Kuťáková Eliška
Researcher - currently in Sweden
eliska.kutakova@ibot.cas.cz
I am a plant ecologist interested in aboveground-belowground interactions between plants and other organisms. My focus is on revealing how various (mainly soil) organisms impact plant performance and co-existence within grassland communities and how can these interactions be influenced by climate change. I am also interested in ecosystem restoration in man-made habitats and how this process can be influenced by soil conditions.
Expertise
Aboveground-belowground interactions
Climate change
Restoration ecology
Education
2020 PhD in Botany – Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
2015 Complementary pedagogical studies – Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, CZ
2013 Master’s degree in Biology, spec. in Botany – Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
Employment
Since 2020 Postdoc position, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice
Since 2019 Environmental journalist, Czech Union for Nature Conservation, Vlašim, Czech Republic
Since 2018 Floristics and phytosociology mapping, AOPK, Czech Republic
2019 Lecturer of educational programs and Environmental consultant, Czech Union for Nature Conservation, Vlašim, Czech Republic
Since 2014-2020 PhD position, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice
Foreign experiences and courses
2021 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden (5 months), supervised by prof. as. Paul Kardol, Ph. D.
2017 Spring School on Conservation Project Management, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1 month)
2014 Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Jena, Germany (2 months), supervised by prof. Nico Eisenhauer, Ph. D.
Publications
Teaching
supervising Masters students:
Bc. Eliška Strušková (thesis: Dry grassland restoration on a limestone quarry landfill using different sowing densities; researched)
Bc. Tereza Opravilová (thesis: Plant-soil feedback and its interactions with factors determining plant coexistence; defended 2020)
supervising Bachelors students:
Radka Opltová (thesis: Direct and soil-mediated effects of belowground herbivores on competitive hierarchy of plant species; researched)
Eliška Strušková (thesis: Grassland restoration in abandoned quarries by sowing seed mixtures; defended 2020)
Tomáš Müller (thesis: Approaches to abandoned quarry reclamation; defended 2018)
Tereza Opravilová (thesis: Plant-soil feedback and locality management as factors determining vegetation development; defended 2017)