Filip Pošćić

Dr. Filip Pošćić

Root Physiology Laboratory, K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Moskva, Russia
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Science without borders, curiosity without limits

Biography

Filip Pošćić is a Senior Research Scientist at the Root Physiology Laboratory, K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. He earned his PhD in Economics, Ecology and Preservation of Agricultural and Landscape-Environmental Systems from the University of Udine, Italy, in 2012, after earning a Biology degree (equivalent to an MSc) from the University of Trieste, Italy, in 2007. He has held research and postdoctoral positions at the University of Arizona (USA), Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), where he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) fellowship (2019–2021), the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation in Split (Croatia), and the University of Udine (Italy). His research focuses on plant physiology and the mechanisms underlying metal and salt tolerance, uptake, and accumulation. A particular interest is metal hyperaccumulation—the ability of certain plants (hyperaccumulators) to accumulate exceptionally high concentrations of metals in their above-ground tissues. He investigates this phenomenon in wild plant species growing in both metal-rich soils, such as those at legacy mining sites, and non-contaminated soils, an occurrence that remains insufficiently recognized. His broader interests include phytoremediation, plant–soil–microbe interactions, plant nutrition, and plant responses to abiotic stress. He is a member of the Asia Association of Plant Scientists and the PLANTMETALS network.

Affiliations

K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Moscow, Moskva, Russia

Root Physiology Laboratory

Honors and Awards

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Experience

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

K. A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

04 Mar 2026 - present

Research or Laboratory Scientist

The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

03 Jan 2022 - 31 Jul 2023

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

01 Sep 2019 - 31 Aug 2021

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

01 Mar 2019 - 31 Aug 2019

Post Doctoral Researcher

Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, Split, Croatia

18 Jul 2016 - 28 Feb 2019

Post Doctoral Researcher

University of Udine, Udine, Italy

17 Apr 2012 - 30 Jun 2016

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

University of Udine, Udine, Italy

01 Jan 2009 - 16 Apr 2012

Research or Laboratory Scientist

University of Udine, Udine, Italy

01 Jun 2007 - 31 Dec 2008

Undergraduate Student

University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

23 Dec 1999 - 31 Mar 2007