Dragana Popovic
Dr. Dragana Popović, a physicist, was born in Belgrade, where she obtained her MSc and PhD degree in biophysics, at Belgrade University. She is a full professor and Head of Department of Biophysics, on the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Belgrade). Her scientific and teaching interest are radiation and environmental biophysics, scientific methodology, and history of science. She published over 140 scientific papers and contributed to a number of books on air pollution, radiation biophysics, teaching and gender studies. Her latest book “Chernobyl: Not Just An Accident” (2010) is on long term environmental, political and social consequences of Chernobyl nuclear accident in Serbia. Dr Popović translated a number of scientific books and essays and has been a member of editorial boards of Young Scientist, Acta Veterinaria and Genero, a journal in feminist and cultural theory. She has a daughter and a son, and lives and works in Belgrade.