Professor Dr. Maja Jordanova was born on September 3, 1964 in Skopje, where she completed primary and secondary education. She completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the Institute of Biology at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Skopje. His doctoral dissertation under the title - Black bream in Salmo letnica , Kar. (Teleostei, Salmonidae) in the reproductive cycle. Microscopic study of a female individual from the natural population in Lake Ohrid - defense on May 14, 2004, which earned her the title of Doctor of Biological Sciences. Professor Jordanova has been employed at the Institute since 1991 and was involved in teaching a large number of subjects. In the last few years since becoming a full professor, Professor Jordanova has been involved in theoretical and practical teaching in the subjects Organic Evolution, Cell Biology, Basics of Ecology and Evolution, Behavior of Animals and Basic of embriology. As a result of many years of experience in practical and theoretical teaching in more scientific disciplines, for the successful realization of the teaching, Professor Jordanova has prepared seven internal scripts and issued two practicums on Biology with Human Genetics and the Magical World called cells.
Professor Jordanova has participated in the preparation of a large number of graduate theses (42), and was a mentor for 15 graduate theses, a member of the commission for the defense of several master's theses and doctoral dissertations. She was a mentor for one master's thesis and one doctoral dissertation. In the past period, Dr. Maja Jordanova has published 75 scientific works, mainly in international journals, of which 33 have an impact factor. Her previous efforts relate to histological changes in the elderly under the influence of high ambient temperature and under the influence of certain hormones. In recent years, Professor Jordanova's research has focused on examining seasonal changes in the gill tissue of Ohrid trout using stereological methods, ultrastructural characteristics of Ohrid trout, histopathological changes in fish as a result of environmental pollution, and the application of histological and immunological biomarkers in the assessment of the quality of water exosystems. The results of his research have been presented in 60 scientific publications at various scientific gatherings in the country and abroad. She was also the leader of a bilateral Macedonian-Croatian project entitled - Assessment of the availability and impact of metals on fish populations in rivers affected by mining activities, and she was a participant in 7 projects. She was the editor of the scientific journal Biologia Macedonica, published by the Institute of Biology.
Since 2007, Professor Jordanova has been a collaborator at FishBase. It is also registered in the databases SCOPUS (https://mk.h-index.com/mk/author/57220222072), ORCID ( https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6272-0738 ), research gate ( https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maja-Jordanova ) and google scholar (https://scholar.google.com/Jordanova Maja).
In the period from 2008-2010 she was the head of the zoological institute, and from 2011-2013 she was the coordinator of the institute for cytology, histology and embryology. Since 2012, she has also been the head of the cytology, histology and embryology laboratories. Professor Dr. Maja Jordanova was a member of the University Senate from 2012-2014. She was also the coordinator for EKTS at the Institute of Biology for two terms.
Practicum Biology with human genetics and the Vonderful world called the cells
Jordanova, M. , Miteva, N., Rocha, E. (2007): A quantitative study of the hepatic eosinophilic granular cells and rodlet cells during the breeding cycle of Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica Kar. (Teloestei, Salmonidae). Fish and Shellfish Immunol. 23: 473-478.
Jordanova, M. , Miteva, N., Rocha, E (2008): A quantitative and qualitative study of the hepatic pigmented macrophage aggregates during the breeding cycle of Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica Kar. (Teleostei, Salmonidae). Microscopy Research and Technique, 71: 822-830
Jordanova, M. , Miteva, N., Santos, N., Malhao F., Rocha, E. (2009): Crystalline inclusions in hepatocytes and associated interhepatocytic macrophages from female Ohrid trout ( Salmo letnica Kar.). Tissue and Cell. 41: 281-285. (~journal with impact factor).
