Position: Researcher, assistant professor 

Education

• PhD in Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava
• Master’s in Systematic Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava

Internships

• Functional Morphology & Biomechanics group (Prof. Stanislav Gorb), Kiel University, Germany

Work experience

• Assistant professor/lecturer, Department of Zoology, Palacký University
  (2022 – present)
• Researcher, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava
  (2016 – present)
• Research assistant, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava (2014–2016)

Projects & research

• GAČR 25-16274S: Maladaptive behavior and species turnover as a key to understanding the vulnerability of freshwater communities to rapid environmental changes.
• GAČR 25-17553S: Disentangling the role of the gut microbiome in diversification of herbivorous Lepidoptera using taxa with unusual feeding strategies.
• GAČR 23-07026S: Uncovering relationships between ambrosia gall midges and their symbionts.
• Salvador Grau i Tort research grant: Odonata of the Alt Pirineu Natural Park.
• GAČR 18-24425S: The selective effect of fish-pond management on freshwater communities.
• DAAD: Is the wettability gradient of Odonata wings an insight into evolutionary processes shaping insect wing surfaces?
• IOCB CAS: Martina Roeselová Memorial Grant.

Memberships

• Czech Odonatological Society