Straskrabova CV
Keynote Presentations from the 2nd ALTER-Net Summer School, Peyresq 1 - 13 September 2007
Speaker: Viera Straskrabova
verastr -at- hbu.cas.cz
Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Institute of Hydrobiology, Na sadkach 7, Ceske Budejovice CZ37005, Czech Republic
Title of the talk: Biodiversity in aquatic systems - what are the important drivers and pressures? (pdf: 4MB)
Biosketch
Studies and scientific degrees
Charles University in Prague: 1952-1957, master degree (RNDr) in zoology – hydrobiology.
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague:1958-1961, PhD degree (CSc) hydrobiology - aquatic microbiology.
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Ceske Budejovice: 1987 degree of DrSc (Doctor of Sciences
Positions
1998 – to now: Senior scientist, Institute of Hydrobiology in Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice http://www.hbu.cascz
1990 – 1998: Director, Hydrobiological Institute, AS CR in Ceske Budejovice
1980 – 1990: Lead, Department on aquatic microbiology and self-purification processes in Hydrobiological Institute AS CR in Ceske Budejovice
1961 – 1979: Scientist, Laboratory of Hydrobiology AS CR in Prague
Educational activities
Supervisor of 6 PhD students.
Actively involved in founding the University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biology (1990) in Ceske Budejovice, being vice-dean for two years and head of the Department of Ecology for one year.
Lecturer and member of PhD Committee for Hydrobiology at the Faculty.
Scientific activities
Current main topics are long-term changes in pelagic food webs in reservoirs and lakes with the emphasis on microbial role.
Published more than 150 scientific papers, a list of the references from the last 6 years can be downloaded
here.
Involved in organization and edition of Proceedings in International Conferences on Reservoir Limnology and Water Quality (1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2006)
International projects
Actively involved in the International Biological Programme, Freshwater Productivity section (1965 – 1970).
Coordinator of Czech (institutional) part in EU projects during 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th frameworks during 1992 – up to now.
Projects: mountain lakes (ALPE I, ALPE II, MOLAR, EMERGE), lake Baikal primary production (CONTINENT), ALTER-Net.
Head of Czech LTER (long-term ecological research) network as a part of International LTER since 1996 up to 2003.