Jordanova M , Rocha M, Rebok K, Rocha E. (2012) : Changes in the amount of kidney pigmented macrophage aggregates throughout the breeding cycle of female Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica Kar. (Teleostei, Salmonidae). Microscopy Research and Technique, 75: 176-181
Rebok K, Jordanova M, Tavcioska Vasileva I. (2011): Spleen histology in the female Ohrid trout, Salmo letnica (Kar.) (Teleostei, Salmonidae) during the reproductive cycle. Arch. Biol. Sci. 63 (4): 1023-1030
Jordanova M , Rocha MJ, Rebok K, Rocha E (2013): Variations in the volume of parenchyma and stroma of the liver and the cytology of hepatocytes are associated with gonadal stages in female Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica) Ichthyological Research 60(1): 26-36
Ramani Seriban, Dragun Zrinka, Kapetanović Damir, Kostov Vasil, Jordanova Maja , Erk Marijana, Hajrulai-Musliu Zehra (2014): Surface water characterization of three rivers in the Lead/Zinc mining region of northeastern Macedonia. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 66 (3): 514-528
Barisić J, Dragun Zrinka, Ramani Sheriban, Filipovićc-Marjić Vlatka, Nesrete Krasnićosipi; Coz-Rakovac R; Kostov Vasil, Rebok Katerina, Jordanova M aja (2015): Evaluation of histopathological alterations in the gills of Vardar chub (Squalus vardarensis Karaman) as an indicator of river pollution. Exotoxycology and environmental safety 118: 158-166
Jordanova M, Rebok Katerina, Dragun Zrinka, Ramani Sheriban, Ivanova Lozenka, Kostov Vasil, Valić Damir, Krasnići Nesrete, Filipović Marjanović Vlatka, Kapetanović Damir (2016) Histopathologycal investigation on the Vardar chub ( Squalus vardarensis ) populations captured from the rivers impacted with mine activity. Exotoxycology and Environ Safety 129:35-42
Jordanova Maja, Rebok Katerina, Rocha Eduardo (2016): Liver pathology of female Ohrid trout ( Salmo letnica Kar.) from the eastern coast of Lake Ohrid: Baseline data suggesting the presence of a pollution gradient. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 16: 241-250
Jordanova Maja, Rebok Katerina, Malhao Fernanda, Rocha Maria, Rocha Eduardo (2016): Seasonal changes in hepatocytic lipid droplets, glycogen deposits, and rough endoplasmic reticulum along the natural breeding cycle of female Ohrid trout ( Salmo letnica Kar.)—A semiquantitative ultrastructural study. Microscopy Research and Technique. 79(8): 700-706.
Jordanova Maja, Rebok Katerina, Ivanova Lozenka (2016): The utility of body mass index as a measure of overweight and obesity among adults in the Republic of Macedonia. Screening study. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 7(4): 97-101
Jordanova, Maja , Rebok Katerina, Naskovska Marija, Kostov Vasil, Rocha Eduardo (2016): Splenic pigmented macrophage aggregates in barbel ( Barbus peloponnesius , Valenciennes, 1844) from River Bregalnica — Influences of age, sex and season on a pollution biomarker. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 16: 881-890.
Rebok Katerina , Jordanova Maja , Slavevska Stamenkovic Valentina, Ivanova Lozenka, Stafilov Trajce, Kostov Vasil, Rocha Eduardo (2017) Frequencies of erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities and of leucocytes in the fish Barbus peloponnesius correlate with a pollution gradient in the River Bregalnica (Macedonia) Environmen Sci Pollut Res. 24: 10494-10509
Stipaničev Draženka, Dragun Zrinka, Repec Siniša, Rebok Katerina, Jordanova Maja (2017): Broad spectrum screening of 463 organic contaminants in rivers in Macedonia. Exotoxicology and Environmental Safety 135:48-59
Maja Jordanova , Katerina Rebok, Adriana Spasova, Danica Roganovic-Zafirova (2017) Gill lesions in Prespa barbel ( Barbus prespensis ) inhabiting a polluted area of Lake Prespa. Archives Biol Sci 69(2):285-289
Dragun Zrinka, Vlatka Filipović-Marjanović, Nesrete Krasnić, Sheriban Ramani, Damil Valić, Katerina Rebok, Vasil Kostov, Jordanova Maja , Erk Marijana. (2017): Malondialdehyde concentrations in the intestine and gills of Vardar chub (Squalus vardarensis Karaman) as an indicator of lipid peroxidation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24:16917-16926
