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

• Shanghai Normal University, China
• University of Florida, USA
• Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland (Erasmus)

Work experience

• Assistant professor (biostatistics & quantitative ecology), Department of Biology and Ecology,
  University of Ostrava (2019 – present)
• Head of the Natural Science Department, Těšín Museum – curator (ecology & entomology) (2017–2019)
• University of Ostrava, Institute of Environmental Technologies (2014–2018)

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 the diversification of feeding
  niches in butterflies (Lepidoptera) using taxa with atypical feeding strategies.
• TAČR SS07010206: Role and management of overlooked urban-greenery types for sustainable settlement development in times of climate change.
• National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2024, No. 132416: Biomonitoring of diurnal butterflies at sites in western Těšín administered by ČSOP Cieszynianka.
• National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2024, No. 132417: Biomonitoring of diurnal butterflies at ČSOP Cieszynianka sites in the Beskydy Mountains.
• GAČR 23-07026S: Uncovering relationships between ambrosia gall midges and their symbionts: an overlooked model of the evolution of fungal farming.
• National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2022, No. 132208: Inventory of invertebrates in the Stará Ves u Bílovce quarry.
• GAČR 22-29971S: Is the assembly of the gut microbiome in insect herbivores driven by stochastic influences or deterministic interactions?
• CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000803: Excellent Research as support for adapting forestry and wood science to global change and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2018, No. 131828: Mapping the biodiversity of the
  Girová peak and its surroundings.
• GAČR 18-08803S: The microbiota of herbivorous insect symbionts: a key to understanding host specialisation?
• National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2017, No. 121749: Spatial distribution and ecology
  of bryophagous beetles of the family Byrrhidae.
• 01211/2016/RRC: Distribution of mosses and bryophagous insects along an altitudinal gradient
  in the mountains of central China – team member.
• IET TEWEP CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0100: Theoretical aspects of energy-from-waste treatment and environmental protection from negative impacts.
• GAČR 14-042583: Why do tropical forests harbour more species of herbivorous insects and parasitoids than temperate forests?

Outreach, university & representative activities

• MŠMT 0003/7/NAD/2022: Future Scientist in the World of New Technologies.
• INTERREG V-A CZ.11.3.119/0.0/0.0/16_022/0001153: Innovation in education to improve
  graduate employability in ecotourism.
• MŠMT 0040/7/NAD/2019: MŠMT student-motivation projects University for a Day.
• MŠMT 0030/7/NAD/2017: MŠMT student-motivation projects University for a Day.
• Popular-science lecturer (entomology & ecology)
• Project manager/lecturer for outreach projects (Beskydy under the Lens, University for a Day, University for Talent).

Memberships

• Czech Union for Nature Conservation
• Czech Odonatological Society
• Czech Society for Ecology

Awards

• Rector’s Award, University of Ostrava, for outstanding research by scholars younger than 35
  years.
• Forests Outstanding Reviewer Award 2022
• Rector’s Award, University of Ostrava, for significant civic‐engagement by students