Dr Ana Valenta Šobot, senior research associate, graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, in 2010, where she received her PhD in the Molecular Biomedicine module in 2022. Since 2010, she has been a full-time employee at the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade. From 2024 to 2025, she was the principal investigator of the project of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, ID 14874 „Functional nanocomposite for skin treatment“. She is a member of the Serbian Geneticists' Society (SGS) and the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS). Her research is primarily focused on genotoxicology, cytotoxicity and oxidative stress, with an emphasis on studying the cyto- and genotoxicity of physical and chemical agents and newly synthesized materials, as well as the potential protective effects of various in vitro treatments. She has published 27 papers in SCI journals and participated in numerous national and international conferences. She is involved in bilateral scientific cooperation projects between Serbia and Germany and international cooperation between Serbia and Sweden, as well as in the national projects "Proof of Concept" and "Technology Transfer" of the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia.