BIOGRAPHY

Editor's Biography -
Prof. Dr. Snežana Jovanović

Snežana Marinković, full professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade (GFUB) since 2012, Head of the Department of Materials and Structures (2015–2020), Vice Dean of GFUB for two terms (2006–2012). Member of the Council of the University of Belgrade (2015–2018), member of the Core Scientific Committee for Transport, Urban Planning, and Civil Engineering (2015–), member of the Council of Scientific Fields in Civil Engineering and Urban Planning Sciences of the University of Belgrade (2015–), full member of AINS (2025–). Contact information: ORCID 0000-0002-1808-392X, e-mail: sneska@imk.grf.bg.ac.rs

Born on May 16, 1962, in Belgrade, to father Borislav and mother Dušanka. She completed primary school and high school in Belgrade in 1980 and graduated from GFUB in 1986 at the Department of Structures with a grade average of 9.16. She earned her master's degree in 1991 at GFUB and her PhD in 2001, also at GFUB, in the field of analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. She has been employed at GFUB since 1987, first as a junior teaching assistant, assistant in 1992, assistant professor in 2002, associate professor in 2007, and full professor since 2012.

In teaching activities, she taught a large number of courses from the Concrete Structures group in undergraduate studies and two in doctoral studies. She was the mentor of 6 defended doctoral dissertations and 2 currently in progress, as well as a large number of master's and graduation theses. She participated in 17 committees for doctoral dissertation defenses at GFUB and FTN of the University of Novi Sad. She is co-author of 1 printed problem collection and 2 textbooks. She was president of the GFUB Teaching Committee, 2006–2012, and president of the GFUB Doctoral Studies Committee, 2005–2012.

Scientific work

In scientific work, she deals with the analysis and design of concrete structures, especially in the current field of applying green concretes and assessing environmental impact. She is the founder and head of the research and testing group for concrete structures at the Department of Materials and Structures of GFUB, called the Concrete Structures Research Team. She has published: 7 chapters in international monographs (M13–M14), 29 papers in international journals (M20) and 21 papers in domestic journals (M50), 49 papers at international (M30) and 33 papers at domestic conferences (M60), 4 invited lectures at international meetings, and more. According to the SCOPUS database (as of 11.02.2026), citation metrics are: total=2739, citations excluding self-citations=2586, h-index=19 (based on citations excluding self-citations). She is a reviewer of papers for a large number of journals on the JCR list. Editor-in-chief of the journal Građevinski materijali i konstrukcije (2021–), which has been indexed in JCR since 2023.

Engineering activity

In engineering activity, she is co-author of numerous conceptual and detailed designs, expert reports, studies, and technical reviews. Among completed detailed designs, the Main Design of the roof structure and main columns of Belgrade Arena in New Belgrade is particularly notable, for which she, as one of the designers, received the Award for the Best Achievement in Structural Engineering of Yugoslavia in 1999, awarded by the Yugoslav Society of Structural Engineers.

Awards

Award of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Belgrade for the best graduation theses defended in the 1985/86 school year, the same Award for the best doctoral dissertations defended in 2001, Award of the Yugoslav Society of Structural Engineers (JDGK) for the best achievement in structural engineering of Yugoslavia in 1999, for the project of the roof structure of the Belgrade Arena sports hall in New Belgrade, JDGK Award for the best achievement in structural engineering of Yugoslavia in the field of science in 2000 and 2001, for the doctoral dissertation.