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'''Currently adjunct professor at NHTI, Concord's Community College; starting as Assistant Professor of Biology at Assumption College in August 2016.''' <br>
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'''Website moving to [http://euastrum.wordpress.com].''' <br>
  
=== Current Position ===
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[[Image:Mauve.jpg|thumb|right|Synteny maps of mitochondrial genomes of Sphaeropleales with same-colored blocks indicating corresponding pieces: In one family, several rearrangements occurred between two representative genera, but in another family the genomes appear completely collinear (no rearrangements).]]
PhD. candidate<br>
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[http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5451 PEET] trainee <br>
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Advisor: [[Louise Lewis]]<br>
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Office: BioPharm 311A<br>
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Phone: (860) 486-1811<br>
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E-mail: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu <br>
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Dissertation Research: [[Systematics of Green Coccoid Algae: the Genus Bracteacoccus]]
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[[Image:vodnik.jpg|thumb|right|Karolina Fučíková, age 3, dressed up as an algae-covered water ghost]]
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===Previous Education ===
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==Previous Education and Experience ==
MS: <br>
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Postdoctoral associate: 2014-2015, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT <br>
2004 - 2006 <br>
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Estimating the Bayesian Phylogenetic Information Content of Systematic Data. <br>
John Carroll University <br>
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Advisors: [http://algae.uconn.edu/ Louise Lewis], [http://phylogeny.uconn.edu/ Paul Lewis]<br>
University Heights, OH <br>
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Postdoctoral Associate: 2012-2014, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT <br>  
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[http://marple.eeb.uconn.edu/gratolwww/ The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL) ] <br>
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Ph.D.:  2011, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5451 PEET] trainee <br>
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Dissertation: Monograph of the Genus ''Bracteacoccus'' (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with Systematic Clarification of Taxonomically Related Genera <br>
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Advisor: [[Louise Lewis]]
 
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Participation in the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in the Great Smoky Mountains [http://www.dlia.org/atbi (ATBI)]
 
  
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MS:  2006, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH <br>
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Participation in the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in the Great Smoky Mountains [http://www.dlia.org/atbi (ATBI)]
 
<br>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. <br>
 
<br>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. <br>
 
Advisor: [http://www.jcu.edu/biology/jeffjohansen.htm Jeff Johansen]
 
Advisor: [http://www.jcu.edu/biology/jeffjohansen.htm Jeff Johansen]
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Bc: <br>
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Bc: 2004, Jihočeská Univerzita, České Budějovice, Czech Republic <br>
2001 - 2004 <br>
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Jihočeská Univerzita <br>
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České Budějovice <br>
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Czech Republic <br>
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Bachelor's thesis: Microvegetation of the top of Roraima Tepui, with emphasis on the order Desmidiales.<br>
 
Bachelor's thesis: Microvegetation of the top of Roraima Tepui, with emphasis on the order Desmidiales.<br>
 
Advisor: [http://www.sinicearasy.cz/lidi/JanKastovsky Jan "Hanys" Kaštovský]
 
Advisor: [http://www.sinicearasy.cz/lidi/JanKastovsky Jan "Hanys" Kaštovský]
 
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== Research Interests ==
 
== Research Interests ==
*Systematics of coccoid green algae
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*Evolution of mitochondrial genomes
*Desmid taxonomy
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*Evolution of chloroplast genomes
*Subaerophytic algae; subaerial habitats
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*Diversity and spread of introns and intronic homing endonuclease genes
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*Systematics and diversity of green algae
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*Subaerophytic and terrestrial algae
 
*Algae from extreme environments
 
*Algae from extreme environments
  
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[[Image:Sporangium.jpg|thumb|left|''Bracteacoccus'' sp.: scanning electron micrograph of a sporangium prior to spore release]]
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00145.x 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.]<br>
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undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold<br>
* [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1656%2F1528-7092(2007)6%5B99%3ANASRFG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 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.]<br>
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* [http://uconn.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/algo/2008/00000126/00000001/art00003 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.] <br>
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* Fučíková, K., J.D. Hall, J.R. Johansen & R. Lowe. 2008. Bibliotheca Phycologica 113: Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 59 pp.  
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* [http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Scl23m3nMlXIu Fučíková K, Lewis PO, Lewis LA. In press. Chloroplast phylogenomic data from the green algal order Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) reveal complex patterns of sequence evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.]
  
