Bogdan Djuricic was a Serbian scientist, doctor, and specialist in clinical biochemistry

Biochemistry

Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...

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His chief area of scientific research was in molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death and biochemistry of ischemia

Ischemia

In medicine, ischemia is a restriction in blood supply, generally due to factors in the blood vessels, with resultant damage or dysfunction of tissue. It may also be spelled ischaemia or ischæmia...

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Education

In 1974, he graduated from the Belgrade Medical School

University of Belgrade School of Medicine

The Belgrade Medical School is a constituent institution of the University of Belgrade, which offers a wide range of academic courses in Serbian and English, including specialist practice within a network of hospitals, institutes and medical clinics...

 and earned his Doctorate in medicine. In 1982 he received his Ph.D. at the Belgrade Medical School

University of Belgrade School of Medicine

The Belgrade Medical School is a constituent institution of the University of Belgrade, which offers a wide range of academic courses in Serbian and English, including specialist practice within a network of hospitals, institutes and medical clinics...

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Teaching career

In 1995 he became a full professor for biochemistry at the Faculty of medicine at the University of Belgrade.

Memberships

He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Medical Sciences, the Serbian Medical Society, and the Serbian Scientific Society.

Death

He died suddenly on 11 December 2008 in Belgrade at age 58.