{"id":310,"date":"2025-02-18T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odolab.osu.cz\/?page_id=310"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:08:02","slug":"petr-pyszko","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/odolab.osu.cz\/en\/petr-pyszko\/","title":{"rendered":"Mgr. Petr Pyszko, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Focus:<\/strong> biodiversity, bryophagous insects, microbiota of herbivorous insects, biostatistics<\/p>

Web of Science<\/a>
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petr<\/span>.<\/span>pyszko<\/span>@osu.cz<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Position: <\/strong>Researcher, assistant professor<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

  • PhD in Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava<\/span><\/li>
  • Master\u2019s in Systematic Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

    Internships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    • Shanghai Normal University, China<\/span><\/li>
    • University of Florida, USA<\/span><\/li>
    • Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei<\/span><\/li>
    • Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland (Erasmus) <\/span><\/li><\/ul>

      Work experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

      • Assistant professor (biostatistics & quantitative ecology), Department of Biology and\nEcology,<\/span>
        University of Ostrava (2019 \u2013 present)<\/span><\/li>
      • Head of the Natural Science Department, T\u011b\u0161\u00edn Museum \u2013 curator (ecology &\nentomology) (2017\u20132019)<\/span><\/li>
      • University of Ostrava, Institute of Environmental Technologies (2014\u20132018)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

        Projects & research<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

        • GA\u010cR 25-16274S: Maladaptive behavior and species turnover as a key to understanding the vulnerability of freshwater communities to rapid environmental changes.<\/span><\/li>
        • GA\u010cR 25-17553S: Disentangling the role of the gut microbiome in the diversification of\nfeeding<\/span>
          niches in butterflies (Lepidoptera) using taxa with atypical feeding strategies.<\/span><\/li>
        • TA\u010cR SS07010206: Role and management of overlooked urban-greenery types for\nsustainable settlement development in times of climate change.<\/span><\/li>
        • National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2024, No. 132416: Biomonitoring of diurnal <\/span>butterflies at sites in western T\u011b\u0161\u00edn administered by \u010cSOP Cieszynianka.<\/span><\/li>
        • National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2024, No. 132417: Biomonitoring of diurnal <\/span>butterflies at \u010cSOP Cieszynianka sites in the Beskydy Mountains.<\/span><\/li>
        • GA\u010cR 23-07026S: Uncovering relationships between ambrosia gall midges and their\nsymbionts: <\/span>an overlooked model of the evolution of fungal farming.<\/span><\/li>
        • National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2022, No. 132208: Inventory of\ninvertebrates in the <\/span>Star\u00e1 Ves u B\u00edlovce quarry.<\/span><\/li>
        • GA\u010cR 22-29971S: Is the assembly of the gut microbiome in insect herbivores driven by <\/span>stochastic influences or deterministic interactions?<\/span><\/li>
        • CZ.02.1.01\/0.0\/0.0\/16_019\/0000803: Excellent Research as support for adapting\nforestry and <\/span>wood science to global change and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.<\/span><\/li>
        • National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2018, No. 131828: Mapping the\nbiodiversity of the<\/span>
          Girov\u00e1 peak and its surroundings.<\/span><\/li>
        • GA\u010cR 18-08803S: The microbiota of herbivorous insect symbionts: a key to\nunderstanding host <\/span>specialisation?<\/span><\/li>
        • National Programme Biodiversity Protection 2017, No. 121749: Spatial distribution and\necology<\/span>
          of bryophagous beetles of the family Byrrhidae.<\/span><\/li>
        • 01211\/2016\/RRC: Distribution of mosses and bryophagous insects along an altitudinal\ngradient<\/span>
          in the mountains of central China \u2013 team member.<\/span><\/li>
        • IET TEWEP CZ.1.05\/2.1.00\/03.0100: Theoretical aspects of energy-from-waste treatment\nand <\/span>environmental protection from negative impacts.<\/span><\/li>
        • GA\u010cR 14-042583: Why do tropical forests harbour more species of herbivorous insects\nand <\/span>parasitoids than temperate forests?<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

          Outreach, university & representative activities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

          • M\u0160MT 0003\/7\/NAD\/2022: Future Scientist in the World of New Technologies.<\/span><\/li>
          • INTERREG V-A CZ.11.3.119\/0.0\/0.0\/16_022\/0001153: Innovation in education to\nimprove<\/span>
            graduate employability in ecotourism.<\/span><\/li>
          • M\u0160MT 0040\/7\/NAD\/2019: M\u0160MT student-motivation projects University for a Day.<\/span><\/li>
          • M\u0160MT 0030\/7\/NAD\/2017: M\u0160MT student-motivation projects University for a Day.<\/span><\/li>
          • Popular-science lecturer (entomology & ecology)<\/span><\/li>
          • Project manager\/lecturer for outreach projects (Beskydy under the Lens, University for a\nDay, <\/span>University for Talent).<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

            Memberships<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

            • Czech Union for Nature Conservation<\/span><\/li>
            • Czech Odonatological Society<\/span><\/li>
            • Czech Society for Ecology<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

              Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

              • Rector\u2019s Award, University of Ostrava, for outstanding research by scholars younger\nthan 35<\/span>
                years.<\/span><\/li>
              • Forests Outstanding Reviewer Award 2022<\/span><\/li>
              • Rector\u2019s Award, University of Ostrava, for significant civic\u2010engagement by students<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Zam\u011b\u0159en\u00ed: biodiverzita, bryof\u00e1gn\u00ed hmyz, mikrobiota herbivorn\u00edho hmyzu, biostatistika Web of ScienceORCIDResearchGateGoogle Scholar petr.pyszko@osu.cz\u00a0 Pozice: v\u011bdeck\u00fd pracovn\u00edk, odborn\u00fd asistent Vzd\u011bl\u00e1n\u00ed Ph.D. v oboru Biologie, P\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdeck\u00e1 fakulta, Ostravsk\u00e1 univerzita Mgr. v oboru Systematick\u00e1 biologie a ekologie, P\u0159\u00edrodov\u011bdeck\u00e1 fakulta, Ostravsk\u00e1 univerzita St\u00e1\u017e Shanghai Normal University, \u010c\u00edna University of Florida, USA Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunej Adam Mickiewicz University, Polsko […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMgr. 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