Professional Experience:
1991–present Research Scientist, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovic
1992–2012 Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Parasitolog
1993 Postdoctoral Fellow, E.C.Slater Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherland
1995–2022 Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Parasitolog
1994–1997 Assistant, Faculty of Biology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovic
1997–1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of California, Riversid
1998–1999 Visiting Scientist, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
2003–2012 Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology, University of South Bohemi
2006–present Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemi
2007–2012 Member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Sciences
2008–2013 Member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Agricultur
2008–2012 Head of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Parasitology
2012–2022 Director of the Institute of Parasitology
2012–2018 Committee member of the International Society of Protistologists
2021–present Vice–head of the principal Scientific Board of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Honors and Awards:
1993 EMBO Fellowship
1995 Fulbright Travel Grant
1997 Young Scientist Award of the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2000–2005 European Councillor of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistolog
2006–2008 President of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistolog
2002 Prize of the Czech Academy of Sciences for outstanding young researcher
2003–2009 President of the Czech Society of Protozoolo
2004–present Member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic
2007 Prize of the Czech Academy of Science
2007–2009 Vice–president of the International Society of Protistologist
2009–2011 Associate of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Researc
2011 Prize of the Minister of Education for Excellence in Researc
2012–2017 Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
2013–present Member of the Faculty of 1000
2013 Medal from the mayor for merits in research and education
2014–present Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology
2015–present Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology
2016–present Member of the Comenius Academic Club
2018–present Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2020 Prize of the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences for research excellence
2020–present Member of the scientific board of the Neuron Endowment Fund
2023-present Member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biolog
2023-present EMBO membe
2023 J. G. Mendel medal for Achievements in Natural Science
2023 Prize of the Minister of Education for Excellence in Researc
2024-present Member of the U.S. National Academy of Science
2025-2026 President elect of the International Society of Protistologists
