
Corresponding member from Oct. 23, 1997
Full member since Oct. 30, 2003

Education
BSc (1957), Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade
MSc (1960), Faculty of Science, Division of Ecology and Behavioral Biology
PhD (1965) Faculty of Science, Division of Population Genetics
Postdoctoral studies (1965‒1967), Rockefeller University, New York
Postdoctoral specialization  (1973/1974), University of California, Davis

Career
Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade, Teaching Assistant from September, 1959; Assistant Professor of Genetics from January, 1968; Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science, University of Belgrade, from 1974; Professor from Feb. 1, 1981; retired since 2001

Position in SASA
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences (2002‒2006)

Membership of SASA Boards
Humans and the Environment Board; Board for Biology of the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences; Board for the Study of the Lives and Work of Serbian Scientists and SASA History; Board for Biology and Human Reproduction; Board for Finances; Board for the SASA Audiovisual Archives

Chair of the SASA Commission for Fellowships for PhD Specialization in Sweden, from the Legacy of R. and M. Đermanović, realized through the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Honorary President of the UNESCO National Committee for Bioethics, headquartered at SASA.

Accession speech
“Frameworks and Boundaries of Genetic Variability” (April 1998)

Membership of specialist associations
Serbian Biological Society; Serbian Genetic Society; Anthropological Society of Serbia; Bioethics Society of Serbia; formerly a member of several European and American specialist associations

Membership of editorial boards
Co-author and editor of a number of high school and university textbooks, several monographs published by SASA and books on bioethics
Journals Генетика, Archives of Biological Sciences, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Serbia, Facta Universitatis
Guest reviewer of the international journals Animal Behaviour and Global Bioethics

Awards and recognitions
Order of Labor with Golden Star (1985); April Award of the Students of the University of Belgrade (1964), (1989)
Recognition of Achievement for his contribution to the development and work of the Anthropological Society of Serbia; Platinum Medal of the Serbian Biological Society
Prof. Vojislav Stojanović Prize of the Association of University Professors and Scientists of Serbia
Honorary member of the Bioethic Society of Serbia and member of UNESCO’s International Forum of Bioethics Teachers

Biography and bibliography
Yearbook/SASA CIV for 1997, 1998, pp. 431‒458; CIX for 2002, 2003, pp. 461-468; CXV for 2008, 2009, pp. 311‒320. Bibliography of works by Academician Dragoslav Marinković, SASA Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Vol. XV, pp. 1‒96, 2015; SASA Bulletin 2015, 18.