Mr. Vladimir Polaček
General Manager Deputy
Head of Department 110
E-mail:vlade@niv.ns.ac.rs
Phone:+381 21/4895 310
Contact
Name and surname: Vladimir Polaček
Present status: Senior Reserch Associate
Deputy General Manager
Head of Department for Epizootiology, Clinical Diagnostic, and DDD,
Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”, Novi Sad Serbia
e-mail: vlade@niv.ns.ac.rs
Intro
Vladimir Polaček, senior research associate (in the field of biotechnical science, veterinary medicine and veterinary pathology) was born in 1973. He is a deputy director and Head of Department of Epizootiology, Clinical Testing and DDD. He received his PhD degree from Belgrade University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Pathology. He received his master’s degree at the same department in 2006 and completed his specialist studies at the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Belgrade in 2016. He has twenty years of work experience. Vladimir Polaček has advanced knowledge about geographical information systems and their practical use (he attended a GIS course in Fort Collins, United States in 2008), and having finished High School of Electrical Egineering, he gained the knowledge in the field of information technology that enabled him to deal with computers and various programs at an advanced level. He created several web sites based on Word Press, including the website of the Institute. He is the administrator of the Institute as well.
Education
2016. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – University of Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia Specialization (area Veterinary Pathology)
2010.PhD.The Role of Myofibroblast in Morphogenesis of Granulomatous Lymphadenitis in Pigs Naturally Infected with Mycobacterium Avium Complex, Department for Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2010, supervisor prof dr Sanja Aleksić Kovačević
2006.Postgraduate studies, Master thesis: Detection of E2 Protein (gp55) of Classical Swine Fever Virus in Different Tissues of Experimentally Infected Pigs, Department for Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, 2006, supervisor prof dr Sanja Aleksić Kovačević
2000. BSc, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade
Career development:
2018-present
December 2015- present Scientific Veterinary Institute „Novi Sad“, Senior Research Associate,
Head of Department of Epizootiology, Clinical Diagnostic and DDD,
January 2014- December 2015, Scientific Veterinary Institute „Novi Sad“, Research Associate,
Deputy Director for Economic Cooperation, Head of Department for Epizootiology, Clinical Diagnostic, Pathology and DDD,
June 2007-January 2014, Veterinary Specialized Institute ,,Kraljevo“ Epidemiologist Associate at Department for Veterinary Epidemiology and Clinical Pathology,
April 2002-June 2007 Scientific Veterinary Institute „Novi Sad“, Researcher Assistant at the Department for General Veterinary Epidemiology,
April 2002-April 2001 „Dijamant AGRAR „-Diary farm Aerodrom -farm veterinarian,
Avgust 2000-January 2001 ,,Tehnooprema“ Zrenjanin, veterinarian in poultry production.
Selected Projects:
2014-2019, Wild animal health monitoring and introduction of new biotechnology procedures in detection of infectious and zoonotic agents risk analysis for human health, domestic and wild animal health and for environmental contamination TR 31084, Ministry for Science, Tehnology and Education , Republic of Serbia, project coordinator dr Tamaš Petrović, Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”, 2014-present, Research on pharmacological characteristics of antimicrobial agents, introduction of new technological alternative methods of prophylactic with the purpose to improve control of infectious animal disease of farm animals, TR-31071, Ministry for Science, Tehnology and Education , Republic of Serbia, project coordinator dr Dubravka Milanov, Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad”,
2008, Field epidemiologist, FAO SFERA OSRO/GLO/504/MUL Emergency assistance for early detection, prevention and control of avian influenza in the Balkan region, Serbia,
2004, Project of FAO, Swiss Government, SAFOSO, ОШ Surveillance and Control of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy and other zoonotic diseases- in country trainer
Awards and fellowships;
2008: USDA Borlaug Fellowship (“Advanced Methodology in Spatial Epidemiology, Center for Emerging Issues, United States Department of Agriculture/ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA), supervisor dr Mo Salmon
Reviewer of the international peer-reviewed journals: Acta Veterinaria Belgrade ISSN 0567-8315 (member of edithorial board and reviewer), Arhives of Veterinary Medicine ISSN 1820-9955 (reviewer), Food and Feed Research ISSN 2217-5369 (reviewer),
Memberships: Serbian Veterinary Chember, European Sociaty of Veterinary Pathology (ESVP) Others: 2008-2020, Technical expert, Serbian Accreditation Body.
