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− | Fall 2008 | + | *Fall 2008, Fall 2010 – Biology of the Algae (EEB 3250/5250), Univ. of Connecticut. |
− | Fall | + | *Fall 2007 – Principles of Biology (BIOL 1108), Univ. of Connecticut. |
− | + | *Fall 2005 – Limnology (BL 424), John Carroll Univ. | |
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+ | ==Mentoring Experience== | ||
+ | *Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research). | ||
+ | *Summer 2012 – Fall 2013 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis Spring, Summer, and Fall 2013). | ||
+ | *Fall 2009 – undergraduate Carissa Kerpen, Univ. of Connecticut. | ||
+ | *Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 – undergraduate Jared Rada, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $415 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research; 2 coauthored publications). | ||
+ | *Summer 2007 – REU program, Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Chien Lo (1 coauthored publication). | ||
+ | *Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali | ||
==Service and Leadership== | ==Service and Leadership== |
Revision as of 14:03, 18 December 2013
Contents
Current Position
Postdoctoral associate
University of Connecticut
Office: BioPharm 311A
Phone: (860) 486-1811
E-mail: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu
Research project: The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL)
Advisor: Louise Lewis
Previous Education
Ph.D.:
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
PEET trainee
Dissertation: Monograph of the Genus Bracteacoccus (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with Systematic Clarification of Taxonomically Related Genera
Dissertation Research Page: Systematics of Green Coccoid Algae: the Genus Bracteacoccus
Advisor: Louise Lewis
MS:
2004 - 2006
John Carroll University
University Heights, OH
Participation in the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in the Great Smoky Mountains (ATBI)
Master's thesis: Algae and Cyanobacteria of Selected Subaerial Habitats in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., and Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Advisor: Jeff Johansen
Bc:
2001 - 2004
Jihočeská Univerzita
České Budějovice
Czech Republic
Bachelor's thesis: Microvegetation of the top of Roraima Tepui, with emphasis on the order Desmidiales.
Advisor: Jan "Hanys" Kaštovský
Research Interests
- Evolution of mitochondrial genomes
- Evolution of chloroplast genomes
- Diversity and spread of introns and intronic homing endonuclease genes
- Systematics and diversity of green algae
- Desmid taxonomy
- Subaerophytic and terrestrial algae
- Algae from extreme environments
Publications
- Johansen, J.R., K. Fučíková, M.H. Fitzpatrick, and R.L. Lowe. 2005. The red algal genus Rhodospora (Bangiophycidae, Rhodophyta): first report from North America. Journal of Phycology 41:1281-1283.
- Johansen, J.R., R. L. Lowe, S. Carty, K. Fučiková, C. E. Olsen, M. H. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Ress, and P. C. Furey. 2007. New Algal Species Records for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with an Annotated Checklist of all Reported Algal Taxa for The Park. Southeastern Naturalist 6(sp1):99-134.
- Johansen, J.R., C.E. Olsen, R.L. Lowe, K. Fučíková & D.A. Casamatta. 2008. Leptolyngbya species from selected seep walls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Algological Studies 126:21-36.
- K. Fučíková, P.O. Lewis & L.A. Lewis. In press. Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: a proposal for ten new families and three new genera in the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology.
- K. Fučíková, P.O. Lewis & L.A. Lewis. In revision. Widespread desert affiliations of trebouxiophycean algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) including discovery of three new desert genera. Phycological Research.
Teaching Experience
Instructor
- Fall 2013 – Modern Topics in Biology (BIOL 1109), Univ. of Connecticut.
Teaching Assistant
- Fall 2008, Fall 2010 – Biology of the Algae (EEB 3250/5250), Univ. of Connecticut.
- Fall 2007 – Principles of Biology (BIOL 1108), Univ. of Connecticut.
- Fall 2005 – Limnology (BL 424), John Carroll Univ.
Mentoring Experience
- Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research).
- Summer 2012 – Fall 2013 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis Spring, Summer, and Fall 2013).
- Fall 2009 – undergraduate Carissa Kerpen, Univ. of Connecticut.
- Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 – undergraduate Jared Rada, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $415 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research; 2 coauthored publications).
- Summer 2007 – REU program, Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Chien Lo (1 coauthored publication).
- Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali
Service and Leadership
2008 - 2010: COO of Green Grads
2008, 2009, 2010 - co-organizer of UConn's Give&Go program
2009 - COO of the EEB Graduate Student Association
2010 - 2011: CFO of the EEB Graduate Student Association
2010 - 2011: senator in the UConn Graduate Student Senate; member of the GSS Finance Committee
2009 - 2011: grad student representative for UConn's Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC)
Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, and Fottea.