Experience

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• Czechia
• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Institute of Parasitology

  • Oct 2006 - Present

  Parasitology phylogeny & evolution of various parasite taxa of fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals Focus: Apicomplexa (eimeriorinid coccidia), Myxozoa, helminths and crustaceans of African fish Current topics: i) Myxozoa of amphibians, ii) parasitology of African freshwater fish, iii) population genetics of tapeworms and their fish hosts in recently divided biogeographic units (Nile and Turkana) Conservation biology co-initiator of repatriation of large… Show more Parasitology phylogeny & evolution of various parasite taxa of fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals Focus: Apicomplexa (eimeriorinid coccidia), Myxozoa, helminths and crustaceans of African fish Current topics: i) Myxozoa of amphibians, ii) parasitology of African freshwater fish, iii) population genetics of tapeworms and their fish hosts in recently divided biogeographic units (Nile and Turkana) Conservation biology co-initiator of repatriation of large grazers, European bison (lowland/Bialowieza line), wild horse (Exmoor pony), back-bred aurochs (Tauros cattle), eventually wild ass (kulan) as a tool for sustainable landscape management and utilization. Focusing on Czech former and current military training areas, nature reserves, private and communal lands. Main collaborators forming 'Czech megaherbivore working group': Dalibor Dostal (co-initiator, chairman of NGOs European Wildlife and Ceska Krajina), Martin Konvicka (ecology, entomology-Lepidoptera), Lukas Cizek (ecology, entomology-Coleoptera), Martin Salek (ecology - mammals/birds), Jan Robovsky (taxonomy/systematics - mammals), Eva Horcickova (ecology-botany), Martina Komarkova (equid etho-ecology) + various botanists, veterinarians, foresters, farmers etc. Show less Parasitology phylogeny & evolution of various parasite taxa of fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals Focus: Apicomplexa (eimeriorinid coccidia), Myxozoa, helminths and crustaceans of African fish Current topics: i) Myxozoa of amphibians, ii) parasitology of African freshwater fish, iii) population genetics of tapeworms and their fish hosts in recently divided biogeographic units (Nile and Turkana) Conservation biology co-initiator of repatriation of large… Show more Parasitology phylogeny & evolution of various parasite taxa of fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals Focus: Apicomplexa (eimeriorinid coccidia), Myxozoa, helminths and crustaceans of African fish Current topics: i) Myxozoa of amphibians, ii) parasitology of African freshwater fish, iii) population genetics of tapeworms and their fish hosts in recently divided biogeographic units (Nile and Turkana) Conservation biology co-initiator of repatriation of large grazers, European bison (lowland/Bialowieza line), wild horse (Exmoor pony), back-bred aurochs (Tauros cattle), eventually wild ass (kulan) as a tool for sustainable landscape management and utilization. Focusing on Czech former and current military training areas, nature reserves, private and communal lands. Main collaborators forming 'Czech megaherbivore working group': Dalibor Dostal (co-initiator, chairman of NGOs European Wildlife and Ceska Krajina), Martin Konvicka (ecology, entomology-Lepidoptera), Lukas Cizek (ecology, entomology-Coleoptera), Martin Salek (ecology - mammals/birds), Jan Robovsky (taxonomy/systematics - mammals), Eva Horcickova (ecology-botany), Martina Komarkova (equid etho-ecology) + various botanists, veterinarians, foresters, farmers etc. Show less



Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

• Czechia
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Faculty of Science

  • May 2013 - Present

  Minor grant appointment + occassional teaching of specialized fields - parasitology of amphibians, field wildlife parasitology course and vertebratology excursions (Greece 2011, East Poland 2013, Holland 2014. Minor grant appointment + occassional teaching of specialized fields - parasitology of amphibians, field wildlife parasitology course and vertebratology excursions (Greece 2011, East Poland 2013, Holland 2014.