Dr Tomáš Pavlíček - ©Photo: Patricia Cardet

RNDr. Tomáš Pavlíček, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Education
1991

Ph.D. (= CSc.) - Institute of Entomology, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Academy of Sciences
1987

RNDr. - Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
1986 M.Sc. - Biological Faculty of J.E. Purkyne University (today T. G. Masaryk University) in Brno (Czech Republic)
 

Current position
Senior researcher at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
 

Fields of specialization
Evolutionary genetics, population genetics, ecology, zoogeography, entomology, earthworm biology.
 

Academic and professional experience
1986

graduated from the Biological Faculty of J. E. Purkyne University today T. G. Masaryk University) in Brno (Czech Republic).

M.Sc. thesis dealt with the use of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) for biomonitoring (Supervisor Prof. R. Rozkošný Dr.Sc.)
1987

received the title Rerum Naturalium Doctoris (RNDr.) at the Charles University in Prague

started a postgraduate study in the Institute of Entomology, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic). The subject of the Ph.D. thesis was: “ Enzyme Polymorphism of Sitona spp. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its connection with geographical distribution and host plants.(Supervisor Dr. J. Holman, CSc.)

1991

submitted a thesis to obtain the degree of Candidatus Scientiarum (corresponding to the Ph.D. degree); received CSc. (PhD) degree.
 

(Oct.) arrival as a postdoc at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa (Supervisor Prof. E. Nevo)
1994 (till now) researcher at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa.
2006 (till now) editorial adviser of Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.
 

Scientific publications

PhD work
Enzyme polymorphism of Sitona spp. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its connection with geographical distribution and host plants. Institute of Entomology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. 132 pp.

Books (co-author)

Coleoptera of “Evolution Canyon”, Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. I. Families: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Galphyridae, Hybosoridae, Hydrophilidae, Lucanidae, Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae, and Trogidae. Pensoft Publishers.174 pp. (1999).

The Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula. Kasparek Verlag. 87 pp. (2003).

Coleoptera of “Evolution Canyon”, Lower Nahal Oren, Mount Carmel, Israel. II. Pensoft Publishers. 200 pp. (2004).

Yponomeutoid Moths (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae) of Israel. Pensoft Publishers. 200 pp. (2006).
 

Scientific papers: 82

Scientific papers in peer reviewed journals: 70

Scientific papers in the ISI Web of Knowledge: 48

Abstracts of scientific presentations at conferences and symposia: 23
 

Invited lectures
2007, January 23-25

Israel, Haifa, University of Haifa, Institute of Evolution
New Horizons in Evolutionary Biology — Biodiversity of earthworms in the Levant
 
2008, May 29

Turkey, Diyarbakır, Dicle Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü
Taxonomic richness of Earthworms in the Middle East and the importance of biodiversity research

Received grants

Czech Academy of Sciences (1993)

National Geographic Society U.S.A. (1997)

AVI Foundation (1998)

Israeli Academy of Sciences (1998)

NATO collaborative grant (2001)

The Systematics Research Fund (2006)

Prizes

Purkynova cena, literature prize for science promotion awarded by the Czech scientific magazine Živa (2000, Prague).

 

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