Working place Brno

Head

doc. Ing. Marcel Honza, Dr.  <honzabrno.cas.cz> - behavioural ecology

Full-time researchers

Ing. Miroslav Čapek, CSc.  <capekivb.cz> - ecology of birds, bird parasites
RNDr. Miloslav Homolka, CSc.  <homolkaivb.cz> - mammal ecology
Ing. Pavel Jurajda, Dr.  <jurajdabrno.cas.cz> - fish ecology
prof. RNDr. Petr Koubek, CSc.  <koubekbrno.cas.cz> - wildlife ecology
Mgr. Markéta Ondračková, Ph.D.  <audreysci.muni.cz> - fish parasitology
Mgr. Klára Petrželková, Ph.D.  <petrzelkovaivb.cz> - primatology
Mgr. Matej Polačik, Ph.D.  <polacikivb.cz> - ecology of fish
RNDr. Petr Procházka, Ph.D.  <prochazkaivb.cz> - behavioural ecology and migration of birds
doc. RNDr. Martin Reichard, Ph.D.  <reichardivb.cz> - ecology of fish
prof. MVDr. Emil Tkadlec, CSc.  <tkadlecprfnw.upol.cz> - population dynamics
Mgr. Peter Vallo, Ph.D.  <valloivb.cz> -
Ing. Lukáš Vetešník, Ph.D.  <vetesnikivb.cz> - fish ecology
prof. RNDr. Jan Zima, DrSc.  <jzimabrno.cas.cz> - cytogenetics and biodiversity
Mgr. Jan Zukal, Dr., MBA  <zukalivb.cz> - ecology of bats

Researchers contracted for particular project

doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Adámek, CSc.  <adamekivb.cz> - ecology of fish
Mgr. Miroslava Barančeková, Ph.D.  <barancekovaivb.cz> - wildlife ecology
prof. Ing. Vlastimil Baruš, DrSc.  <barusivb.cz> - parasitology, ichtyology
Mgr. Hana Berková   <berkovaivb.cz> -
Ing. Karel Halačka, CSc.  <halackaivb.cz> - ichtyology
doc. RNDr. Marta Heroldová, Ph.D.  <heroldovaivb.cz> - feeding ecology of small mammals
Mgr. Jarmila Krojerová-Prokešová, Ph.D.  <jprokesovaivb.cz> - wildlife ecology
Ing. Miroslav Prokeš, CSc.  <prokesbrno.cas.cz> - ontogeny and fish ecology

Research assistants

Bc. Kevin Roche, CSc.  <kevin.rochehotmail.co.uk> -
Ing. Hana Slabáková  <slabakovabrno.cas.cz> - head of library (SVI)
Mgr. Iveta Slováčková  

Post-docs

Mgr. Radim Blažek , Ph.D.  <demonsci.muni.cz> - evolutionary ecology of annual fish
Mgr. Michal Janáč, Ph.D.  <janacivb.cz> - fish ecology
Mgr. Zdenka Jurajdová, Ph.D.  <valovaivb.cz> - fish reproduction
RNDr. Jaroslav Koleček, Ph.D.  <j.kolecekgmail.com> - ecology and migration of birds
Mgr. Markéta Konečná, Ph.D.  <makomail.muni.cz> - fish reproduction
Mgr. Jan Mendel, Ph.D.  <mendelivb.cz> - ichtyology
Caroline Methling, Ph.D.  <caroline.methlinggmail.com> - fish physiology
Mgr. Milica Požgayová, Ph.D.  <carringtonseznam.cz> - behavioural ecology
Romain Rouchet, Ph.D.  <romain.rouchetgmail.com> - coevolution, biological invasions
Ing. Martin Šálek, Ph.D.  <martin.salipost.cz> - ecology of birds and mammals
Ing. Lucie Všetičková, Ph.D.  <lucka.kocandaseznam.cz> - hydrobiology and fish feeding ecology

PhD students

Mgr. Marek Mihai Abraham  <gulolupisgmail.com>
Mgr. Veronika Bartáková  <324243mail.muni.cz>
Mgr. Václav Jelínek  <vasekjelinekgmail.com>
Mgr. Veronika Michálková  <michalkovaivb.cz>
Mgr. Radomil Řežucha  <184379mail.muni.cz>
Mgr. Jana Strakošová  
Mgr. Luděk Šlapanský  
Mgr. Michal Šulc  <sulc-michalseznam.cz>
Mgr. Soňa Urbánková  <urbankova-sonaseznam.cz>
Mgr. Milan Vrtílek  <vrtilekivb.cz>

Undergraduates

Bc. Petra Baslerová  <357891mail.muni.cz>
Bc. Radovan Beňo  <Gibbon333seznam.cz>
Bc. Tereza Bolcková  <tereza.bolckovagmail.com>
Bc. Soňa Machová  
Bc. Klára Morongová  <k.morongovaseznam.cz>
Martina Patočková   < 375864mail.muni.cz>
Bc. Ivona Petrášová  <ivonapetrasovacentrum.cz>
Bc. Vítězslav Štrom  <184614mail.muni.cz>

Administrative staff

Ing. Pavla Bártová  <bartovaivb.cz>head of economical department
Alena Florianová  <florianovaivb.cz>librarian
Lenka Glosová  <glosovaivb.cz>managing editor
Bohumila Kožnárková  <koznarkovaivb.cz>personnel officer, payroll clerk
Jitka Novotná  <novotnaivb.cz>secretary
Kateřina Srnová  <srnovaivb.cz>accountant

Technician

Jiří Chamr  <chamrbrno.cas.cz>
Vlastimil Hanáček  
Milena Koníčková  <milena.konemail.cz>
Jiří Šturm  <sturmivb.cz>

Accountants

Marie Brodecká  <brodeckaivb.cz>

Chars

Iveta Prušová  

Research priorities

We use fish to investigate general questions in ecology and evolution as well as applied issues in fisheries management, conservation of aquatic habitats and floodplain restoration. Our field and experimental studies are conducted in Europe, Asia and Africa.

The current topics investigated in our department are:

  • behavioural and evolutionary ecology of bitterling fish
  • adaptation and coevolution of bitterling and their mussel hosts
  • demography, ecology and biogeography of Nothobranchius furzeri
  • ecology, distribution and parasites of invasive fishes and their impact on native fish biodiversity
  • 0+ juvenile fish community structure in lowland rivers and their flood plains
  • optimisation of methods for 0+ juvenile fish sampling
  • diversity of fish communities and population parameters of key species in various types of aquatic habitats
  • rehabilitation of aquatic habitats and ecosystems for the restoration and conservation of fish biodiversity
  • revision of the species structure of the genera Gobio and Romanogobio in the Eurasian area
  • molecular biodiversity inventory of the ichthyofauna of the Czech Republic
  • immune and physiological parameters in Carassius gibelio
  • impacts of metazoan parasites on 0+ juvenile fish development
  • community ecology of fishes in the Gambia River floodplain, Senegal, West Africa
  • reproductive isolating mechanisms in the East African annual fishes Nothobranchius spp.