Aleksandra Martinovic

Prof. Aleksandra Martinovic, besides holding two PhD degrees (from University of Belgrade and Norwegian University of Life Sciences) in the areas of food biotechnology- molecular microbiology, has also been engaged in conduction of international programs and being involved in the issues concerning molecular food microbiology and food quality and safety. In August 2004 she has been elected as a Global Partner Affiliate Faculty for the Arizona State University -Cintana Alliance. She is also engaged as the guest lecturer at the Wroclaw University of Life And Environmental Sciences, Poland. She worked as a Project Coordinator in various national and international projects and has a significant expert and research experience. She is currently working at the position of the Director of Centre of Excellence for food safety risk assessment and the Dean of the Faculty of Food Technology, Food safety and Ecology. She is a Project Leader of the first national dietary survey in Montenegro for adult and children population according to the EU Menu methodology, financed by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). She has been conducting research in various institutions in Denmark, Norway, Ireland, USA. During her continuous professional engagement as an expert of Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN FAO), she is involved in the issues concerning development of the food safety guidelines for the producers and authorities, nutrition, training of the producers in food safety and development of the food quality standards for traditional food products. She is a Member of the Working Group for the negotiations of Montenegro with EU for the Chapter 12- Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary policy, Chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Global Harmonization and of Task Team (TT) Scientific Committees at the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (www.effost.org). She is GHI Ambassador for Montenegro (www.globalharmonization.net), Member of the Federation of European Microbiologists and Member of the Montenegrin Microbiological Society.