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)