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/novh/2009/00000088/F0020001/art00006 Fučíková, K. & J. Kaštovský. 2009. ''Vincularia roraimae'' (Zygnematophyceae, Desmidiales), gen. et sp. nov. from the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2):49-56.] <br>
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* [http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.247.3.1 Kaštovský J, Veselá J, Bohunická M, Fučíková K, Štenclová L, Brewer-Carías C. 2016. New species of cyanobacteria, green algae and diatoms from the table mountain Churí-tepui, Chimantá Massif (Venezuela). Phytotaxa 247(3): 153-180.]
  
* Johansen, J.R., L. Kováčik, D.A. Casamatta, K. Fučíková & J. Kaštovský. In press. Utility of 16S-23S ITS sequence and secondary structure for recognition of intrageneric and intergeneric limits within cyanobacterial taxa: ''Leptolyngbya corticola'' sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria). Nova Hedwigia. In press.
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeu.12253/abstract Fučíková K, Lahr DJG. 2016. Uncovering cryptic diversity in two amoebozoan species using complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63: 112-122.]
  
* Hall, J.D., K. Fučíková, C. Lo, L.A. Lewis & K.G. Karol. In review. Assessing proposed DNA barcodes in the green algae. Cryptogamie-Algologie (Special issue on DNA barcoding).
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*[http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12864-015-2056-5.pdf * Farwagi A, Fučíková K, McManus HA. 2015. Phylogenetic patterns of gene rearrangements in four mitochondrial genomes from the green algal family Hydrodictyaceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae). BMC Genomics 16: 826.]
  
* Fučíková, K., J.C. Rada & L.A. Lewis. In review. The tangled taxonomic history of ''Dictyococcus'', ''Bracteacoccus'', and ''Pseudomuriella'' (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia - in review.
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* [http://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6268 Fučíková K. 2015. A new record of the rare alga ''Pachycladella'' P. C. Silva (Chlorophyceae) in New England. Phytokeys 56: 19-27.]
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* Fučíková K. 2015. A new record of the rare freshwater red alga ''Tuomeya americana'' (Batrachospermaceae, Rhodophyta) from Connecticut. Rhodora 117: 342-353.
  
* Krautová, M., J.R. Johansen, K. Fučíková & M.P. Martin. In prep. ''Tapinothrix clintonii'' sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera. In prep.
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12293/abstract Fučíková K, Pažoutová M, Rindi F. 2015. Meiotic genes and sexual reproduction in the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 51: 419-430.]
  
* Kaštovský, J., K. Fučíková, T. Hauer & M. Krautová. In prep. Microvegetation on the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. In prep.
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* [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00046.1 Fučíková K, Johansen JR, Hall JD. 2015. Contribution to the desmid flora of Southeastern Maine. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 142: 166-178.]
  
* McManus, H.A., K. Fučíková, L.A. Lewis & P. Haugen. In prep. Invasion of protein coding genes by green algal ribosomal group I introns. In prep.
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/oik.01598/asset/oik1598.pdf?v=1&t=hz1ivvjd&s=211a60687b6f6610248d499aa466fab4a3dc2428 Urban M, Lewis LA, Fučíková K, '''Cordone A'''. 2015. Population of origin and environment interact to determine oomycete infections in spotted salamander populations. Oikos 124:274-284.]
  
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/evo.12644/asset/evo12644.pdf?v=1&t=iar3hrcs&s=17ca911c659db8a9a34a443c98d66e5e0a4d8bed Rangel TF, Colwell RK, Graves GR, Rahbek C, Fučíková K, Diniz-Filho JAF. 2015. Phylogenetic Uncertainty Revisited: Implications for Ecological Analyses. Evolution 69: 1301–1312.]
  
