Extemit-K

Fredrik Schlyter

Lund University: 1985 PhD Zoology. 1992 Docent, Animal Ecology.

Swedish University of Agricultural sciences, SLU: 1994 Researcher, 2006 Professor, Chemical Ecology, 2013-2016 Leader ICE3, Alnarp.

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences Czech University of Life Sciences Prague: 2017 Team leader.

Hirsch Index = 38.

Main interest insect-plant relations: how the insect find the best plant in mixed (i.e. natural) habitats. Applications in forestry.

Other interest: Biodiversity, Ornithology.

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EXTEMIT-K: Team Scientific Leader involved in all Levels of Study

Ewald Grosse-Wilde

2018 - current Team leader EXTEMIT-K, Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forest and Wood Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 - 2017 Project group leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena,Germany
2007 - 2009 Postdoctoral fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena,Germany
2006 - Dissertation, Institute for Zoophysiology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
2003 - 2006 Scientific Assistant, Institute for Zoophysiology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany1996 – 2002 Student of Biology, Westfälische Wilhelmsuniversität, Münster

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ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-9835
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EXTEMIT-K: Level G Leader (Electrophysiologist)

Muhammad Binyameen

Assistant Professor at the Dept Entomol, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya Univ, Multan, Pakistan.
PhD 2013, at SLU, Alnarp

Expertise:
Insect Chemical Ecologist, Neurophysiologist,
Physiological and Analytical Techniques; EAG, SSR, GC-EAD, GC-SSR, GC-MS
Identification of physiologically active semiochemicals.
Insect behaviour studies using various types of olfactometers

EXTEMIT-K: Level G Leader (Electrophysiologist), G1B

Anna Jirošová

Chemical ecology, Insect pheromone biochemistry and natural products chemistry, Analytical techniques GCxGC-MS, HPLC-MS, identification and data analysis. Semiochemical system of host tree - bark beetles interaction (BB pheromones, host attractants, anti-attractants).

In EXTEMIT-K:
1.Detection of trees under stress, chemical indicators of the stressed tree.
2.Level of tree attraction for bark beetles in relation to tree physiology and genetics, forest diversity and landscape characteristics.
3.Field activity of new physiology active semiochemicals and blend function.

EXTEMIT-K: Level T Leader (Chemical Ecology), Levels G-L (G1B, T1, L2A, L3)

Miroslav Svoboda

Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic, head of the Department of Forest Ecology. 14 years of experience in research and scientific applications for the forest management strategies and forest dynamics. Active participant of the 4 COST Actions in the role on the management committee for the Czech Republic. 14 years experience in project management – coordinator of the 3 projects funded by the Czech Science Foundation.

Scientometry: 49 scientific papers with IF published (7 papers in press), 660 cites w/o auto-citations (WOS database); H-index=17.

EXTEMIT-K: Level L Leader (Forest Ecology), Task L1A

Amit Roy

2014 PhD Biotechnology 2010-2014 Senior Researcher, Bose Inst, Calcutta, Plant Biology. 2014-2016 Post-Doc, SLU, Alnarp, Plant Protection Biol. 2016-2017 Post-Doc, U Kentucky, Entomology. 2017- Scientist, FFWS, CULS, Prague, Proteomics

Main interest: plant-insect relations characterised by transcriptomics & proteomics

EXTEMIT-K: Molecular Biology, Task G2

Milan Lstibůrek

Quantitative forest genetics. Breeding theory and progeny testing.

Tree improvement strategies. Author of innovative “Breeding without Breeding” concept. Theoretical development and large-scale applications in operational forestry world-wide. Seed orchards of forest tree species. Author of innovative e“Minimum-Inbreeding” and “Optimum-Neighbourhood Allocation” designs. Computer simulations of forest tree breeding strategies. Evaluation of traits with complex genetic architecture. Genetic and genomic evaluation. Author of several innovative software tools.

