Dr. Sofija Božinović
Project role:
– WP1 and WP3 coordinator
– Project supervision and management, image data extraction, data analysis and dissemination.
Research title:
Senior Research Associate
Research field:
Plant Genetics and Breeding
Employment and address:
Maize breeder, Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, Slobodana Bajica 1, Zemun Polje, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Education:
2013 – PhD in Plant Genetics and Breeding, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture
2008 – BSc in Agronomy, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture
Senior research associate at MRIZP Plant Breeding department with close to 15 years of experience in the research field of maize breeding. Her research activities at MRIZP are focused on the development of maize hybrids for temperate maize growing areas, implementation of the doubled haploid method in maize breeding, and high-throughput phenotyping.