
Ass. Prof. Dr.sc Boris Najdovski
Assistant Professor
He was born in 1985 in Skopje, where he completed his primary and secondary (gymnasium) education. He graduated from the Faculty of Forestry in Skopje in 2012, majoring in Greening and Environmental Improvement. In 2016, he publicly defended his Master’s thesis entitled “Analysis of Changes in Mountain Grasslands in the Upper Bregalnica Region”, thereby obtaining the degree of Master of Forestry Sciences.
In 2017, he enrolled in doctoral studies at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia. On October 8, 2025, he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Microbiological Activity and Soil Respiration as Affected by Temperature and Moisture”, earning the academic title Doctor of Biotechnical Sciences (Decision on Recognition and Equivalence of a Foreign Higher Education Qualification issued by the Ministry of Education and Science, No. 24-977553, dated November 11, 2025).
Following graduation, he worked in several companies as a forestry engineer in landscape design, participating in the planning and implementation of numerous public, residential, and private projects. Concurrently, as a professional associate, he was involved in several scientific research projects and applied professional activities at the Faculty, demonstrating particular interest in soil as a natural-historical body, its properties, and its correlation with forest and grassland communities.
In 2020, he was appointed Assistant at the Department of Silviculture for the course “Pedology with Petrography.” After defending his doctoral dissertation, he was elected to the academic rank of Assistant Professor.
He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor and teaches the courses “Plant Nutrition,” “High-Mountain Ecosystems,” and “Introduction to Forestry.” He is responsible for conducting lecture-based and laboratory exercises in “Pedology with Petrography” and “Reclamation of Degraded Forests and Shrublands.” He also performs pedological and other professional analyses in the soil laboratory, supporting both teaching and applied faculty activities.
His research interests include soil properties, soil organic matter content, nutrient cycling in plants and the environment, soil carbon sequestration, and the application of modern geomatics techniques in soil studies.