Faculty of Science and Mathematics
Biography - Caković Danka
Short biography of Danka Caković
I was born on August 28th 1977 in Titograd, where I finished primary school and gymnasium. In school year 1996/97 I started study of Biology, at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Podgorica and graduated in October 2000, with average mark 9,48. Postgraduate studies, department of ecology and geography of plants I started in 2000/01, at the faculty of Biology in Belgrade. Master thesis “Floristic studies of Sutorman mountain” I defended on February 5th 2004, and was promoted in Master of biological Sciences. In a title of doctor of biological sciences I was promoted in 2011, at the University of Montenegro, Faculty of science, Department of Biology, after successful defend of PhD thesis named: “Floristic and vegetation studies of Rumija mountain”
Research interests: ecology of plants, systematics of plants, vegetation, environmental protection.
Study visits:
Institute for Plant Sciences in Graz, 1 month
University of Ljubljana, Department of Biology, 1 month
Institute for Botany, University in Innsbruck, 3 months (2014/2015/2016)
Employment:
March 2000. up to June 2012 - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Podgorica, teaching assistant
- up to 2012. – Faculty of Agriculture, teaching assistant
- up to 2012. – Faculty of Farmacy, teaching assistant
June 2012 - October 2017. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Podgorica, docent
October 2017. - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Podgorica, associate professor
Participation in projects:
- Flora and vegetation of Podgorica area
- IPA (Important Plant Area)
- Biodiversity (habitats/vegetation) mapping for selected locations in the Coastal area of Montenegro
- Study of the biodiversity of the coastal part of Montenegro
- Catalog of the flora of Montenegro (I, II, III)
- Monitoring of the biodiversity in some parts of Montenegro
- Improving the ecological database for sustainable forest management in Montenegro
- Evolution of two plant groups in Montenegro and adjacent regions (Balkan Peninsula)
- Natural values of the Vrmac peninsula
- Conservation study of the Sinjajevina mountain
- Environmental Impact Evaluations in different parts of Montenegro
- SEEDLING project aims to strengthen education, capacity building and awareness raising of the UN Sustainable Development Goals