Dušan Malenov obtained his PhD in 2018 at University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry in the fields of inorganic and computational chemistry. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University at Qatar and Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier in France. He currently holds a position of assistant professor and senior research associate at University of Belgrade. His research focuses on crystallographic and computational studies of noncovalent interactions, in particular those of transition metal complexes and organometallic compounds. Since 2024 he is a proud member of CSD Champions community, a group of enthusiasts who collaborate with The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre to promote crystallography and structural science in their respective countries.