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