Mgr. Ondřej Mikula, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: phylogeny and morphology of rodents
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 532 290 156
Mobile: +420 777 184 259
E-mail: onmikulagmail.com

Research interests

geometric morphometrics and species delimitation,

evolution and taxonomy of small mammals,

hybridization and speciation in house mice.

Education

1999–2004: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology a Ecology. Diploma thesis: Morphometric analysis of the hybrid zone between Mus musculus and Mus domesticus in the western Bohemia.

2004–2009: Ph.D. study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Changes of developmental stability in house mice as a consequence of hybridization.

Employment

2009-present: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Laboratory of Mammalian Evolutionary Genetics - postdoctoral fellow,

2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Department of Population Biology Studenec - postdoctoral fellow.

International experience

2005, 2006: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warsawa - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys,

2012: Museum national d'historie naturelle, Paris - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys,

Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris Natural History Museum, London American Museum of Natural History, New York - short visits at Natural History Museums.

Projects

Immunogenetic study of a house mouse hybrid zone (2008-2012).

Comparative phylogeography of Zambezian region in Southeastern Africa using small mammals as a model (2010-2014).

Population structure, dispersal and explorative behaviour in the zone of secondary contact of house mice (2011-2014).

Publications

2013

J. BRYJA, O. MIKULA, H. PATZENHAUEROVÁ, N. O. OGUGE, R. ŠUMBERA, E. VERHEYEN: The role of dispersal and vicariance in the Pleistocene history of an East African mountain rodent, Praomys delectorum, Journal of Biogeography (2013) .

Z. HIADLOVSKÁ, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, O. MIKULA, J. PIÁLEK, M. MACHOLÁN: Transgressive segregation in a behavioural trait? Explorative strategies in two house mouse subspecies and their hybrids, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2013) 225-235.


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HOME NEWS AND PRESS RELEASE STRUCTURE OF IVB BOARD OF INSTITUTE AND SUPERVISORY BOARD RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AND PROJECTS STAFF PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY BIENNIAL REPORT FOLIA ZOOLOGICA CONFERENCE LECTURE HALL	Mgr. Ondřej Mikula, Ph.D. Position: post-doc Research topics: phylogeny and morphology of rodents Department: External research facility Studenec Phone: +420 532 290 156 Mobile: +420 777 184 259 E-mail: onmikulagmail.com Research interests geometric morphometrics and species delimitation, evolution and taxonomy of small mammals, hybridization and speciation in house mice. Education 1999–2004: undergraduate study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Systematic Zoology a Ecology. Diploma thesis: Morphometric analysis of the hybrid zone between Mus musculus and Mus domesticus in the western Bohemia. 2004–2009: Ph.D. study - Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Changes of developmental stability in house mice as a consequence of hybridization. Employment 2009-present: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Laboratory of Mammalian Evolutionary Genetics - postdoctoral fellow, 2010-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Department of Population Biology Studenec - postdoctoral fellow. International experience 2005, 2006: Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii, Warsawa - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys, 2012: Museum national d'historie naturelle, Paris - short stay within the programme EU Synthesys, Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris Natural History Museum, London American Museum of Natural History, New York - short visits at Natural History Museums. Projects Immunogenetic study of a house mouse hybrid zone (2008-2012). Comparative phylogeography of Zambezian region in Southeastern Africa using small mammals as a model (2010-2014). Population structure, dispersal and explorative behaviour in the zone of secondary contact of house mice (2011-2014). Publications 2013 J. BRYJA, O. MIKULA, H. PATZENHAUEROVÁ, N. O. OGUGE, R. ŠUMBERA, E. VERHEYEN: The role of dispersal and vicariance in the Pleistocene history of an East African mountain rodent, Praomys delectorum, Journal of Biogeography (2013) . Z. HIADLOVSKÁ, B. VOŠLAJEROVÁ BÍMOVÁ, O. MIKULA, J. PIÁLEK, M. MACHOLÁN: Transgressive segregation in a behavioural trait? Explorative strategies in two house mouse subspecies and their hybrids, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (2013) 225-235.