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Born: 1 October 1968 in Chrudim, Czech Republic Department of Ecology and Environment, Palacky University Phone: ++ 42 58 5634569 Education | Professional Experience | Areas of Comptetence | Current Research Activity | Teaching Activities | Selected Publications |
- MSc. - studies (1987-1992) Palacky University, Olomouc (CZ), Faculty of Natural Sciences
- MSc. degree in „Systematic biology and ecology with emphasis on hydrobiology“
- Ph.D. – studies (1992-1998) in Ecology, Palacky University, Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Associate Professor (Doc.) in Hydrobiology – 2005, Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Natural Sciences
- since 1992 scientific worker, 1996-2005 senior lecturer at the Palacky University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- since 2005 associate professor of Hydrobiology, Palacky University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- since December 2007 – head of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc
applied hydrobiology, ecology of running waters, aquatic microbial ecology, microbial biofilms, cycling of organic carbon in waters
Author of several expert opinions in nature conservation and water management
- role of river hyporheic sediments in organic carbon cycling
- utilisation of modern biochemical and molecular methods in detection of microbial biofilms in natural and man-made environments
- methane and CO2 dynamics in running waters
courses of „Hydrobiology“, „Water ecosystems“, „Applied hydrobiology“, “Aquatic microbial ecology”, „Hydrobiological methods”, Field hydrobiological course I (reservoir limnology) and II (running water ecology), partially “Zoological and hydrobiological monitoring”, partially “Practice in identifications of invertebrates”
Supervisor of more than 110 successfully defended bachelor‘s and diploma theses and 7 Ph.D. students
Member of the Advisory board for Ph.D. studium in Hydrobiology at the Masaryk University in Brno, Charles University in Prague and South Bohemian University in České Budějovice (all in Czech Republic), Member of the Advisory board for Ph.D. studium in Ecology at the Palacky University in Olomouc
Selected publications of last 5 years (List of publications)
Bednařík A, Čáp L, Maier V, Rulík M (2015): Contribution of methane benthic and atmospheric fluxes of an experimental area (Sitka Stream). Clean – Soil, Air, Water 43: 1136–1142
Mach V, Blaser MB, Claus P, Chaudhary PP, Rulík M (2015): Methane production potentials, pathways, and communities of methanogens in vertical sediments profiles of river Sitka. Front Microbiol 6: 506. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00506
Brablcová L, Buriánková I, Badurová P, Chaudhary PP, Rulík M (2015): Methanogenic archaea diversity in hyporheic sediments of a small lowland stream. Anaerobe 32: 24–31
Chaudhary PP, Wright ADG, Brablcová L, Buriánková I, Bednařík A, Rulík M (2014): Dominance of Methanosarcinales phylotypes and depth-wise distribution of methanogenic community in fresh water sediments of Sitka stream from Czech Republic. Curr Microbiol 69: 809-916
Buriánková I, Brablcová L, Mach V, Dvořák P, Chaudhary PP, Rulík M (2013): Identification of methanogenic archaea in the hyporheic sediments of Sitka stream. PloS ONE 8(11): e80804, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080804
Chaudhary PP, Brablcová L, Buriánková L, Rulík M (2013): Molecular diversity and tools for deciphering the methanogen community structure and diversity in freshwater sediments. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97: 7553-7562
Rulík M, Bednařík A, Mach V, Brablcová L, Buriánková I, Badurová P, Gratzová K (2013): Methanogenic system of a small lowland stream Sitka, Czech Republic. Pp. 395-426. In: Matovic MD (2013): Biomass now – Cultivation and Utilization, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, 448 pp., http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/52718
Buriánková I, Brablcová L, Mach V, Hýblová A, Badurová P, Cupalová J, Čáp L, Rulík M (2012): Methanogens and methanotrophs distribution in the hyporheic sediments of a small lowland stream. Fund Appl Limnol 181: 87–102