Zoran T. Popovski#
| Membership Number: | 5379 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORTH MACEDONIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.fznh.ukim.edu.mk |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7560-6099 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/zoran.popovski.9256 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoran-popovski-b4856241 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 06.2012 - present Full Professor at the Faculties of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Technology and Natural Sciences at Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
- 08.2011 - 05.2012 Fulbright Visiting Professor/Researcher - College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences at Ohio State University, USA
- 09.2006 - 08.2011 Associate Professor at the Faculties of: Agriculture and Food Sciences, Pharmacy, Technology at Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
- 11.2002 - 08.2006 State Secretary of the Ministry for Education and Science in North Macedonia
- 1.2002 - 11.2002 Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
- 8.2001 - 12.2001 Visiting Researcher at Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
- 4.1999 - 8.2001 Lecturer of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
- 7.1992 - 3.1999 Junior Assistant of Biochemistry and Genetics at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (part time)
- 1.1991 - 3.1999 Researcher in the Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - MASA (part time)
- 5.1988 - 8.1990 President of Young Researchers of Macedonia and organizer of Youth Research Actions
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein chemistry
- DNA polymerases
- Molecular markers
- DNA microsatellites
- Molecular diagnostics
- GMO detection
- Recombinant proteins
- Science in schools and gifted children for research
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Award "Big Mother" for research in Skopje's municipality "Gazi Baba"
- 2018 Election as visiting professor at Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, Russia
- Fulbright award in academic 2011 - 2012 for visiting scholar at Ohio State University, USA
- 2008 Nomination for Commenius award of UNESCO from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2006 Golden placket from North Macedonian School Sport Federation
- Grants from UNESCO, UNIDO, IAEA, JICA as leading researcher 1998, 2001, 2002
- 1997 Silver placket for contribution in student activities in research at the Faculty of Agriculture
- 1996 National fair for innovation Makinova - Golden placket and Bronze medal for innovation
- 1990 Decade award as a best student at the Faculty of Biology
- Acknowledgments from National organizations for contribution in their mission:
- Young Researchers of Macedonia
- Macedonian Ecological Society "Opstanok"
- National association of deaf people
- SOS Children Village - North Macedonia etc.
