Position: Researcher

Education

• PhD in Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava
• Master’s in Biology, focus on ecology & biodiversity, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava

Internships

• Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Work experience

• Junior researcher, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava (2021 – present)

Projects & research

• GAČR 25-16274S: Maladaptive behavior and species turnover as a key to understanding the vulnerability of freshwater communities to rapid environmental changes.
• National Biodiversity-Protection Programme 2021: Odonate communities of anthropogenically affected landscapes in the Ostrava-Karviná coal basin.
• CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/19_073/0016939: Interspecific mating and potential hybridisation in dragonflies (Anisoptera).

Outreach, university & representative activities

• Senator, Student Chamber of the Academic Senate, University of Ostrava
• Chair, Student Chamber of the Academic Senate, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava
• Vice-chair, university platform – Students’ Voice
• Member, Student Organization for Scientific Activities SOVA
• Delegate of the University of Ostrava to the Student Chamber of the Czech Council of Universities
  • Member of the Doctoral Studies Committee
  • Member of the Working Group for International Affairs
• Member, ESU’s Quality Assurance Student Experts Pool and Task Force on Doctoral Students
• Member, ESU’s Task Force on Doctoral Students
• Vice-chair, Czech Association of Doctoral Candidates
• Member, Ask a Scientist! initiative

Memberships

• Vice-chair, Czech Odonatological Society
• Worldwide Dragonfly Association
• Czech Limnological Society

Awards

• Presentation Awards for Women Scientists 2024, International Congress of Entomology
• Czech Know-It-All public outreach award 2022