Education and training
June 2015 – Docent qualification (Associate Professor). Title: “Minerals in the diet selection of large herbivores, and their physiological effects”. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (Prague – Czech Republic). ISCED level 8.
March 2010 – Ph.D. Degree. Title: “Mineral supplementation and mineral diet selection in Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus)”. University of Castilla-La Mancha (Albacete – Spain). ISCED level 8.
May 2007 – Master´s Degree. Agrarian Sciences and Engineering. University of Castilla-La Mancha (Albacete – Spain). ISCED level 7.
January 2003 – Bachelor´s Degree. Biological Sciences, specialized in Management of Protected Areas. University of Jaen (Jaen – Spain). ISCED level 6.
Professional experience
December 2015 to date – Associate Professor, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) (Prague – Czech Republic), Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences. Department of Animal Sciences and Food Processing.
October 2012 to February 2016 – Researcher, Institute of Animal Science (VÚŽV) (Prague – Czech Republic), Department of Ethology.
December 2014 to December 2015 – Assistant Professor, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) (Prague – Czech Republic), Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences. Department of Animal Sciences and Food Processing.
July 2012 to August 2014 – Post-doctoral Researcher, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) (Prague – Czech Republic), Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences. Department of Animal Sciences and Food Processing.
July 2010 to June 2012 – Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Animal Science (VÚŽV) (Prague – Czech Republic), Department of Ethology.
August 2008 to June 2010 – Research Assistant, University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) (Albacete – Spain), Department of Agro-forestry Science and Technology, & Genetics.
July 2005 to June 2007 – Pre-doctoral i3p research fellowship by European Social Fund, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (Albacete – Spain), Institute of Research in Game Resources (IREC), Department of Animal Sciences Techniques Applied to Wildlife Research.
September 2003 to August 2004 – Associate, University of Jaén (UJA) (Jaén – Spain), Department of Animal and Vegetal Biology & Ecology.
Fellowships and fieldwork
2023 – ERASMUS+ Training program. University of Novi Sad (Novi Sad – Serbia), Department of Animal Science. Granted by the European Union. 1 week.
2023 – ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility program. Pretoria University (Pretoria – South Africa). Granted by the European Union. 2 weeks.
2022 – ERASMUS+ Training program. Cordoba University (Cordoba – Spain). Granted by the European Union. 1 week.
2022 – ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility program. Ilia State University (Tbilisi – Georgia). Granted by the European Union. 1 week.
2022, 2023 – ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility program. University 8th May 1945 (Guelma – Algeria), Faculty of Nature and Life and Earth Sciences and the Universes. Granted by the European Union. 2+2 weeks.
2021, 2022 – ERASMUS+ Training and Teaching programs. Lublin University of Life Sciences (Lublin – Poland), Department of Animal Ethology and Wildlife Management. Granted by the European Union. 1+1 weeks.
2019 – Scientific research trip to Namibia. 2 weeks.
2018, 2019 – ERASMUS+ Training and Teaching programs. Technical University of Madrid (UPM) (Madrid – Spain). Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Department of Natural Resources and Systems. Granted by the European Union. 1+1 weeks.
2018 – Scientific research trip to Senegal. 2 weeks.
2018 – Invited teacher at the Summer School “Livestock-Wildlife interactions in Mongolia” held at the Forestry Research and Training Center in Udleg (Batsumber soum – Mongolia). Funded by People in Need. 2 weeks.
2017, 2018 – Invited researcher at the Strictly Protected Area Gobi B (Mongolia). Funded by Prague Zoo. 1+2 weeks.
2016 – Program for cooperation with foreign scientists. Universidad de la República (UdelaR) (Montevideo – Uruguay), Faculty of Veterinary, Department of Physiology. Granted by ANII. 4 weeks.
2016 – Invited teacher. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) (Albacete – Spain), Faculty of Agroforestry Science, Technology and Genetics, Department of Animal Production. Granted by UCLM. 2 weeks.
2015, 2017 – Invited researcher. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) (Albacete – Spain), Faculty of Agroforestry Science, Technology and Genetics, Department of Animal Production. Granted by UCLM. 6+6 weeks.
2014 – PROMETEO fellowship (senior researcher). Universidad Técnica Popular de Loja (UTPL) (Loja – Ecuador), Biological Area, Department of Natural Sciences. Granted by SENESCYT. 10 weeks.
2012, 2013, 2013, 2014, 2014, 2016, 2018 – ERASMUS+ Training and Teaching programs. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) (Albacete – Spain), Faculty of Agroforestry Science, Technology and Genetics, Department of Animal Production. Granted by the European Union. 2+2+2+2+2+1+1 weeks.
2008 – Fellowship to attend the “Summer School in Ecology And Biodiversity” at the Mammal Research Institute (MRI) (Białowieża – Poland). Granted by MRI. 1 week.
2005, 2008, 2010 – Scientific research trips to Morocco. 2+2+2 weeks.
