University Education
· 1984 - graduated (MSc.) at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
· 1985-1988 - PhD. study at the Institute of Parasitology of the then Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in České Budějovice
· 1989 - PhD thesis "Tapeworms of fishes of Czechoslovakia and biology of some species"
· 1999 - Associate Professor of Parasitology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Research Activities and Stays Abroad
· 1989 - four-month-stay in Laos; studies on fish-borne parasitic diseases of humans (Opisthorchis viverrini and heterophyid trematodes)
· 1990-1998 - Acting Editor of the international journal Folia Parasitologica (impact factor 0.97 in 1996)
· 1991 - one-month-stay in Italy (Rome, Sardinia); helminths of freshwater and marine fishes
· 1993-1994 - one-year-stay at the Centre for Investigation and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN) Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico (visiting professor and head of Fish Pathology Group); taxonomy and biology of fish helminths, in particular trematodes.
· 1994-1998 - short stays in Switzerland (Natural History Museum, Geneva) and France (University of Montpellier, Sete; INRA Thonon); biology and taxonomy of tapeworms of fish and elasmobranchs
· 1998-1999 - one-year-stay at CINVESTAV-IPN Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico (visiting professor); taxonomy and life-cycles of fish helminths
Other activities
· Lecturer in international courses on fish parasites, especially on biology, morphology and taxonomy of fish cestodes and trematodes (Czech Republic, Austria, Mexico, USA).
· Lectures and practical courses of "Biology of Helminths" for students of parasitology at the Faculty of Biology, South Bohemian University, České Budějovice.
· Scientific Council of the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (since 2000 head of the Council).
· Committee for Postgraduate Studies in Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, and Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice.
· Editorial Boards of Folia Parasitologica (Czech Republic) and Korean Journal of Parasitology.
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BRABEC J., KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T.
(2006)
Paraphyly of the Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda): circumscription of monophyletic clades based on phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal RNA.
International Journal for Parasitology
36,
1535-
1541.
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BRUŇANSKÁ M., SCHOLZ T., DEZFULI B.S., PODDUBNAYA L.G.
(2006)
Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Pallas, 1781) Kessler, 1868 (Cestoda: Spathebothriidea)
Journal of Parasitology
92,
884-
892.
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CAIRA J.N., SCHOLZ T., GEORGIEV B.B.
(2006)
Cestode systematics and phylogeny move forward.
Systematic Parasitology
65,
171-
174.
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DE CHAMBRIER A., SCHOLZ T., KUCHTA R., POSEL P., MORTENTHALER M., CHUQUIPIONDO-GUARDIA C.
(2006)
Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) of fishes from the Amazon River in Peru.
Comparative Parasitology
73,
111-
120.
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FALTÝNKOVÁ A., HORÁČKOVÁ E., HIRTOVÁ L., NOVOBILSKÝ A., MODRÝ D., SCHOLZ T.
(2006)
Is Radix peregra a new intermediate host of Fascioloides magna (Trematoda) in Europe? Field and experimental evidence.
Acta Parasitologica
51,
87-
90.
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KUCHTA R., SHINN A.P., HANZELOVÁ V., SCHOLZ T.
(2006)
A comparative study of the egg morphology in four species of Eubothrium (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) with comments on their early development.
Invertebrate Biology
125,
1-
8.
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KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T.
(2006)
Australicola pectinatus n. gen. and n. sp. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from deep-sea fish Beryx splendens from Tasmania.
Journal of Parasitology
92,
126-
129.
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LEVRON C., BRUŇANSKÁ M., KUCHTA R., FREEMAN M., SCHOLZ T.
(2006)
Spermatozoon ultrastructure of the pseudophyllidean cestode Paraechinophallus japonicus, a parasite of deep-sea fish Psenopsis anomala (Perciformes, Centrolophidae).
Parasitology Research
100,
115-
121.
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