Dr Soković graduated at Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade (1995), Master  (1998), PhD (2001). She did postdoc at the Wageningen University (The Netherlands) (2002-2003). The main research topics are mycology, food safety, biological activity of natural products. Published more than 400 international papers, several books chapters, 140 conferences, cited 10 000 times, h index 50. She is a highly cited (top 2%), among 10 the most cited scientist in Serbia. She is a reviewer in international journals, and guest editor. Dr Soković is Assistant Minister for Science from 2019. at the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of Republic of Serbia.