Heritability in general population. Author of original method for estimating realized heritability in panmictic populations. Development of analytical models.

EXTEMIT-K: Genetics, Levels T & L (T1 & L3)

Ivana Tomášková

Assistant Professor at CULS, Department of Genetics and Forest Tree Species FFWS

From 2003-2011 technical staff at Global Change Research Centre AS CR
From 2011-now pedagogue and researcher in Plant Physiology and Anatomy

Practical experience/scientific interest in sap flow measurement, biomass allocation, gas exchange

EXTEMIT-K: Plant Physiology, Level T (T1A)

Blanka Kalinová

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Neurobiology, sensory physiology, electrophysiology, insect olfaction, insect chemical ecology, insect communication and behavior, insect-plant relationships, insect semiochemicals, EAG, ESG, GC-EAD, GC-ESG, GCxGC/MS

EXTEMIT-K: Chemical Ecology, Levels G-L (G1B, T1, L2A, L3)

Peter Surový

Head of department of Forest Management

Was working as researcher in: Inst Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo; Georg-August-Univeristy, Göttingen, Inst Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon.

Teaches: Forest Mensuration, Forest Dynamics, Forest management (decision making) and statistics

Research: UAV in forest mensuration, growth modelling using mathematics and eco-informatics, mathematical programming and decision support systems.

EXTEMIT-K: Earth Remote Sensing, Levels T & L (T1, L1B, L2)

Rastislav Jakuš

Senior scientist
Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovakia

Scientist / senior scientist ( 1995 to date), Supervise MSc and PhD student theses, project management and coordination.

Expertise: Forest entomology, Forest protection, Remote sensing (related to bark beetles) Drone (UAV) operator (Swissdrone <– Dragon 50)

EXTEMIT-K: Entomologist, Forester. Levels T & L (T1, L1B, L2)

Jesper Björklund

Present assignment:

Analysing a vast tree-ring record covering the Carpathians to study changes in tree growth as response to environmental change – specifically the effect of sub-regional disturbances such as insect attacks and wind throws.

Degrees

PhD in Physical Geography at Gothenburg University, specializing in “Tree Rings and Climate - Standardization, Proxy-development and Fennoscandian Summer Temperature History”
MSc in Atmospheric Science, Gothenburg University, specializing in dendroclimatology.
BSc in Environmental Science, Gothenburg University, specializing in urban climatology.

Prior positions

Postdoc at Federal research institute for Forest Snow and Landscape, (WSL) Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Specializing in interaction between wood density and the environment, and wood density measurements.
Teaching various course under Physical Geography, Department of Earth Sciences, Gothenburg University.
Research assistant within the Urban Climate Group at the Department of Earth Sciences, Gothenburg University.

EXTEMIT-K: Level L1

Roman Modlinger

post-doc

From June 2008 – May 2017 Researcher - Forestry and Game Management Research Institute

From October 1998 – May 2008 Research Assistant - Forestry and Game Management Research Institute

Forest Entomology, Forest Pest Management, Applied statistics

EXTEMIT-K: Entomologist, Forester. Levels T & L (T1, L1B, L2)

Petra Hovorková

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, food and natural resources: 2017 PhD in General Breeding.

Institute of Animal Science, department of Physiology of nutrition and quality of animal products: 2013 – 2017 Researcher.

University of Valencia and Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology: 2016 professional training.

Experience in research and scientific applications of the nature-derived antibacterial compounds in animal nutrition.

Interests: intestinal microbiota of insect, insect behavior. molecular biology.

EXTEMIT-K: technical support

Jaromír Hradecký

Post-doc

Specialist in analytical methods developement using comprehensive two dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time of flight mass spectrometric detector (GCxGC-TOF-MS). Experienced in GC-TOF-MS based metabolomics and metabolite identification.

Dissertation thesis (2017): Rapid mass-spectrometric methods for analysing low molecular food components (Department of food analysis and nutrition, UCT-Prague )

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