Dr. Suzana Pavlović has a PhD in biological sciences and is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Medical Research (group Nutrition and Metabolism). She completed her PhD studies in Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology in the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. From November 2018 to June 2023, she worked at the Institute for Vegetable Crops as a Research Associate and Head of the Scientific-Research Program. Her research is focused on the development of protocols in the field of in vitro plant tissue culture. During her scientific research work, she studied regeneration through organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis of various vegetable species (Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Amaranthaceae). She also studied the expression of genes involved in plant defense mechanisms in stress model systems. In the future, she plans to examine the impact of different light treatments and stress on the metabolism of plants in culture in vitro (secondary metabolite synthesis) and various properties of plant extracts (antioxidant, antibacterial, anticancer). Research interests: plant tissue culture; plant regeneration; somatic embryogenesis; light treatments; salt stress; genes expression; plant secondary metabolites, food, nutrition.