RNDr. Vojtěch Kubelka, Ph.D.

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Research focus:

– evolutionary ecology, life histories, global comparative insights
– climate change and human pressure impacts and adaptations
– population dynamics, demography, latitudinal gradients
– predation, predator-prey interactions, parasites
– migration, behavioural ecology, breeding associations
– sex roles, mating systems and parental investment
– camouflage and plumage colouration
– Important Bird Areas, conservation implications
– shorebirds, birds, vertebrates, dragonflies, butterflies

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Education:

2014–2018     PhD Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague and Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, United Kingdom; thesis: Significance of predation for breeding ecology and conservation in shorebirds (https://elvonalshorebirds.com/group/core-team/vojtech-kubelka/)

2012–2014     MSc Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague; thesis: Survival of the Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) chicks in the agriculture landscape

2009–2012     BSc Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague; thesis: The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) – a model species for research of precocial problems in shorebirds

Professional appointments:

2021–present Researcher and Group Leader, Department of Zoology and Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

2019–2021    Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

2019–2021    Researcher, Department of Biodiversity Research, Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

2019             Visiting Research Fellow, Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, United Kingdom

2018–present Scientific Coordinator of ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science (https://elvonalshorebirds.com/), international project based at Debrecen University, Hungary

Fellowships, selected research experience and awards:

2019–2021    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (via Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic and Czech Academy of Sciences) Principal Investigator of Impacts of climate change, human pressure and life histories on avian populations

2019             Bolzano Award for an exceptional PhD thesis, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep.

2019             Vojtěch Jarošík Award for an exceptional publication in ecology, Charles Uni., ČSPE

2019             Exceptional Award from Rector for great research achievements, Charles University

2019              Visiting Research Fellowship, University of Bath, United Kingdom

2018–present University of Debrecen, Hungary Scientific Coordinator in Sex role evolution: testing the impacts of ecology, demography and genes ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science, (https://elvonalshorebirds.com/), International (Fieldwork in: South Africa, Spain, Belarus, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, CZ)

2018              Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, member of the team: Sources of variation in reproduction success of subtropics birds, UAE

2018              Best PhD thesis award, Faculty of Life Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep.

2018–present Organizer of Eurasian Woodcock voice and breeding monitoring project Citizen science project (http://svob.czweb.org/dokumenty/sluka.pdf)

2017              Neuron, foundation for the support of science, winner of the competition, Czech Republic Leader of Imperial Snipe Expedition, Peru

2017              Best poster, conference “Zoologické Dny 2017”, Brno, Czech Republic

2017              Third best presentation, Czech Society for Ecology conference, Prague, Czech Republic

2016              Second best presentation, Ethological Conference ČSEtS, Nitra, Slovakia

2016              Charles University in Prague, Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK) Czech Republic Principal Investigator of Patterns of nest predation in shorebirds in space and time

2016–present Restoration and creation of islands for breeding shorebirds (40,000 EUR project) project instigator and coordinator, MAPE Mydlovary, South Bohemia, Czech Republic

2016–2017     Expeditions to monitor birds for Second European Breeding Atlas (Belarus – member, Georgia – leader, Russia – leader, Greece – leader)

2015–2018     Czech Society for Ornithology, Small Research Grant, CZ Principal Investigator of Detailed mapping of breeding birds in important bird area Českobudějovické rybníky

2015–2016     University of Bath, United Kingdom, Charles University in Prague and Erasmus+ Nest predation patterns among shorebird, practical placement, University of Bath, UK

2013–2015    Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Inter-species relationships and predation risk in bird communities of grasslands and wetlands, member of the team, Baikal Lake and Chukotka, Russia

2013              Second best poster, IWSG conference, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

2013              Best poster, Czech ecological conference, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic

2012–present Co-organizer of Northern Lapwing Mapping project in the Czech Republic Citizen science project (https://www.birdlife.cz/co-delame/vyzkum-a-ochrana-ptaku/ochrana-druhu/ptaci-zemedelske-krajiny/cejka/) More than 300 participants, 450 selected fields for agri-environmental protection scheme

2010              Russian Bird Conservation Union and Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Spoon-billed Sandpiper Survey Expedition, Chukotka, Russia

2010              The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, United Kingdom Leader of Slender-billed Curlew Expedition, Egypt

2010–present Direct nest protection of shorebirds nest and propagation of agri-environmental scheme for Northern Lapwing among farmers, Czech Republic                     

2010–2013    Academic Excellence Scholarship, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

2008              Grammar School Student Award by the Learned Society of the Czech Republic

2008              The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Monitoring of birds in agricultural landscape, Czech Republic

2008–2018    Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, member of the team: Risks of breeding costs in Northern Lapwing in the agricultural landscape and possibilities of their mitigation, Czech Republic

Teaching

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia:
– Evolutionary Ecology of Birds (KZO/036)
– Polar Ecology (KBE/263, KBE/265)

Supervising

Doctoral theses in prep.:
Bastien Papinot: Population dynamics and adaptations of breeding shorebirds to changing environment (started 2022)
Zita Roithmair: Ecological traps in a changing world - a comparative perspective from shorebirds  (started 2022)
Andreas Rimoldi: Plumage coloration patterns in shorebirds: sex roles, camouflage and research interest (started 2021)
Guillaume Dillenseger: Latitudinal patterns in life-history strategies and breeding performance of shorebirds  (started 2021)

Conference presentations:

Altogether the first author of 25 talks (three invited including one plenary talk) and 4 posters at 22 international conferences in 12 countries during 2011–2022, further first author of 7 invited seminar talks (University of Bath, University of Debrecen, University of South Bohemia, Charles University in Prague). Further the first author of 24 contributions (19× oral presentation and 5× poster presentation) at 21 Czech ornithological, zoological and ecological conferences during 2006–2019. Further numerous co-author contributions at international and Czech conferences.

Membership in organizations:

2020–present  Wader Quest, Charity supporting shorebird conservation, Inter. (lifetime membership)

2013–present  European Ornithologists᾽ Union (EOU); International

2013–present  British Ornithologists᾽ Union (BOU), International

2013–present  Czech Society for Ecology (ČSPE), Czech Republic

2011­–present  Czech Ringing Association, Czech Republic

2009–present  Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), International

2009–present  International Wader Study Group, International (lifetime membership)

2004–present  Czech Society for Ornithology (ČSO), Czech Republic