Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR
We are Discovering the Plant World

Education  
      2004-2010   Ph.D. in Plant Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics and Cereals Wild Relaives, University of Cordoba, Cordoba - Spain.
      2002-2007   M.Sc. in Cereals Breeding and Plant Cytogenetics, International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM-IAMZ), Zaragoza - Spain.
      1995-1998   M.Sc. in Agronomy, University of Alexandria, Alexandria - Egypt.

Research Experiences
        2013 – Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc - Czech Republic.
        2010 – 2013:     Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cordoba, Plant Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics, Wild relatives of Cereals. Cordoba – Spain.
        2004 – 2010:     PhD student, University of Cordoba, Plant Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics, Wild relatives of Cereals. Cordoba – Spain.
        2002 - 2004:      MSc Student, International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM-IAMZ), Plant Cytogenetics, Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Cereals. Zaragoza - Spain.
        1998 – 2002:      Associate Researcher, Agricultural Research Center, Genetics, Breeding of Cereals. Alexandria - Egypt.
        1995 – 1998:      Research Assistant, Agricultural Research Center, Genetics, Breeding of Cereals. Alexandria - Egypt.

Research Interests

•     Plant Cytogenetics
•     Molecular Markers
•     Wild Relatives of Cereals (Agropyron cristatum)
•     Genomic in situ Hybridization (GISH)
•     Cytogenetic mapping by FISH
•     Physical mapping by deletions
•     Alien Chromosome Introgression