Jordanova Maja , Katerina Rebok, Zrinka Dragun, Sheriban Ramani, Lozenka Ivanova, Vasil Kostov, Damir Valić, Nesrete Krasnići, Vlatka Filipović-Marjanović, Damir Kapetanović (2017): Effects of heavy metal pollution on pigmented macrophages in kidney of Vardar Chub ( Squalus vardarensis Karaman ). Microscopy Research and Technique. 80 (8):930-935
Trajchevski Blagoja, Dinevska Kjovkarovska Suzana, Jordanova Maja Talevski Trajce (2017): Influence of sex on the blood parameters of Ohrid roach during the spawning season. International Journal of ecosystems and ecological sciences. 7(4) 727-730
Nesrete Krasnići, Zrinka Dragun, Erk Marijana, Sheriban Ramani, Maja Jordanova, Katerina Rebok, Vasil Kostov (2017) Size-exclusion HPLC analysis of trace element distributions in hepatic and gill cytosol of Vardar chub ( Squalius vardarensis Karaman) from mining impacted rivers in north-eastern Macedonia. Science of the total environment
Maja Jordanova, Slavčo Hristovski, Musa Musai, Violeta Boškovska, Katerina Rebok, Suzana Dinevska-İovkarovska, Ljupčo Melovski (2018): Accumulation of heavy metals in some organs in barbel and chub from Crn Drim river in the Republic of Macedonia. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 100 (3): 392-397
Maja Jordanova, Katerina Rebok, Maria João Rocha and Eduardo Rocha (2020) Changes in copper load in hepatocytes of Ohrid trout in relation to the ovarian maturation cycle. Toxicology & Environmental Chemistry. 102(5-6) 272-283
Lozenka Ivanova , Katerina Rebok, Jordanova Maja , Zrinka Dragun, Vasil Kostov Sheriban Ramani, Damir Valić, Nesrete Krasnići, Vlatka Filipović-Marjanović, Damir Kapetanović (2020): The effect of different pollutants exposure on the pigment content of pigmented macrophage aggregates in the spleen of Vardar chub (Squalius vardarensis Karaman, 1928); Microscopy Research & Technique 83 (9) 1141-1152
Rebok, K., Jordanova, M., Slavevska-Stamenković, V., Ivanova, L., Kostov, V., Stafilov, T., Rocha, E. (2017): Frequencies of erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities and of leucocytes in the fish Barbus peloponnesius correlate with a pollution gradient in the River Bregalnica (Macedonia). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24: 10493-10509
Rebok, K., Jordanova, M., Azevedo, J., Rocha, E. (2021): First report and 3D reconstruction of a presumptive microscopic liver lipoma in a black barbel ( Barbus balcanicus ) from the River Bregalnica in the Republic of North Macedonia. Applied Sciences, 11(18): 8392
Ivanova, L., Rebok, K., Jordanova, M., Dragun, Z., Kostov, V., Ramani, Sh., Valić, D., Krasnići, N., Filipović Marijić, V., Kapetanović, D. (2021): Effects of water contamination with metals on pigmented macrophages in spleen of Vardar chub ( Squalius vardarensis Karaman, 1928) from three rivers in the North-Eastern region of North Macedonia. Periodicum Biologorum, 123:3-4, 55-64
Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Nesrete Krasnići, Damir Valić, Damir Kapetanović, Irena Vardić Smrzlić, Maja Jordanova, Katerina Rebok, Sheriban Ramani, Vasil Kostov, Rodne Nastova, Zrinka Dragun (2023) Pollution impact on metal and biomarker responses in intestinal cytosol of freshwater fish. Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Josip Barišić, Zrinka Dragun, Sheriban Ramani, Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Nesrete Krasnić, Rozelindra Čož-Rakovac, Vasil Kostov, Katerina Rebok, Maja Jordanova(2015) Evaluation of histopathological alterations in the gills of Vardar chub ( Squalius vardarensis Karaman) as an indicator of river pollution Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 118 158-166
Hinić-Jordanovska, J., Slavevska-Stamenković, V., Ibrahimi, H., Jordanova, M., Rushiti-Dauti, A. Expanding the range: First record and redescription of the male of Limnephilus petri Marinković Gospodnetić, 1966 in R. North Macedonia Ecologica Montenegrina , 84, pp. 15–24
TMaduereira TV, Rocha MJ, Rocha R, Jordanova M (2025) The Ohrid trout: “A living fossil” Endemic to Lake Ohrid Left Behind the Science. Review. Hydrobiology 4.23.
Assessment of the availability and impact of metals on fish populations in rivers affected by mining activities
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