 | JANKO Ž. NIKOLIĆ |
Foreign member
Department of Medical Sciences
Membership of SASA
Foreign member since 7 November 2024.
Education
Faculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, BSc (1984), MSc (1989), PhD(1993).
Career
He completed postdoctoral training at the Institute for Biological Research ‘Siniša Stanković’ and the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, MFUB (1984–1987), followed by additional postdoctoral training at the Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA. Assistant professor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York (1990-1996); where he was also head of the Laboratory for T Lymphocyte Development and director of the Core Flow Cytometry Facility. During this period, he was also an assistant professor at Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (CUGMS), New York, USA; associate professor and head of the the same organizational units at MSKCC (1996-2001); an associate professor at CUGMS, Cornell University; professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon, (2001-2008); a senior scientist at the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (OHSU) and the Pathobiology Division of the Oregon National Primate Research Centre; the Elizabeth Bowman Professor and a Chair of the Department of Immunobiology at the University of Arizona School of Medicine in Tucson (MFUA-T) since 2008; co-director of the University of Arizona Centre on Aging (MFUA-T) and a professor of Medicine, Nutritional Sciences, Genetics, and Neuroscience; a scientific fellow at the BY05 Institute, the Arizona Cancer Centre, and the University of Arizona Arthritis Centre; director of the Aegis Consortium for a Pandemic-Free Future at the University of Arizona (since 2020); visiting professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade (since 2003), and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kragujevac (2012–2018).
Membership of specialist associations
American Association of Immunologists (since 1990)
American Aging Association (member since 2002-present; full member since 2016 Education committee 2004-2007; Board Member, 2007-2020; President of Association 2009-10; Chairman of the Board 2014-2020);
The Henry Kunkel Society (since 2003);
American Society of Microbiology and Immunology Chairs (member since 2008; Chair of the Public Relations Committee, 2014-17);
Gerontological Society of America (since 2009; Chair, Biological Section, 2016-17);
Immunological Society of Serbia (honorary member since 2009).
Awards and recognitions
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade Dean’s list, 1980, 1983
Editorial Board Awards for the best scientific paper, the student journal Medicinski podmladak, Belgrade, 1983, 1984
Louise and Allston Boyer Young Scientist Award, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York, USA, 1998
Distinguished Lecturer, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan, 2009
Researcher of the Year in Biosciences of the State of Arizona, 2021
Gerontologist of the Year, Gerontological Society of Arizona, 2021