Dr Nela Nikolic

Teaching
BIOL3059 Bioscience Education – Module lead (coordinator)
BIOL2038 Environmental Microbiology / BIOL2044 Medical Microbiology – Module contributor
BIOL1030 How to Think Like a Scientist – Tutorials
Personal academic tutor

Project supervisor
BIOL3059 Bioscience Education – Third-year student projects
BIOL6013 MSci Advanced Research Project
BIOL6068 MRes Advanced Biological Sciences Research Project

Academic career
Since 2024       Lecturer and Group Leader – University of Southampton, UK
2021–2024       Postdoc / Research Fellow – Living Systems Institute (LSI), University of Exeter, UK
2016–2021       Postdoc / Senior Postdoc – Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Austria
2013–2016       Postdoc – Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Austria
2012                  Visiting Scientist – Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany 
2008–2013       PhD Candidate – ETH Zurich, and Eawag, Switzerland; PhD advisor: Prof Martin Ackermann

Selected prizes and awards
2023                 "Above and Beyond" Award from the Head of Department for contributions to the development of the early career researchers’ community and for promoting inclusivity at the University of Exeter, UK
2023                 The Wellcome ISSF-funded Public Engagement Award (link)
2021                  Nominated Membership in the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
2019–2021        FWF (Austrian Science Fund – central research funding organization mandated by the Austrian Government), Elise Richter Fellowship
2018                  Microbiology Prize from the Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine (ÖGHMP) for the high-impact publications. This national prize is awarded once every two years to one or two microbiologists based in Austria.
2016–2019        ISTFELLOW, International Postdoctoral Fellowship – The European Union’s Marie Curie COFUND
2014–2016        FWF (Austrian Science Fund) – Lise Meitner Fellowship
2013–2014        SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation – central research funding organization mandated by the Swiss Government) Fellowship for prospective researchers
2013                  FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) Career Relocation Grant
2012                  FEMS (Federation of European Microbiological Societies) Research Grant 
2008                 Science and Technology Project of the World Bank – Unity Through Knowledge Fund, "Gaining experience" Grant