Position:
postdoktorand
Branch:
Department of Biodiversity Research
Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
V Jirchářích 149/6
Praha
110 00
Email:
korolyova.n@czechglobe.cz
Research Focus
Research focuses on the mechanisms underlying Norway spruce (Picea abies) resistance and resilience to bark beetle (Ips typographus) outbreaks under climate change. This research investigates tree survival, host selection, physiological and biochemical defence strategies, climate–growth relationships, and forest disturbance dynamics using dendrochronology, genomics, analytical chemistry, ecological modelling, remote sensing, and spatial analysis. It also addresses bark beetle-associated fungal and microbial communities, biodiversity responses to wind and bark beetle disturbances, and the development of adaptive forest management strategies for climate-resilient ecosystems.
Education
- Ph.D. in Forest Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic (2024)
- Master’s Degree in Accounting and Audit, Donetsk State University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine (2006) (summa cum laude)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Audit, Donetsk State University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine (2005) (summa cum laude)
2025 Summer School on Modelling Assisted Migration to adapt forests and ecosystem services to climate change, BFW/Evoltree/CZU, Forestry Training Center, FAST Traunkirchen, Austria.
2025 Course “Genomics of environmental adaptation”, ETH/Evoltree, WSL Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
2025 “Course of work with molecular data in R 2025”, Department of Botany of the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
2025 “Course of work in Linux command line not only for MetaCentrum 2025”, Department of Botany of the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
2024 Course in genetics and genomics of adaptation to climate change in plant populations, organized by Evoltree at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022 Course “Time Series Analysis using regression methods”, Highland Statistics Ltd., UK.
2022 7th International Training School in “Quantitative Wood Anatomy using ROXAS – from samples to data” organized by the TESAF department of Padova University and the WSL Dendrosciences Group, San Vito di Cadore (BL), Italy.
2022 Course “Statistical Genetics”, the 27th Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
2022 Course “Genetic Epidemiology”, the 27th Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
2022 Course “Association Mapping: GWAS and Sequencing Data”, the 27th Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
2022 Course “Introduction to Zero Inflated GLMs and GLMMs with R – Using frequentist tools, Highland Statistics, Ltd., Newburgh, UK.
2022 Course “Geocomputation and Visualisation in R”, Physalia-courses, Berlin, Germany.
2022 Course “Introduction to Regression Models with Spatial Correlation using R-INLA”, Highland Statistics, Ltd., Newburgh, UK.
2021 31st European Dendroecological Fieldweek, Sta. Maria, Val Müstair, Switzerland, organized by the Dendrolab of the The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland, in cooperation with Nature Park Biosfera Val Müstair, Switzerland.
2021 Course in “Introduction to Linear Mixed Effects Models and GLMM (frequentist version)”, Highland Statistics, Ltd., Newburgh, UK.
2021 Course “Circular Economy – Sustainable Materials Management” provided by the Lund University, EIT RawMaterials, VITO, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, National Technical University of Athens, Ghent University & Delft University of Technology.
2021 Science Communication course taught by Mark Sixsmith (Environmental English Ltd.), prof. Hynek Burda (CULS) and Dr. Pascal Malkemper (Max Planck Society at the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (CAESAR) in Bonn, Germany), FFWS CULS, Prague, Czech Republic.
2021 Workshop on writing a scientific paper, taught by prof. Fredrik Schlyter (SLU, Sweden), FFWS CULS, Prague, Czech Republic.
2020 Course in Adaptation Genomics, University of New Hampshire, USA; University Laval, Québec, Canada, organized by Physalia-Courses, Berlin, Germany.
2020 Course “Writing for Impact and Influence” organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences, Herndon, Virginia, USA.
2020 R Statistics Essentials Training Workshop taught by Rachel M. Pilla, Miami University Oxford, Ohio, USA, organized by Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station, Pennsylvania, USA.
2020 Course “Introduction to Bayesian hierarchical modelling using R”, organized by PS Statistics LTD, Great Britain.
2020 Genomics training session, Université Campus Hannah Arendt Avignon, France, 30th of January, 2020.
2019 Erasmus course “Ecological Data Processing”, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, CULS, Prague, Czech Republic.
2019 Erasmus course “Environmental Data Collection and Processing”, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, CULS, Prague, Czech Republic.
2019 Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis – Workshop for beginners, SEQme, Brno, Czech Republic.
2019 Introduction to Next-Generation Sequencing, SEQme, Brno, Czech Republic.
2019 Galaxy workshop “Introduction to Galaxy: a step towards cutting-edge research”, FFWS, CULS, Prague (Elixir).
Appointments
2024 – 2026: researcher, FORSOMICS project (EU Renewable Plan), the Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (project Coordinator), Zvolen, Slovakia.
2024 – present: researcher at CzechGlobe (Czech Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences), Prague, Czechia
2023 – 2026: project researcher and financial officer, RESDiNET project (Horizon Europe), the Institute of Forest Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (project Coordinator Institution), Zvolen, Slovakia.
2022 – 2023: Researcher, NAZV project, Excellent Team for Mitigation, the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences (FFWS), the Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czechia.
2018 – 2022: PhD student, EXTEMIT-K project, NAZV project, the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
2004 – 2014: Chief Accountant at Insurance Agency, Donetsk, Ukraine.
2010 – 2011, 2013 – 2014: Professor’s Assistant, Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine.
2007 – 2010: Post-graduate student, Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade, Donetsk, Ukraine.
Awards
2022 Rector’s Diploma for Best Publication (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czechia).
2005 Certificate for High Level of Knowledge in Accounting and Audit Practice (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Second Stage of the National Olympic Contest in Accounting and Audit, Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine.
2006 Diploma for High Achievements in Academic Research in Economic Sciences.
2005 Third Prize, All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference “Economic Analyses in Modern World”, Donetsk State University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine.
2005 Outstanding Graduate Award.
2004 Scholarship for Participation in the EERC/EROC Student Research Conference, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2002 First Prize in the English Olympic Contest, Donetsk State University of Economics and Trade, Ukraine.
2001 Winner of the Essay Competition “How to Best Learn a Foreign Language”, British Council, Donetsk, Ukraine.
Important research visits and fellowships
2025-2026 Scholarship of the Programme to Support Prospective Human Resources of the Academy Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
2020 Study stay at the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology of the Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.
2018 – 2021 Korf scholarship (Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czechia).
2009 – 2010 Scholarship of the President of Ukraine.
Brief scientometrics
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2228-5855
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Natalie-Korolyova
WoS: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AEA-8809-2022
H-index: 8
Number of published peer-reviewed papers: 18
