Protection

of Aquatic Ecosystems

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Study

Study in the doctoral study programme is based on the individual study plan. The departmental board usually orders a student to attend to 7 subjects on offer, based on the focus of the student's dissertation and the recommendation of the admissions committee. The tutor and the student can add up to 2 additional subjects.

All the students take exams in English (FCE, TOFEL - min 90 points, or IELTS - min 5,5 points).

International experience

The PhD student shall spend at least three months in a foreign department as an educational stay during the studies.

The student must participate in the international conference.

Professional practice

Students can attend up to 20 days of professional practice. You can get 1 credit for every 5 days of practice.

The practice consists in completing an internship or practicum at professional workplaces (operational, educational and research) that carry out activities that are in line with the objectives of the study and the graduate's profile.

Teaching

An individual study plan must also include at least 90 hours of pedagogic activities in the relevant field during the entire period of study.

Each student of the third and fourth grade is obliged to manage projects at summer schools.

Each student shall assist as a consultant of at least one bachelor, master or dissertation thesis during the study.

Dissertation

A doctoral student at the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters  (hereafter student) systematically works on the topic of his/her dissertation (hereafter DW) under the supervision of the supervisor (s) and consultant for the entire study period (1. - 4. year).
At the beginning of their studies, students elaborate a literature review to the subject of their dissertation in English (SS 1st year of study).
Every year until PhD thesis defense student shall present his/her progress and dissertation results in the seminar (1. - 4. year).
The student has to publish as a first author at least two articles in peer-reviewed journals indexed on Web of Science. Of these, at least one of the articles must be in a journal that is in the first quartile in the area to which it belongs, orat least two articles must be in the journals that are worst in the third quartile (evaluated by the impact factor of the journal by WoS). ln case, the journal is included in multiple categories, the arithmetic mean of the location of the journal in quartiles across categories is decisive. The journal must meet this criterion at least once in the last three years before the manuscript is accepted. The articles must address and be part of the dissertation topic. One of the outputs may be an overview article. Students need to be guided and made every effort to publish a coherent part of their own results in the third year of study.
The student must participate in an international conference.

List of superviosrs you can find here.

Ecology of Still and Running Waters
Examiner: Otakar Strunecký, Ph.D.

Toxicology Focused on Aquatic Organisms
Examiner: dr hab. Josef Velíšek, Ph.D.

Cycles of Elements in Aquatic Ecosystems and Their Catchments
Examiner: Prof. Jiří Kopáček, Ph.D,

Bioinformatics
Examiner: Petr Císař, Ph.D.

Applied Cellular and Molecular Biology
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Martin Pšenička, Ph.D.

Biological Invasions in Freshwater Ecosystems
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Antonín Kouba, Ph.D.

Ecological Status of Water Bodies
Examiner: RNDr. Bořek Drozd, Ph.D.

Sustainable Fishery Management in Open Waters
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Tomáš Randák, Ph.D.

Ecology of Freshwater Crustaceans and Clams
Examiner: Prof. Pavel Kozák, Ph.D.

Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Roman Grabic, Ph.D.

Environmental monitoring
Examiner: Ganna Fedorova, Ph.D.

Ethology of Aquatic Organisms
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Miloš Buřič, Ph.D.

Fish Pathology of Environmental Contaminants
Examiner: Eliška Zusková, Ph.D.

Immunology in Aquaculture
Examiner: Tomáš Korytář, Ph.D.

Omics Methods and Data Analyses
Examiner: Prof. Vladimír Žlábek, Ph.D.

Disorders of Endocrine System in Aquatic Animals
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Hana Kocour Kroupová, Ph.D.

Basics of Scientific Communications
Examiner: Assoc. Prof. Borys Dzyuba, Ph.D.

Departmental Board Chairman

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Vladimír Žlábek, Ph.D.
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389 25, Vodňany

Departmental Board member

Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Miloš Buřič, Ph.D.
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Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Roman Grabic, Ph.D.
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389 25, Vodňany

Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hana Kocour Kroupová, Ph.D.
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389 25, Vodňany

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Pavel Kozák, Ph.D.
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Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Tomáš Policar, Ph.D.
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Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Tomáš Randák, Ph.D.
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dr hab Dipl.-Ing. Josef Velíšek, Ph.D.
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Prof. RNDr. Luděk Bláha, Ph.D.
MU v Brně
Žerotínovo nám. 617/9
601 77 Brno

Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Pavel Drozd, Ph.D.
Ostravská univerzita
Dvořákova 7
701 03 Ostrava

Prof. Ing. Ondřej Slavík, Ph.D.
ČZU v Praze
Kamýcká 129
165 00, Praha-Suchdol

Prof. MVDr. Zdeňka Svobodová, CSc.
VFU v Brně
Palackého 1/3
612 42, Brno