Position: Head of Laboratory, Head of Department

Education

• Professor of Organismal Biology, University of Ostrava
• Associate Professor of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Comenius University Bratislava
• RNDr. in Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
• PhD in Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
• Master’s in Systematic Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc

Internships

• University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
• University of Córdoba, Spain
• University of Coimbra, Portugal
• University of Nicosia, Cyprus
• New Guinea Binatang Research Center, Papua New Guinea
• Guiana Amazonian National Park, French Guiana

Work experience

• Professor of Ecology, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava
  (2024 – present)
• Head of the Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2015 – present)
• Associate Professor of Ecology, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava (2013–2024)
• Head of the Zoology Section, Department of Biology and Ecology (2013–2015)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava (1997– 2013)
• Ecologist (self-employed), Urban Planning Centre Ostrava (1994–1997)
• Biological Laboratory, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital with Polyclinic Ostrava-Zábřeh (1991–1993)

Projects & research

• TAČR SQ01010138: Comprehensive analysis of large rivers and their tributaries in largearea Specially Protected Areas with a view to conserving and revitalising their geodiversity and biodiversity. pohledu zachování a revitalizace jejich geodiverzity a biodiverzity.
• 62500 2021 005 0113 / Active Citizens Fund (EEA & Norway Grants): Wild Rivers for the Next Generation další generace.
• QK (Ministry of Agriculture – Programme ZEMĚ): Mechanisms of resistance of oilseedrape pests to insecticides.
• GAČR 18-24425S: The selective effect of fish-pond management on freshwater communities.
• GAČR 18-08803S: The microbiota of herbivorous insect symbionts: a key to understanding host specialisation?
• GAČR 14-04258S: Why do tropical forests harbour more species of herbivorous insects and parasitoids than temperate forests? parasitoids than temperate forests?
• GAČR 206/07/0811: Host specialisation and species diversity of bryophagous insects.
• CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000803 / OP VVV: Excellent Research to support the adaptation of forestry and timber processing to global change and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. of Forestry and Timber to Global Change and the 4th Industrial Revolution.
• DG18P02OVV047 / NAKI II (Ministry of Culture CR): Great Historical Atlas of Bohemian Silesia.
• 01211/2016/RRC / Moravian-Silesian Region: Distribution patterns of bryophytes and bryophagous insects along an altitudinal gradient in the mountains of central China. the altitudinal gradient in the mountains of Central China.
• CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0100 + LO1208 / IET TEWEP (OP VaVpI): Theoretical aspects of energy-from-waste processing and environmental protection. zpracování odpadů a ochrany životního prostředí.
• OPVK (ESF): Development and innovation of ecology teaching through complementary linkage of study programmes at Palacký University and the University of Ostrava. studijních programů UP a OU.
• OPVK (ESF): Partnership for the development of education and communication in nature conservation.
• CBC PHARE SILESIA: Paradoxes of life in the waters of a mining landscape.
• SM/4/93/05 / R&D, Ministry of the Environment CR: Demecological monitoring of dragonflies and conservation of wetland habitats.

University governance & representative roles

• Member of the Scientific Council, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2023 – present)
• Member of the Internal Evaluation Board, University of Ostrava (2023–present)
• Member of the Academic Senate, University of Ostrava (2021 – present)
• Member of the Subject-Area Board for the Ph.D. programme Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University Brno (2018 – present)
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• Member of the Subject-Area Board for the Ph.D. programme Environmental Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2015 – present)
• Member of the Board for the Rector’s Award, University of Ostrava (2015–2020)
• Member of the Subject-Area Board for the Ph.D. programme Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2011 – present)
• Vice-Chair of the Academic Senate, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2009–2012)
• Member of the Academic Senate, University of Ostrava (2008–2009)
• Member of the Academic Senate, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2006–2008)

Memberships & editorial boards

• Chair, Czech Odonatological Society
• Czech Society for Ecology
• Ecological Society of America
• Editorial Board, Odonatrix (Poland)
• Editorial Board, Odonatologica (IF journal, Germany)

Awards

• Dean’s Award, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (2018) – scientific publications
• Best Natural-History Encyclopedia of 2016 – 23rd Prague International Book Fair Book World Prague 2017
  a literární festival Svět knihy Praha 2017
• Jaroslav Heyrovský Foundation Award (2011) – supervision of SOČ student-research winners
  a konzultanty vítězných prací SOČ
• Czech Ministry of the Environment Award – honourable mention for an outstanding contribution to environmental protection
  za výjimečný počin v oblasti životního prostředí.