RNDr. Radoslav Smoľák, PhD. 

 - researcher - 

 

e-mail: radoslav.smolak@unipo.sk

 

RESEARCH AREA

• Ecology and taxonomy of zooplankton (focus on Rotifera and Cladocera groups)

 

CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS

• VEGA - 1/0012/20 - "Worlds in a world - from microcosms to ecosystems" 2020 - 2024
• NSF Grant: Life cycle evolution in Rotifera: The influence of sexual reproduction on contemporary systematics of Monogononta

 

PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS AND GRANTS

• Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA  (August 2011)
• Ústav biológie obratlovců, V.V.I., Brno, ČR  (Apríl 2013)
• ETH Zurich, Švajčiarsko (Marec 2013 a december 2013)
• Keňa  - VEGA 1/1244/12  „Biodiversity, biogeography and ecology of prostigmatic mites (Acari: Acariformes: Prostigmata), permanent passerine (Aves: Passeriformes) parasites, on a geographical grandient Europe – Africa“. (November-december 2012 a január-február 2014)
• Keňa -  supported by the project: ITMS:26110230119 (Január-február 2015)
• A. N. Severton institute of ecology and evolution, Moskva, Rusko.  supported by the project: ITMS:26110230119. (Apríl 2015)
• Texas Univerzity in El Paso, TX, USA -  ITMS:26110230119 and Literárnym Fondom (č. 1226/2015), (Jún-august 2015, január-február 2016, august 2019 a marec 2023)
•  University of Energy and Natural Resources, Department of Fisheries and Water Resources v Sunyani, Ghana  - Erasmus+ KA107, (December 2018)
• Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazília  -  Erasmus+ KA107, (February 2020)
• Department of Limnology and Aquatic Resources Cochabamba,Bolívia  - Erasmus KA107 2018-1-SK01-KA107-045937, (Marec 2020)
•  Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana  - Erasmus+ KA107, (Marec 2022)
• Agricultural University of Tirana – UBT, Albánsko  -  Erasmus+ KA107 (Júl 2022)

 

INVITED LECTURES

• Lecture entitled "Biodiversity surveys in Kenya: Quill Mites and Zooplankton" within the EEB program (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso (USA), on February 10, 2016.

 

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Slovak Zoological Society,
• Slovak Limnological Society,
• An affiliated researcher at the Kenya National Museum in Nairobi (Kenya)
• Affiliated Research Fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Texas at El Paso (USA)
• Affiliated researcher at the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia).

 

TEACHING SUBJECTS

• Basics of environmental studies
• Ecology and environmental education
• Basics of ecology and environmental studies
• History and methodology of science
• Environmental law
• Medical Ecology I
• Medical Ecology II
   

PUBLICATIONS:

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