Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Doc. RNDr. Zdeňka Lososová, Ph.D. Maiden name: Ondráčková Date and place of birth: 22. 4. 1966, Brno Sex: female Citizenship: CZ Permanent residence: Czech Republic

Department

• Department of Botany and Zoology

Employment - Position

• Associate Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2010 Associate Professor of Botany, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2003 Ph.D., Botany, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno
• 1998 PhD study started after the maternity leave
• 1990 RNDr., Education of biology Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
• 1989 Mathematics and Biology, UJEP (currently Masaryk University, Brno)

Employment

• since 2013: Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
• 2008–2013: Head of Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno
• 1998–2013: Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno
• 1991–1997 maternity leave
• 1989–1991 teacher of mathematics and biology; ZŠ Horní, Brno

Teaching Activities

• I am a guarantee of the bachelor and master study programs focused on Biology with a view to Education and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology. I am a member of doctoral committees in Botany and Ecology and Masaryk University (MUNI) and previously I served as an external member of the doctoral committee of Biology at the University of Ostrava. Additionally, I am a member of the program board for programmes named Biology with a view to Education and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (MUNI).
• I am chairperson for Bachelor and Master state exams in programmes Biology with a view to Education and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology Faculty of Science, MUNI. I am member of the committee for master state exams in Nature Protection, Faculty of Science, MUNI

Scientific and Research Activities

• I am a botanist and a plant community ecologist with both practical and theoretical experiences in the field of community ecology, urban ecology, ecology of European habitats, particularly ecology of human made habitats, and macroecological studies. My research focuses om understanding biodiversity patterns, especially in functional and phylogenetic diversity of plant communities. I have extensive experience in fieldwork and analyses of large vegetation-plot databases across various spatial scales, regions and vegetation types.
• • I lead a project investigating the diversity of plant communities in urban environments and their impact on residents‘ lives.
• • I led a project studying emerging urban plant communities in Europe. analysing their structure across different climatic regions of Europe, projecting potential changes in urban plant communities under global change, and identifying key drivers of these changes. Our findings, showing that native and alien species respond similarly to climatic factors, were published in leading ecological journals.
• • I initiated and managed a floristic survey of Brno, compiling a database of approximately 70,000 records, now available for studying urban biodiversity. The results were published in early 2024.
• • As a member of the sDIV team led by Christopher Swan, I contributed to research on the functional diversity of urban plant communities, resulting in several joint publications, including one synthesis paper.
• • I am a member of the sCUBIC consortium (Synthesizing Global Urban Biological Invasion Knowledge), which studies species invasion in cities worldwide. This collaboration has led to high-impact publications.
• • I collaborated with Franz Essl’s team (University of Vienna) on predicting future emerging weeds in Central Europe.
• • I contributed to the development of the Pladias database, specifically the functional trait section.
• • I participated in the Biodiversa FeedBacks project, which examines interactions between vegetation and climate. My role involved developing a European plant dispersal database, published in Global Ecology and Biodiversity.
• • I contributed data to the global plant trait database TRY.

University Activities

• I hosted one postdoc. Charlotte Ndibire, and supervised several Erasmus students mainly from Italy, and Hungary. My collaboration with Erasmus student Tamás Wirth from Pésc was positively evaluated by the rector of University of Pécs.

Activities Outside University

• For four years, I served as an external member of the doctoral committee of Biology at the University of Ostrava.
• In the years 2019-2023, I have been a panelist in panel 505 of the GAČR.
• Membership in societies: International Asociation for Vegetation Science (since 2023 member of the council).
• Editorial work: Associate Editor/Member of Editorial Board (Phytocoenologia 2015-2019, Urban Ecosystem 2021-2023, Vegetation Survey and Classification 2020-, Applied Vegetation Science 2017-).

Awards Related to Science and Research

• My project 18-02773S, “Evolutionary determinants of disconnected phylogenetic and functional diversity in European plant communities,” was nominated by panel 505 for the Czech Science Foundation President’s Award for Outstanding Research.

