Dubravka Šoljan
Dubravka Šoljan belongs to the group of the most eminent Bosnian botanists of the middle generation. He studied Biology at the Biology Department of the Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo in the academic year 1964/65 and completed it in 1967/68. After completing her postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Sarajevo (1969 – 1972), she was promoted to the title of Master of Biological Sciences in 1978, after defending her Master's thesis entitled "Ecological-anatomical differentiation of populations of the species Edraianthus jugoslavicus Lakušić in the South-Eastern Dinarides". under the mentorship of prof. Ph.D. Radomir Lakušić. Doctoral thesis entitled "Differentiation of populations and species of the genus Edraianthus DC. in the area of Mount Biokovo" which she did under the mentorship of Professor Radomir Lakušić, she defended in 1987.
Prof. Ph.D. After completing her studies (in 1968), Dubravka Šoljan worked for the first years as a biology professor at the Center of Military Schools in Sarajevo; this experience proved to be invaluable in the subsequent establishment and development of the previously poorly developed field of Teaching Methodology at the Department of Biology.
His academic career prof. Ph.D. Dubravka Šoljan started her career as an assistant in 1980 at the Biology Department of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Sarajevo. She was then elected to teaching positions at her home faculty: assistant professor (1988), part-time (1994) and full professor (2000).
Due to his extremely dedicated and fruitful multi-decade scientific and teaching contribution to the academic community, prof. On December 14, 2013, Šoljan was promoted to the honorary title of professor emeritus of the University of Sarajevo.
He is the author of over 40 scientific papers and 40 congress announcements, about 100 expert papers and 14 books, textbooks, monographs, manuals or workshops. She actively participated in the work of over 40 domestic and international scientific meetings.
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