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Jelena Ačanski

Jelena Ačanski

Position:Senior Research Associate in CBS

Academic Rank: Senior Research Associate

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Jelena Ačanski has a PhD in Biology and works at the BioSense Institute as a senior researcher. She specializes in integrative taxonomy and studies the impact of stress on organisms using geometric morphometrics. She also teaches the course Integrative Taxonomy at the PhD level at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. Dr. Ačanski has authored or co-authored more than 70 scientific publications and conference papers and has participated in several national and international research projects. She is an experienced field researcher, author and coordinator of the Balkan Hoverflies Database, advisory committee member of the IUCN Hoverfly Specialist Group, and member of the Entomological Society of Serbia. Beyond her scientific career, Jelena is an entrepreneur and illustrator, dedicated to advancing social rights through active participation in various initiatives, initiating actions, and directly investing in the accessibility of healthcare, social protection services, and education.

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CBS

Themes:

1. Geometric morphometrics

2. Developmental stability

Publications:

  1. Ačanski, J., Tot, T., Grković, A., Radenković, S., and Vujić, A., 2023. An assessment of new character in hoverfly species delimitation using linear and geometric morphometrics – genus Merodon Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Syrphidae) as a case study. European Journal of Taxonomy, 910, 98–114.
  2. Ačanski, J., Gvozdenac, S., Radenković, M., Prvulović, D., Tanasković, S. and Horvatović, M., 2023. Effect of four plant extracts on the mortality, population growth, and fluctuating asymmetry of Sitophilus oryzae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 171, 611-620.
  3. Aracil, A., Ačanski, J., Pérez-Bañón, C., Šikoparija, B., Miličić, M., Campoy, A., Radenković, S., Vujić, A., Radišić, P. and Rojo, S., 2022. Characterization of preimaginal developmental stages of two cryptic South African species of the Merodon planifacies complex (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae: Merodontini), with differentiation through morphometry analysis. Arthropod Structure & Development, 70, p.101187.
  4. Ačanski, J., Vujić, A., Zorić, L.Š., Radenković, S., Djan, M., Ristić, Z.M. and Ståhls, G., 2022. Merodon chalybeus subgroup: an additional piece of the M. aureus group (Diptera, Syrphidae) puzzle. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 59, 79-109.
  5. Vujić, A., Šašić Zorić, L., Ačanski, J., Likov, L., Radenković, S., Djan, M., Milić, D., Šebić, A., Ranković, M. and Khaghaninia, S., 2020. Hide-and-seek with hoverflies: Merodon aureus–a species, a complex or a subgroup?. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 190(3), 974-1001.