RESEARCHERS
Federico Morelli is a quantitative ecologist. He has been involved in several European projects modelling the impact of land use and climate change on spatial distribution of biodiversity. The main focus of his research interests are macro ecology, species distribution models, landscape metrics and biodiversity patterns and bioindicators useful for conservation planning.
Yanina Benedetti is an ecologist focused on the conservation and ecological processes of biological communities under anthropogenic disturbances influencing the spatial and temporal distribution of biodiversity.
Marketa Zarybnicka is an ecologist focused on citizen science, animal ecology, dynamics of animal populations, predator-prey dynamics, reproductive and feeding strategy, geographical gradient in animal reproduction, habitat preferences.
Dilara Arslan (in CEC during 2022-2024) is an ecologist focused on the conservation of amphibians and animal ecology, who finished her PhD studies in community ecology at Tour du Valat Research Institute and l'Université d'Avignon in France.
FORMER PHD
Petra Kadlecova PhD focused on the effectivennes of protected areas network in the Czech Republic.
Kristina Floigl PhD focused on the temporal changes in avian communities in protected areas. Also interested in studying the efficiency of protected areas in biodiversity conservation.
Farah Abou Zeid PhD focused on urbanization effects on avian diversity and animal behaviour, with a special interest on corvid species reactions to potential predators.
PHD STUDENTS
Anastasia Sireckaia PhD student focused on the spatial distribution of the Greater Flamingo in the Mediterranean basin.
Yiming Deng PhD student focused on urbanization effects on biodiversity, with a special attention on human-wildlife interactions and the main effects of roadkills on the conservation of wildlife communities.
GUEST RESEARCHERS
Shawan Chowdhury is a researcher, currently working at the University of Adelaide (Australia) in biodiversity conservation and insects migration.
Stefan Schindler is a researcher, working in biodiversity and nature conservation in the Environment Agency Austria.
Corey T. Callaghan is a researcher from the USA, mainly focused on the use of citizen science in ecology and conservation, currently working on iDiv, Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany.
Piotr Tryjanowski is a professor and director of the Institute of Zoology at Poznan University of Life Sciences. His research interest includes mainly ecology of vertebrates, with particular attention to the effect of climate and environmental changes on birds and mammals.