Janko Samardzic, MD, PhD, is an associate professor of pharmacology at the Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade. He holds a PhD in medical pharmacology and has extensive experience and expertise in basic and clinical pharmacology. Prof. Samardzic completed his postdoctoral studies at the University KU Leuven in Belgium and postgraduate specialty courses at the Erasmus University Medical Centre Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Prof. Samardzic is the author of many peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and is a regular speaker at international and regional scientific conferences. His research work includes publications from experimental and clinical pharmacology of the central nervous system, pediatric and developmental pharmacology, and clinical pharmacology of antibiotics, as well as addiction research. Prof. Samardzic is a member of the European Colleague of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP), Austrian Pharmacological Society, Swiss Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Serbian Pharmacological Society. He is the winner of the award "Professor Vladislav Varagic" of the Serbian Pharmacological Society for outstanding results achieved in scientific research. Since 2023, Prof. Samardzic has been a special advisor and assistant minister at the Ministry of Education, Government of the Republic of Serbia..