People

Name Hanus Robert
Position Head of the Junior Research Group
Robert Hanus

Robert Hanus, Ph.D.

Head of Junior Research Group


Chemistry of Social Insects
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

☎: (+420) 220 183 581

 
Education
2008 Ph.D. in zoology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague.
2002-2008 Ph.D. studies in zoology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague and at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague.
1997-2002 M.Sc. in biology (ecology and ethology) at the Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague.
 
Experience
2012 (12 months) Postdoctoral fellow at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, Prof. Y. Roisin, project "Genetic structure of colonies, population genetics and social regulation of reproduction in humivorous termites from French Guiana rainforests."
 
Appointments
since 2013 Head of Junior Research Group at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague.
2010-2013 Scientist at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague.
2008-2010 Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague.
2003-2008 Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Prague; and at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague.
 
Research interest

Chemical ecology of social insects, chemistry of insect defence and communication, biology and chemical ecology of termites, evolution of caste systems and ontogeny in termites, pheromonal and hormonal regulation of caste differentiation, juvenile hormones and their analogues, reproductive strategies of termite societies. .

 
Teaching & Supervision
  • Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague - 1. Sense physiology and insect behaviour, 2. Methods in Ethology University of South Bohemia - Insect Behaviour
  • Supervisor of a Ph.D. Thesis in zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
  • Supervisor of a M.Sc. Thesis in ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
 
Membership in scientific societies
  • International Society of Chemical Ecology
  • International Union for the Study of Social Insects
 
Publications and communications

Author or co-author of 42 original research articles in peer-reviewed journals, 1 invited review, 1 book chapter, 40 conference presentations. 328 citations, H-index: 12.