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.

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

Research Gate

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 “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 Surovy

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 scientis
tInstitute 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)

Research Team