Position: scientist
Branch: Laboratory of Ecological Plant Physiology
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.Bělidla 4aBrno603 00
Email: urban.o@czechglobe.cz
Phone: +420 511 192 250
Research Focus
biophysical plant physiology; plant stress physiology, ecophysiology of photosynthesis; biochemical/mathematical models in photosynthesis; impact studies; global change; impact of radiation regime (diffuse/direct radiation, spectral composition, dynamic light environment); impacts of elevated CO2 concentration and UV radiation; manipulative experiments; plant environmental metabolomics; ozone and volatile organic compound fluxes; CH4 and N2O emissions; stable isotopes (C13, N15, O18) in terrestrial ecosystems
Education
MSc.: Palacky University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, specialization Biophysics and chemical physics (1991-1996); MSc. thesis: “Effect of enhanced UV-B radiation on photosynthetic characteristics of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) grown under field conditions”
Ph.D.: Palacky University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, specialization Biophysics (1996-2002); PhD thesis: “Spatial differentiation of the CO2 assimilation activity within Norway spruce canopy under the impact of elevated CO2 concentration”
Assoc.Prof.: Palacky University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, specialization Biophysics (2013); thesis: „Light heterogeneity and ecophysiology of photosynthesis in plants“
Appointments
1996-2002: PhD student, Institute of Landscape Ecology CAS
2002-2005: junior researcher, Institute of Landscape Ecology CAS
since 2005: senior researcher, Global Change Research Institute CAS
since 2005: Head of the Laboratory of Ecological Plant Physiology
2010-2012: Head of the Division of Impact Studies and Physiological Analyzes
since 2005: External Lecturer, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava (Ecological Plant Physiology)
Awards
2003: Honorary diploma for exceptional and outstanding cooperation in forestry research and development (Forest Research and Management Institute, Romania)
2008: Otto Wichterle Award for young researchers (Czech Academy of Sciences)
Important research visits and fellowships
1998: Technische Universität, Berlin, FG Landschaftsökologie / Ökologie der Gehölze, Dr. Manfred Forstreuter; application of biochemical models in plant physiology
1999: Institute of Microbiology ASCR, Třeboň, Dr. Ladislav Nedbal; chlorophyll fluorescence in plants
2003-2005: visiting scientist, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy, Prof. G.Scarascia-Mugnoza; investigation of effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration
2008: workshop Trends in Plant Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Ecology Research, 22.–27.6. 2008, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Italy (lecturers Prof. Park S. Nobel, Prof. Dennis Baldocchi, Prof. Paolo Inglese)
2013-2014: IBAF-CNR, Italy; aplication of stable isotope technique in plant physiology and measurements of volatile organic compounds emissions from plants (Dr. Marco Lauteri, Dr. Carlo Calfapietra)
Membership
2010–2015: a member of the Academy Assembly (Czech Academy of Sciences)
2012–2020: a member of CzechGlobe Advisory Board
since 2011: a member of the Scientific Board (Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ostrava), and a member of the Subject area board Biophysics (PhD study programme Applied physics)
since 2007: a member of the committee for final examination (MSc. and PhD. study programmes Biophysics), Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ostrava
since 2016: a member of the Subject area board and a member of the committee for final examination (Bc., MSc., and PhD. study programmes Plant Anatomy and Physiology), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Masaryk University Brno
since 2018: member of FWO (Research Foundation – Flanders) expert panel Bio2: Functional Biology
since 2018: a member of the Advisory Board for mobility projects, Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
since 2019: evaluator of the Czech Science Foundation, Panel P505-Ecology of animals and plants
2011–2014: national representative and member of Management Committee in COST Action FA0906 (UV4Growth), since 2012 member of the committee for STSM (Short-Term Scientific Missions) evaluation
2012–2019: national representative and member of Management Committee in COST Action FP1204 „Green Infrastructure approach: linking environmental with social aspects in studying and managing urban forests“
since 2016: a member of UV4Plants Association (uv4plants.org)
Brief scientometrics
Papers in the reviewed journal with impact factor: 141
Proceeding papers: 14
Meeting abstracts: 8
Editorial materials: 2
Book chapters: 6
Papers in the other peer-reviewed journals: 17
Citations: 3012 (WoS), 4388 (Google Scholar)
H-index: 28 (Web of Science), 35 (Google Scholar)
Research ID: J-7432-2012