Major Publications

• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka, Lubomír TICHÝ, Jan DIVÍŠEK, Natálie ČEPLOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Pavel DŘEVOJAN, Karel FAJMON, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, Veronika KALUSOVÁ, Pavel NOVÁK, Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK, Tamás WIRTH and Milan CHYTRÝ. Projecting potential future shifts in species composition of European urban plant communities. Diversity and Distributions. Wiley, 2018, vol. 24, No 6, p. 765-775. ISSN 1366-9516. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12725. URL info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka, Milan CHYTRÝ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Karel FAJMON, Ondřej HÁJEK, Kateřina KINTROVÁ, Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ and Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK. Biotic homogenization of Central European urban floras depends on residence time of alien species and habitat types. Biological Conservation. 2012, vol. 145, No 1, p. 179-184. ISSN 0006-3207. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.11.003. URL info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka, Milan CHYTRÝ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Karel FAJMON, Ondřej HÁJEK, Kateřina KINTROVÁ, Ingolf KÜHN, Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ and Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK. Native and alien floras in urban habitats: a comparison across 32 cities of central Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, vol. 21, No 5, p. 545-555. ISSN 1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00704.x. URL info
• ŠUMBEROVÁ, Kateřina, Michal DUCHÁČEK and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ. Life-history traits controlling the survival of Tillaea aquatica: a threatened wetland plant species in intensively managed fishpond landscapes of the Czech Republic. Hydrobiologia. Holandsko: Springer Netherlands, 2012, vol. 689, No 1, p. 91-110. ISSN 0018-8158. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0857-3. info
• AXMANOVÁ, Irena, Milan CHYTRÝ, David ZELENÝ, Ching-Feng LI, Marie VYMAZALOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Michal HORSÁK, Martin KOČÍ, Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Vasiliy B. MARTYNENKO, El’vira Z. BAISHEVA, Brigitte SCHUSTER and Martin DIEKMANN. The species richness–productivity relationship in the herb layer of European deciduous forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2012, vol. 21, No 6, p. 657-667. ISSN 1466-822X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00707.x. URL info
• CHYTRÝ, Milan, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Michal HORSÁK, Bohuslav UHER, Tomáš ČEJKA, Jiří DANIHELKA, Karel FAJMON, Ondřej HÁJEK, Lucie JUŘÍČKOVÁ, Kateřina KINTROVÁ, Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Vladimír ŘEHOŘEK and Lubomír TICHÝ. Dispersal limitation is stronger in communities of microorganisms than macroorganisms across Central European cities. Journal of Biogeography. 2012, vol. 39, No 6, p. 1101-1111. ISSN 0305-0270. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02664.x. URL info
• HORSÁK, Michal, Milan CHYTRÝ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Martin KOČÍ, Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ and Lubomír TICHÝ. Snail faunas in the Southern Ural forests and their relations to vegetation: an analogue of the Early Holocene assemblages of Central Europe? Journal of Molluscan Studies. 2010, vol. 76, No 1, p. 1-10. ISSN 0260-1230. URL info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka and Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ. Differences in trait compositions between rocky natural and artificial habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, vol. 21, No 3, 11 pp. ISSN 1100-9233. info
• CHYTRÝ, Milan, Jiří DANIHELKA, Michal HORSÁK, Martin KOČÍ, Svatava KUBEŠOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Lubomír TICHÝ, Vasiliy B. MARTYNENKO and El'vira Z. BAISHEVA. Modern analogues from the Southern Urals provide insights into biodiversity change in the early Holocene forests of Central Europe. Journal of Biogeography. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, vol. 37, No 4, p. 767-780. ISSN 0305-0270. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02256.x. Fulltext on Wiley Online Library info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka. Doprovodné rostliny (Associated plants). In Agroekologie: východiska pro udržitelné zemědělské hospodaření. Olomouc: Bioinstitut, o.p.s. Olomouc, 2010, p. 249-262. ISBN 978-80-8731-10-7. info
• CIMALOVÁ, Šárka and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ. Arable weed vegetation of the northeastern part of the Czech Republic: effect of environmental factors on species composition. Plant Ecology. Netherlands: Springer, 2009, vol. 203, No 1, p. 45-57. ISSN 1385-0237. info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka and Vít GRULICH. Chorological spectra of arable weed vegetation types in the Czech Republic. Phytocoenologia. Berlin-Stuttgart, 2009, vol. 39, No 2, p. 235-252, 8 pp. ISSN 0340-269X. info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka and Šárka CIMALOVÁ. Effects of different cultivation types on native and alien weed species richness and diversity in Moravia (Czech Republic). Basic and Applied Ecology. Germany: Elsevier, 2009, vol. 10, No 5, p. 456-465. ISSN 1439-1791. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2008.11.001. URL info
• LÁNÍKOVÁ, Deana and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ. Rocks and walls: natural versus secondary habitats. Folia Geobotanica. Průhonice: Institute of Botany, 2009, vol. 44, No 3, p. 263-280. ISSN 1211-9520. URL info
• CHYTRÝ, Milan, Deana LÁNÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, Jiří SÁDLO, Zdenka OTÝPKOVÁ, Martin KOČÍ, Petr PETŘÍK, Kateřina ŠUMBEROVÁ, Zdenka NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, Petra HÁJKOVÁ, Michal HÁJEK, Štěpánka KRÁLOVÁ, Katrin KARIMOVÁ, Jiří DANIHELKA, Lubomír TICHÝ, Dana MICHALCOVÁ, Ondřej HÁJEK and Klára KUBOŠOVÁ. Vegetace České republiky 2. Ruderální, plevelová, skalní a suťová vegetace (Vegetation of the Czech Republic 2. Ruderal, weed, rock and scree vegetation). Praha: Academia, 2009, 520 pp. Vegetace České republiky 2. ISBN 978-80-200-1769-7. info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka, Milan CHYTRÝ and Ingolf KÜHN. Plant attributes determining the regional abundance od weeds on central European arable land. Journal of Biogeography. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2008, vol. 35, No 1, p. 177-187. ISSN 0305-0270. URL info
• SIMONOVÁ, Deana and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ. Which factors determine plant invasions in man-made habitats in the Czech Republic? Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. Zürich: Elsevier, 2008, vol. 10, No 2, p. 89-100. ISSN 1433-8319. info
• LOSOSOVÁ, Zdeňka and Deana SIMONOVÁ. Changes during the 20th century in species composition of synanthropic vegetation in Moravia (Czech Republic). Preslia. Praha: Česká botanická společnost, 2008, vol. 80, No 3, p. 291-305. ISSN 0032-7786. info

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