User:Bratislav Stankovic

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Born in Skopje, Macedonia, Dr. Stankovic received his B.S. in agricultural engineering from the University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and his M.S. in plant physiology from the University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. After coming to the United States in 1991, he received his Ph.D. in biological sciences with honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received his J.D. with honors. Prior to his legal career, Dr. Stankovic spent 17 years as a scientist in academic settings, including four years as a Chief Scientist at the NASA-funded Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics at UW-Madison, where he was the principal or co-principal investigator for several experiments on the space shuttle and the International Space Station.

Joining Brinks in 2005, Dr. Stankovic focuses his practice on patent prosecution and litigation in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and engineering, specifically molecular biology, developmental biology, biochemistry and nanobiology. He has written more than 30 book chapters and scientific articles that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, is the author of more than 40 technical articles and abstracts and has provided many invited scientific talks on plant signaling and plant space biology. He is the recipient of numerous honors and is a member of many legal and professional associations. Dr. Stankovic is fluent in English, Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian and is proficient in French.