Mgr. Lumír Gvoždík, Ph.D.

Position: research scientist
Research topics: Head of Functional biology group
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 568 422 763
Mobile: +420 724 326 483
E-mail: gvozdikbrno.cas.cz

Areas of Scientific Interest:

  • Phenotype-performance-fitness paradigm
  • Coadaptation of thermal biology
  • Evolutionary patterns in thermal biology
  • Sexual dimorphism

    Education:

  • Ph.D. in Zoology: Palacký University, Olomouc, 1999
  • M.S. in Systematic Biology and Ecology: Palacký University, Olomouc, 1995

    Experience:

  • Scientific researcher, Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, Brno, 1998 – present

    Academic Service:

  • Editor of herpetology, Folia Zoologica, 2003 – present
  • Reviewer – Behaviour, Biologia, Biological Journal of Linnean Society, Copeia, Evolutionary Ecology, Folia Zoologica, Functional Ecology, Herpetological Journal, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Zoology, Oecologia
  • Steering Commitee, ESF Programme “Thermal adaptation in ectotherms: Linking life history, physiology, behaviour and genetics”, 2007 – present
  • Supervisor of students (M.S.and Ph.D.degree), PřF MU Brno

    International Cooperation:

  • University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (R. Van Damme)
  • Estación Biologica de Donana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain (M. Tejedo)



    Projects

    Phenotypic plasticity of thermal physiology traits in newts (2006-2008)

    The role of predator-prey interactions in coadaptation of thermal biology (2010-2013)