First and second name: Siniša Jocić Date of birth: 17.01.1966. Place of birth: Srbobran, Serbia

Addresses: Home: Vojvođanska 16, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Office: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Maksima Gorkog 30, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Telephone: +38121/4898 403 Fax: +38121/413 833 E-mail: [email protected]

Degrees: Primary school: Novi Sad, 1980. Secondary school of agriculture: Futog, 1984. BSc: field and vegetable crops, 1992, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad. MSc: enrolled in the MSc program on plant breeding and genetics of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, in 1992. Defended his MSc thesis titled: Inheritance of seed size and color in the F1 and F2 generations of sunflower inbred lines in 1997. PhD: defended his PhD thesis entitled: Inheritance of yield components in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Novi Sad in 2003.

Employment: 1993-1997: junior researcher, Oil Crops Dept. of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad. 1997-2004: junior research associate, Oil Crops Dept. of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad. 2004 present – research scientist, Oil Crops Dept. of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad. Specialization abroad: June 5 - December 5, 2000, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) – Centre de Montpellier, France, sunflower genetics and breeding.

Memberships: - Serbian Genetic Society, - Society of Plant Breeders and Seed Scientists,

Sunflower Hybrids Released

Author or co-author of more than 50 sunflower hybrids, released for commercial production in Serbia, Hungary, Ucraine, Russia, Spain, France, Romania, Italy and other countries.

Publications

Author or co-author of 91 scientific papers of plant breeding and genetics of sunflower.

Foreign languages: Fluent in English.