I am a researcher at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, with a main focus on quantitative ecology, macroecology, palaeoecology, and community ecology with an interest in data science.
Education
PhD in Entomology | 11/2019
University of South Bohemia | České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Thesis awarded by dean’s prize entitled “Spatial structure and community dynamics of arboreal ants in a tropical rainforest”
MSc in Zoology | 6/2015
University of South Bohemia | České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Thesis awarded dean’s price entitled “Structure and dynamics of arboreal ant communities along successional gradient in a mountain tropical forest of New Guinea”
BSc in Biology | 6/2013
University of South Bohemia | České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Thesis entitled “Detection of UV-fluorescent-marked prey in the guts of predators and scavengers, dynamics of scavenging in a model experiment”
Professional experience
11/2023 - present
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology
6/2023 - present
Center for Theoretical Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Awardet a personal GACR grand for my BIODYNAMICS project.
9/2022 - 6/2023
Parental leave
2/2020 - 6/2023
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway
Postdoc at ERC project (PI: Prof. H.J.B. Birks) entitled “Humans on planet Earth (HOPE)”
2019 (6 weeks)
Nditam, Cameroon, Africa
Leading field sampling of arboreal ants on an ERC project (PI: Prof. V. Novotny) entitled “Ecological determinants of tropical-temperate trends in insect diversity”
2017 - 2019 (6 weeks)
Brussels, Belgium
Main data analytics at Mobility Plus project (PIs: Dr P. Klimes and Dr M. Leponce)
2018 (2 months)
EuCFACE - WSU, Australia
Field experiments on tri-trophic interactions on ERC project (PI: Dr K. Sam) entitled “Why is the world green: testing top-down control of plant-herbivore food webs by experiments with birds, bats and ants”
2017 (2 months)
Virginia, USA
Fellowship at Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center
2016 (6 months)
Binatang research centre, Papua New Guinea
Leading field project focused on arboreal ant ecology
Software development
I have developed 4 R packages:
- RRatepol
- RFossilpol
- REcopol
- RUtilpol
Teaching
2021 - 2023
University of Bergen
Open Science Workshop: Reproducibility in science
2021 - 2023
University of Bergen
Practical course on community ecology
Funding received
- POSTDOC INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP - Incoming (GACR)
- IBERA grant (Czech Academy of Science)