Mirjana Ocokoljić
E-mail: mirjana.ocokoljic@sfb.bg.ac.rs
Cabinet: lower ground floor, left, bb
Consultation: Wednesday 12.00-13.00; Thursrday 14.00-15.00
Born in Belgrade to father Radoš and mother Zlata Ocokoljić. Primary education and the 3rd Belgrade Grammar School (Natural sciences and technical track, specialising in Spatial planning) completed with excellent results. Graduated from the Faculty of Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture, with an average grade of 9.36 (nine point thirty-six), and a final thesis defended with a grade of 10 (ten), as Student of the Generation. All courses prescribed by the Statute of the Faculty of Forestry for postgraduate studies passed with an average grade of 10 (ten). The Master’s thesis entitled “Research into the Individual Variability of Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) in Urban Coenoses in the Area of Belgrade and Its Surroundings” was defended on 26 December 2000 at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade. The doctoral dissertation entitled “The Oldest Trees in the Green Areas of Belgrade as Initial Material for the Production of Ornamental Tree Seedlings” was defended on 21 June 2006 at the same faculty. Recipient of the Annual Award of the Chamber of Commerce of Belgrade for the best doctoral dissertation in 2007. Continuously employed at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry, within the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, since March 1996. Also engaged in teaching at the University of Novi Sad (Faculty of Agriculture), delivering the course Dendrology within the study programmes Horticulture and Fruit Growing and Viticulture. Participation in teaching and examination activities at the University of Bihać – Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences (course: Dendrology), as well as at doctoral academic studies at the Faculty of Agriculture in Banja Luka (Republic of Srpska). Recipient of the Golden Charter for contribution to the development and advancement of biological and related sciences, awarded by the Serbian Biological Society. Member of the Serbian Biological Society, the Biological Society “Dr Sava Petrović”, and the Association of Landscape Architects of Serbia. Proficient in English and Russian.
Scientific area
Landscape Architecture and Horticulture
Research interests
Пејзажна архитектура; пејзажни инжењеринг; биљни материјал; оплемењивање биљака; хортикултура; урбана екологија.
Engaging Teaching
Bechelor studies
- Ornamental Dendrology
Мaster studies
- Urban Green Space
- Management and Ornamental Cultivars of Woody Plants
Doctoral studies
- Plant Material in Landscape Architecture and Horticulture
- Landscape Vegetation
- Special-Purpose Plant Material
Selected papers
- Ocokoljić, M., Petrov, Dj, Galečić, N., Skočajić, D., Čukanović, J., Vujičić, D., Simović, I. 2026. The impact of air temperature on the sustainability of Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem. under conditions of a temperate continental climate. Pak. J. Bot., 58(7): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2026-7(6) – M22
- Nevenka Galečić, Djurdja Petrov, Dejan Skočajić, Jelena Čukanović, Radenka Kolarov, Sara Đorđević, Mirjana Ocokoljić. 2026. Diversity, Growth Parameters, and Ecosystem Services of Urban Trees Under Climate-Change Conditions: A Case Study of Topčider Park. Forests 2026, 17(1), 114; https://doi.org/10.3390/f17010114 – M21
- Skočajić, D., Petrov, D., Galečić, N., Čukanović, J., Kolarov, R., Đorđević, S., Ocokoljić, M. 2026. Adaptability and Resilience of Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach (Rosaceae) in Urban Landscape Design. Horticulturae, 12(3), 396. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae12030396 – M21
- Ocokoljić, M.; Galečić, N.; Skočajić, D.; Čukanović, J.; Đorđević, S.; Kolarov, R.; Petrov, Dj. 2025. Flowering Patterns of Cornus mas L. in the Landscape Phenology of Roadside Green Infrastructure Under Climate Change Conditions in Serbia. Sustainability 2025, 17, 5334. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17125334 – М22
- Mirjana Ocokoljić, Nevenka Galečić, Dejan Skočajić, Jelena Čukanović, Sara Ðorđević, Radenka Kolarov, Djurdja Petrov. 2025. The influence of air temperature and precipitation on the flowering and sustainability of Acer pseudoplatanus L. in the Zvezdara Urban Forest (Belgrade, Serbia). Sylwan 169 (9): 669−687, September 2025. https://doi.org/10.26202/sylwan.2025050. Journal homepage: https://sylwan−journal.pl – M23
- Ljubojević, M.; Čukanović, J.; Ðorđević, S.; Petrov, Dj.; Galečić, N.; Skočajić, D.; Ocokoljić, M. 2025. Characterizing the Flowering Phenology of Rosa rugosa Thunb. as an Ecosystem Service in the Context of Climate Change in Kupinovo (Vojvodina), Serbia. Plants 2025, 14, 1875. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14121875 – М21
- Ocokoljić, M., Čukanović, J., Petrov, Dj., Kolarov, R., Đorđević, S., Skočajić, D.M., Galečić, N., Skočajić, D.Lj. 2025. Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.: varieties globosa and tears in the urban dendroflora under climate changes. Applied Ecology And Environmental Research 23(4):8251-8273. http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/2304_82518273 – M23
- Čukanović, J.; Ljubojević, M.; Djordjević, S.; Narandžić, T.; Petrov, Dj.; Ocokoljić, M. 2024. The Impact of Climate Variability on the Blooming of Fraxinus ornus ‘Globosa’ as a Component of Novi Sad’s (Serbia) Green Infrastructure. Sustainability. 2024, 16, 8404. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198404 – M21
- Vujičić, D.; Vasiljević, N.; Radić, B.; Tutundžić, A.; Galečić, N.; Skočajić, D.; Ocokoljić, M. 2024. Conceptualisation of the Regulatory Framework of Green Infrastructure for Urban Development: Identifying Barriers and Drivers. Land 2024, 13, 692. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050692 – M21
- Ocokoljić, M., Petrov, Dj., Galečić, N., Skočajić, D., Košanin, O., Simović, I. 2023. Phenological Flowering Patterns of Woody Plants in the Function of Landscape Design: Case Study Belgrade. Land 12 (3): 706. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030706 – M21