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* [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063 Fučíková K, Leliaert F, Cooper ED, Škaloud P, D'Hondt S, De Clerck O, Gurgel CFD, Lewis LA, Lewis PO, Lopez-Bautista JM, Delwiche CF, Verbruggen H. 2014. New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: 63.]
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pre.12062/abstract Fučíková K, Lewis PO, Lewis LA. 2014. Widespread desert affiliations of trebouxiophycean algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) including discovery of three new desert genera. Phycological Research 62: 294-305. DOI: 10.1111/pre.12062]
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* [http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/08/08/gbe.evu172.abstract Fučíková K, Lewis PO, González-Halphen D, Lewis LA. 2014. Gene arrangement convergence, diverse intron content, and genetic code modifications in mitochondrial genomes of Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 2170-2180.]
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.2014.50.issue-1/issuetoc Fučíková K, Lewis PO, Lewis LA. 2014. Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: a proposal for ten new families and three new genera in the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 50: 14-25.]
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* Fučíková K, Flechtner VR, Lewis LA. 2013. Revision of the genus ''Bracteacoccus'' Tereg (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on a phylogenetic approach. Nova Hedwigia 96:15-59.
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/jpy.12003/asset/jpy12003.pdf?v=1&t=ha11xlmt&s=2f7736daeac23277dd2d5e4ac92429a4885433a6 Tippery NP, Fučíková K, Lewis PO, Lewis LA. 2012. Probing the monophyly of the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae) using data from five genes. Journal of Phycology 48:1482-1493.]
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* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312001194 Rodriguez-Salinas E; Riveros-Rosas H, Li Z-K, Fučíková K, Brand JJ, Lewis LA, González-Halphen D. 2012. Lineage-specific fragmentation and nuclear relocation of the mitochondrial cox2 gene in chlorophycean green algae (Chlorophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 64:166–176.]
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* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F12-1-2012-07.pdf Fučíková K, Lewis LA. 2012. Intersection of ''Chlorella, Muriella'', and ''Bracteacoccus'': Resurrecting the genus ''Chromochloris'' Kol & Chodat (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Fottea 12(1):83-93.]
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* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790311004350 McManus HA, Fučíková K, Lewis LA, Haugen P. 2012. Invasion of protein coding genes by green algal ribosomal group I introns. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62(1):109-116.]
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* Fučíková K, '''Rada JC''', Lukešová A, Lewis LA. 2011. Cryptic Diversity within the Genus ''Pseudomuriella'' Hanagata (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Sphaeropleales) Assessed Using Four Barcode Markers. Nova Hedwigia 93:29-46.
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*[http://phycologia.org/doi/abs/10.2216/10-69.1 Fučíková K, '''Rada JC''', Lewis LA. 2011. The tangled taxonomic history of ''Dictyococcus'', ''Bracteacoccus'', and ''Pseudomuriella'' (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia 50:422-429.]
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* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F11-1-2011-17.pdf Kaštovský J, Fučíková K., Hauer T, Bohunická M. 2011. Microvegetation on the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Fottea 11(1): 171-186.]
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* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F11-1-2011-13.pdf Bohunická M, Johansen JR, Fučíková K. 2011. ''Tapinothrix clintonii'' sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera. Fottea 11(1): 127-140.]
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* Johansen JR, Kováčik L, Casamatta DA, Fučíková K, Kaštovský J. 2011. Utility of 16S-23S ITS sequence and secondary structure for recognition of intrageneric and intergeneric limits within cyanobacterial taxa: ''Leptolyngbya corticola'' sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria). Nova Hedwigia 92(3-4): 283-302.
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* [http://www.cryptogamie.com/pagint_en/recherche/affich_art.php?cid=464 Hall JD, Fučíková K, '''Lo C''', Lewis LA, Karol KG. 2010. An assessment of proposed DNA barcodes in freshwater green algae. Cryptogamie-Algologie 31(4): 529-555.]
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* Fučíková K, Kaštovský J. 2009. ''Vincularia roraimae'' (Zygnematophyceae, Desmidiales), gen. et sp. nov. from the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2):49-56. <br>
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* Fučíková K, Hall JD, Johansen JR, Lowe R. 2008. Bibliotheca Phycologica 113: Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 59 pp.
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* Johansen JR, Olsen CE, Lowe RL, Fučíková K, Casamatta DA.  2008.  ''Leptolyngbya'' species from selected seep walls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Algological Studies 126:21-36. <br>
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* [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1656%2F1528-7092(2007)6%5B99%3ANASRFG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Johansen JR, Lowe RL, Carty S, Fučiková K, Olsen CE, '''Fitzpatrick MH''', Ress JA, Furey PC. 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.]<br>
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* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00145.x Johansen JR, Fučíková K, '''Fitzpatrick MH''', Lowe RL.  2005.  The red algal genus ''Rhodospora'' (Bangiophycidae, Rhodophyta): first report from North America.  Journal of Phycology 41:1281-1283.]<br>
 
