Dr Jelena Jovanović is an ethnomusicologist and a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU).
Jovanović acquired her master's degree in 2001 with the thesis entitled "Vocal Heritage of the Serbis in Upper Banat Region in Romania in the Light of Authochthonous and Adopted Music Practices", and her Ph.D. degree in 2010 with the thesis "Vocal Tradition of Jasenica Region in the Light of Ethnogenetic Processes".
[3] Jovanović's research into Serbian vocal traditions is mainly based on her own field work, as well as on earlier transcriptions made by senior colleagues.
Her papers have been published in various scientific journals and symposium proceedings.
[4] She is a member of ethnomusicological societies in Serbia and abroad (SED, ICTM).