Graduated as an Engineer of Food Technology and Animal Products in 2000, and obtained a PhD in Food Science and Technology in 2011 at the University of Belgrade/Serbia, where he now holds a full professorship in food science and (bio)technology. He is also a Guest Professor at the University of Lublin, Poland, and acts as a Research Associate at the German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL). Rated in the top 2 percent of the world’s most-cited scientists (2022, 2023) by Stanford University.