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==Teaching and Mentoring==
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==Teaching Experience==
Fall 2005 - Limnology at John Carroll University <br>
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'''Instructor'''
Summer 2007 - [http://homepages.uconn.edu/~aggison/SUMMER%20PROGRAM.html Summer Research Program for Minority Students] - [[Miracle Tali]], and work-study undergraduate [[Chien Lo]]<br>
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*Spring 2016 - Cell Biology (BIOL 260C + laboratory), NHTI, Concord's Community College <br>
Fall 2007 - BIOL 108 at UConn <br>
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*Fall 2013 – Modern Topics in Biology (BIOL 1109), Univ. of Connecticut. <br>
Fall 2008 - EEB 3250/5250 at UConn - see [[Biology of the Algae Lab]]<br>
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'''Teaching Assistant''' <br>
Fall 2008 - Spring 2010 - mentor for UConn undergraduate student Jared Rada (independent study)
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*Fall 2008, Fall 2010 – Biology of the Algae (EEB 3250/5250), Univ. of Connecticut.
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*Fall 2007 –  Principles of Biology (BIOL 1108), Univ. of Connecticut.
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*Fall 2005 – Limnology (BL 424), John Carroll Univ.
  
==Service and Leadership==
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==Mentoring Experience==
2008 - present: COO of [[Green Grads]] <br>
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*Fall 2014-2015 - undergraduate Marie Canieso, Univ. of Connecticut.
2008 - co-organizer of UConn's Give&Go program <br>
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*Summer 2012 – Spring 2014 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis "Species Identification of Oomycete Infections in New England Salamander Eggs"; 1 coauthored publication).
2009 - COO of the EEB [[Graduate Student Association]] <br>
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*Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research).
2009 - 2010: grad student representative for UConn's Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC) <br>
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*Fall 2009 – undergraduate Carissa Kerpen, Univ. of Connecticut.
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*Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 – undergraduate Jared Rada, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $415 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research; 2 coauthored publications).
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*Summer 2007 – REU program, Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Chien Lo (1 coauthored publication).
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*Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali
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[[Image:Evening_Burlington.jpg|thumb|right|At Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT]]
  
[[Category:EEB Graduate Students|Fucikova]]  [[Category:EEB People|Fucikova]]
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==Service, Leadership & Outreach==
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2008 - 2010: COO of Green Grads <br>
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2008, 2009, 2010 - co-organizer of UConn's Give&Go program <br>
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2009 - COO of the EEB [[Graduate Student Association]] <br>
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2010 - 2011: CFO of the EEB [[Graduate Student Association]] <br>
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2010 - 2011: senator in the UConn Graduate Student Senate; member of the GSS Finance Committee <br>
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2009 - 2011: grad student representative for UConn's Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC) <br>
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2007, 2009 - Connecticut Bioblitz participant<br>
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2013 - [http://whitememorialbioblitz.blogspot.com/ White Memorial Bioblitz] participant<br>
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2012, 2014 - [http://www.berkshirebioblitz.org/ Berkshire Bioblitz] participant<br>
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2015 - Barrows Bioblitz participant, UConn Bioblitz organizer <br>
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2016 - CT State Bioblitz co-organizer <br>
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Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Polish Polar Research, Phytotaxa, and Fottea.<br>
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Adirondack Marathon pace group leader (4hrs45min in [http://www.adirondackmarathon.org/2013-pace-bear-team/ 2013], 4hrs in 2014, 4:15 in 2015).
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[[Category:EEB Postdoctoral Associates|Fucikova]]  [[Category:EEB People|Fucikova]]

