Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Branch: Department of Matters and Energy Fluxes
Workplace: ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.Bělidla 4aBrno603 00
Email: sigut.l@czechglobe.cz
Phone: +420 511 192 286
Research Focus
- Plant ecophysiology
- Micrometeorology
- Plant response and acclimation to meteorological factors
- Plant response to stress / climate extremes
- Development and application of processing methods for regularly collected data
- Application of eddy covariance method in the mountainous terrain
- Fluxes of matter and energy (eddy covariance method)
- Phenology (phenocamera and field observations)
- Respiration of ecosystem components (chamber measurements)
- Combinations with other auxiliary measurements (biomass inventory, LAI, etc.)
Education
- 2012 – 2016: Structured graduate programme MICMoR, Associate MICMoR Fellow (http://www.micmor.kit.edu/)
- 2011 – 2016: PhD. studies of Biophysics: Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava (PhD. thesis: Analysis of daily courses of GPP and NPP estimated by eddy covariance method in mountain forest ecosystems in the Czech Republic)
- 2009 – 2011: M.Sc. studies of Biophysics: Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava (M.Sc. thesis: Response of assimilatory processes of selected tree species to interaction of different temperature, irradiance and CO2 concentration)
- 2006 – 2009: Bc. studies of Biophysics: Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava (Bc. thesis: Analysis of Norway spruce adaptability to different radiation and temperature regimes)
Awards
2017: First place in The Competition for the Best Dissertation Defended in 2016; Category: Raw materials, energy and the environment (http://progres3.vsb.cz/en/news/).
2016: MICMoR Programme Alumni
2009: University of Ostrava Chancellor´s Award for long-term participation on grants for the Biophysics Department, participation in organization of the Táhni! chess tournament and responsible approach towards faculty´s representational activities.
Important research visits and fellowships
09/2020 – 10/2020: Research Stay in Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemical Integration Department, Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions and Experimentation Group (supervision of Mirco Migliavacca)
2013: Research Stay in University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), Micrometeorology and biogeochemical cycles (Helsinki, Finland; supervision of Ivan Mammarella, Mar-May, Sep-Nov)
Brief scientometrics
ResearcherID: B-4382-2013 (http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-4382-2013)