!!Petr Pyšek - Curriculum Vitae
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__Affiliations:__
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*Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice (since 1996): Head of the Department of Invasion Ecology since 2004, Deputy Director 2004 - 2011\\
*Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (2004 - present)
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__Expertise and research experience:__ biological invasions, macroecology, biodiversity, conservation, plant population & community ecology, vegetation succession, urban flora and vegetation, savannah ecology\\
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__Qualifications:__ Charles University Prague (1982); PhD: Institute of Applied Ecology, Czech Agricultural University, Prague (1992); Associate Professor of Botany, Charles University, Prague (2004); Professor of Ecology, Charles University, Prague (2009) \\
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__Fellowships:__ 1991: 6 months as Soros/FCO Visiting Scholar at the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University, UK; 1994: 10 months as Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University, UK; 2011: 4 months as Visiting Researcher at Lincoln University, New Zealand  \\
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__Selected grant projects:__  ALARM: Assessing LArge-scale environmental Risks with tested Methods (European Union 6th Framework Programme, 2004 - 2008). –  DAISIE: Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (European Union 6th Framework Programme, 2005 - 2007). – PLADIAS Centre of Excellence: Plant Diversity Analysis and Synthesis Centre (Czech Science Foundation, 2014–2018, principal co-investigator). – Macroecology of Plant Invasions: Global Synthesis across Habitats (SynHab) (Czech Science Foundation EXPRO scheme, 2019–2023, principal investigator). \\
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__International conferences organized:__ EMAPi 2: Plant invasions: Theory and applications, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic (1993). – Neobiota: Towards a Synthesis. 5th European Conference on Biological Invasions, Prague, Czech Republic (2008). – EMAPi 15: Integrating Research, Management and Policy, Prague, Czech Republic (200 participants, 2019)\\
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__Conferences:__ Presented 45 invited lectures (22 plenary/keynote) at international conferences in Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA. \\
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__Teaching record:__ Students who completed degrees under my supervision: 11 PhD, 7 Masters. Currently registered: 2 PhD\\
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__Editorial work:__ Chief Editor of Preslia – Journal of the Czech Botanical Society (1999 - present). Member of Editorial Boards/Associated Editor: Biological Invasions (1998–, Alien Floras and Faunas section editor 2017 - present); NeoBiota (2012 - present); Diversity and Distributions (2001 - 2018) \\
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__SCI citations:__ 57,834 (WoS Core Collection); 70,187 (WoS All Databases)\\
__H-index:__ 116 (WoS Core Collection), 123 (WoS All Databases)\\
__Google Scholar citations:__ 108,995; H-index: 153\\
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__Publications:__  ~500 papers in WoS-indexed journals (including 22 Nature family, 8 Science family, 15 Proceedings of the National Academy USA, 12 Trends in Ecology and Evolution). As of 2024-12-29, 19 papers are designated as ‘Highly Cited Paper’.\\ \\[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit ppysek}][{ALLOW upload ppysek}][{ALLOW comment All}]