Latest revision as of 00:21, 28 February 2016

Currently adjunct professor at NHTI, Concord's Community College; starting as Assistant Professor of Biology at Assumption College in August 2016.
Website moving to [1].

Synteny maps of mitochondrial genomes of Sphaeropleales with same-colored blocks indicating corresponding pieces: In one family, several rearrangements occurred between two representative genera, but in another family the genomes appear completely collinear (no rearrangements).

Previous Education and Experience

Postdoctoral associate: 2014-2015, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Estimating the Bayesian Phylogenetic Information Content of Systematic Data.
Advisors: Louise Lewis, Paul Lewis

Postdoctoral Associate: 2012-2014, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL)

Ph.D.: 2011, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, PEET trainee
Dissertation: Monograph of the Genus Bracteacoccus (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with Systematic Clarification of Taxonomically Related Genera
Advisor: Louise Lewis

MS: 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: 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
  • Subaerophytic and terrestrial algae
  • Algae from extreme environments


Bracteacoccus sp.: scanning electron micrograph of a sporangium prior to spore release

Publications

undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold

  • Fučíková K, Flechtner VR, Lewis LA. 2013. Revision of the genus Bracteacoccus Tereg (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on a phylogenetic approach. Nova Hedwigia 96:15-59.
  • Fučíková K, Rada JC, Lukešová A, Lewis LA. 2011. Cryptic Diversity within the Genus Pseudomuriella Hanagata (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Sphaeropleales) Assessed Using Four Barcode Markers. Nova Hedwigia 93:29-46.
  • Johansen JR, Kováčik L, Casamatta DA, Fučíková K, Kaštovský J. 2011. Utility of 16S-23S ITS sequence and secondary structure for recognition of intrageneric and intergeneric limits within cyanobacterial taxa: Leptolyngbya corticola sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria). Nova Hedwigia 92(3-4): 283-302.
  • Fučíková K, Kaštovský J. 2009. Vincularia roraimae (Zygnematophyceae, Desmidiales), gen. et sp. nov. from the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2):49-56.
  • Fučíková K, Hall JD, Johansen JR, Lowe R. 2008. Bibliotheca Phycologica 113: Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 59 pp.
  • Johansen JR, Olsen CE, Lowe RL, Fučíková K, Casamatta DA. 2008. Leptolyngbya species from selected seep walls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Algological Studies 126:21-36.


Teaching Experience

Instructor

  • Spring 2016 - Cell Biology (BIOL 260C + laboratory), NHTI, Concord's Community College
  • 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

  • Fall 2014-2015 - undergraduate Marie Canieso, Univ. of Connecticut.
  • Summer 2012 – Spring 2014 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis "Species Identification of Oomycete Infections in New England Salamander Eggs"; 1 coauthored publication).
  • Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research).
  • 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
At Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT

Service, Leadership & Outreach

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)
2007, 2009 - Connecticut Bioblitz participant
2013 - White Memorial Bioblitz participant
2012, 2014 - Berkshire Bioblitz participant
2015 - Barrows Bioblitz participant, UConn Bioblitz organizer
2016 - CT State Bioblitz co-organizer
Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Polish Polar Research, Phytotaxa, and Fottea.
Adirondack Marathon pace group leader (4hrs45min in 2013, 4hrs in 2014, 4:15 in 2015).