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EDUCATION
1996-2001 Palacký University, Olomouc (MSc., teaching Biology-Geography-Geology)
2001-2005 Palacký University, Olomouc (Ph.D., Botany; Ph.D. thesis: Use of androgenesis in vitro for development of plant hybrids and characterization of hybrid plants)
APPOINTMENTS
2005-2008 Posdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2008-present Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
RESEARCH INTERESTS (see Section GRASSES)
• Cytogenetic mapping using FISH.
• Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) of Festulolium (Lolium × Festuca hybrids).
• Androgenesis in vitro in grasses
• Development of introgression lines of F. pratensis in Lolium.
• Study of meiosis and recombination within Festuca-Lolium complex.
• DArT mapping of grass species
• Chromosome pairing in wheat and rye
FELLOWSHIP ABROAD
2003 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (4 months).
2004 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (4 months).
2006 – Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland (1week).
2006 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (1 month).
2007 – University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1 week).
2007 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (1 month).
2009 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (2 weeks).
2010 - University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (2 weeks).
2011 - University of California, Riverside, California (1 month).
2013 - University of California, Riverside, California (3 weeks).
TEACHING AND MENTORING
2009 - present Lecturer (Genetics, Molecular Biology), Palacky University, Pedagogical Faculty, Department of Biology, Olomouc
2006 - 2011 1 BSc. and 2 MSc. students
2011 - present 2 Ph.D. students (Štěpán Stočes, Veronika Burešová)
PRESENTATIONS
PAG_2009 (San Diego)
EUCARPIA_2009 (La Rochelle)
Chromosome Research in the Festuca-Lolium Complex (Lincoln, 2011 Feb 3)
Wide Hybridization in Plant Breeding - mock lecture (Lincoln, 2011 Feb 4)
EUCARPIA_2011 (Dublin)
Institute of Plant Genetics, Poznan, Poland, 2011
HOBBIES
books (Murakami, Irving, Giordano, Dostojevskij, Bukowski, ...), music (Springsteen, Dylan, Mitchell, Young, Dire Straits, Vaya Con Dios, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Condurango, Jananas, Koa, Radůza, Klus, Majerovy brzdové tabulky, Szidi Tobias,...), orienteering, running, cross-country skiing, hiking
