Laboratory of Quantitative Ecology

👤Ondřej Mottl

Junior Faculty Conference 2025

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Species to be exposed to dangerous temperature condition

18%

Source: IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report

IPCC: A Planet Under Pressure


Even at ~2 °C warming (1.7–2.3 °C), populations are projected to face several weeks per year of lethal heat–humidity conditions that pose a risk of death from hyperthermia.


IPCC AR6 SYR SPM Figure 3

Source: IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report, Figure SPM.3

Human Impact


Missing ecological baselines to understand long-term biodiversity dynamics

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🙋Hi! I am Ondřej Mottl


🌿Assistant Professor of Vegetation Ecology at the Department of Botany

🧑‍💻 Head of the Laboratory of Quantitative Ecology

♻️Open Science Champion

🎩Secretary of the Junior Faculty

📧 Ondrej.mottl(at)gmail.com

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Laboratory of Quantitative Ecology


Laboratory of Quantitative Ecology


PhD Students

Bryan Novio

Natalie Hanusova

Technician

Friederika Wolke

Alumni

Marketa Tumova

Research Focus & Tools



Biodiversity patterns across scales

Big data & methods advancement

Open Science & reproducibility

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BIODYNAMICS – Spatio-temporal dynamics of biotic interactions during the Holocene

PI | 2023–2027 | Funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)

Functional Vegetation Paleoecology – Using past vegetation data to anticipate climate impacts

PI | 2025–2029 | Funded by the PRIMUS program of Charles University

MEMELAND – Molecular Ecology of Medieval European Landscapes

Partner | 2025–2031 | Funded by the ERC Synergy Grant

PalaeOpen – Open Palaeoecological Data

Steering Committee Member | 2025-2029 | Funded by the COST Action

Key Active Projects

What’s next? 🤔



  • Launch of PRIMUS and ERC projects
  • Expanding international collaborations and networks
  • Linking past ecological records with predictive models


This is a call for collaboration! If you are interested in any of the above topics, please reach out!



Laboratory of Quantitative Ecology


👤Ondřej Mottl

Junior Faculty Conference 2025

bit.ly/CUNI_QuantitativeEcology