Simplified curriculum vitae
Contact address:
Luboš Purchart
Department of Forest Ecology
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology
Mendel University in Brno
Zemědělská 3
CZ-61300 BRNO
Czech Republic
E-mail address:
lubos.purchart (at) mendelu.cz
lubos.purchart (at) post.cz
Academic degrees
March 2013: Associate Professor in Forest Ecology, Mendel University in Brno.
Education
2002-2007: Ph.D. in Forest Ecology at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University (MENDELU) in Brno. Thesis: “Potential use of ground beetles (Carabidae) as indicators of environment disruption”.
1996-2001: MSc. in Environmental Engineering at the Faculty of the Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem.
Experience
October 2002- October 2007: asistent researcher in the Department of Forest Ecology, MENDELU in Brno
November 2007 - December 2013: researcher in the Department of Forest Ecology, MENDELU in Brno
January 2014 - December 2014: researcher in the Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, MENDELU in Brno
January 2015 - January 2019: academic staff - Associate Professor, head of the Department of Forest Ecology, MENDELU in Brno
February 2019 - present: academic staff - Associate Professor, Department of Forest Ecology, MENDELU in Brno
Fellowships
Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany - 2 weeks (supported by SYNTHESYS I. grant)
Journal referee
Zootaxa, Zookeys, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Annales Zoologici, Zoology in the Middle East, Journal of the Entomological Research Society, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Biologie), Journal of Insect Conservation, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Ecological Indicators, Forest Ecology and Management
Editorial Board
Folia Heyrovskyana (Series A) [web], Studies and Reports - Taxonomical Series [web], Folia Oecologica [web]
Memberships
Czech Entomological Society
Foreign entomological field experience
2004 – Romania (2 weeks)
2005 – Serbia (2 weeks)
2006 – Turkey (4 weeks)
2007 – Malaysia (4 weeks)
2009 – Yemen, Socotra Island (3 weeks)
2010 – Yemen, Socotra Island (6 weeks)
2012 - Yemen, Socotra Island (3 weeks)
2015 - Argentina (1 week)
2016 - Iran (3 weeks)
2019 - Namibia (3 weeks)
2022 - United Arab Emirates (2 weeks)
Further foreign experience
2001-2002 - Australia
2008 - China
2009 - Argentina
2010 - Sri Lanka and South Africa
2022 - Yemen, Socotra Island (2 weeks)