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Professor and Head of FSPE Applied Bioenergetics Lab
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Sergej M. Ostojic received his medical degree from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine in September 1996. He then pursued his graduate training in medicine, human physiology and nutrition, and obtained MSc in Medical Sciences (2001), Medical Specialist degree (2002), and PhD in Medical Sciences (2003) at the University of Belgrade, with CME and postdoc education includes training in mitochondrial medicine (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science), and nutrition, obesity and metabolism (Harvard Medical School and Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health). He is currently working as Full Professor of Nutrition at the University of Agder, Professor of Biomedical Science at the University of Novi Sad, Head of Applied Bioenergetics Lab (www.appliedbioenergetics.org), and Adjunct Professor at the University of Belgrade School of Medicine. His current research follows two main themes: (a) studying mitochondrial viability and targeted nutritional interventions to tackle impaired bioenergetics in health and disease, and (b) analyzing population health metrics in chronic cardiometabolic diseases. To date, he has authored and co-authored 288 peer-reviewed articles in multidisciplinary journals, including those with high impact factors such as The Lancet, Nature, BMJ, Trends in Food Science and Technology, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Theranostics, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Clinical Nutrition, Clinical Science, Pharmacological Research, Nutrients, European Journal of Nutrition, Nutritional Neuroscience; 120+ invited lectures and conference abstracts; 11 book chapters, and 3 textbooks. He earned over 10,000 citations on his account so far, with H-index 30 (SCOPUS). He is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society for Nutrition, the American Physiological Society, and the Nutrition Society. Dr Ostojic is also a member of international research networks in population health, including European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (World Health Organization), NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (Imperial College London), and Globan Burden of Disease (University of Washington). He is Associate Editor of the scientific journals Frontiers in Physiology and Research in Sports Medicine, Review Editor for Frontiers in Pharmacology, Frontiers in Nutrition and International Journal of Public Health, Editorial Consultant for Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research and Editorial Board member for Food Science and Nutrition, Nutritional Neuroscience and Journal of Functional Foods. He has been the recipient of internationally competitive research grants including the World Anti-Doping Agency, NSCA International Award and the European Commission, and many industrial endowments. He holds 7 patents and patent applications in the US, UK, EU, and Japan.