Vojtech Novotny#
| Membership Number: | 4748 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/staff/profile/385-vojtechnovotny |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - 2018 Head of the Department of Ecology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- 2005 - 2018 Professor of Ecology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- 1997 - 2018 Director, New Guinea Binatang Research Center, Madang, Papua New Guinea
- 1998 - 2005 Associate Professor, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- 1996 - 1997 Visiting Researcher (Fulbright Fellow), Bishop Museum, Honolulu, USA
- 1994 - 2002 Researcher, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- 1994 - 1998 Assistant Professor, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- 1993 - 1994 Postdoctoral Researcher (Royal Society Fellow), University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Tropical ecology
- Biodiversity conservation
- Plant-insect interactions
- Insect herbivores
- Forest ecology
- Food webs
- Biodiversity
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Marsh Award for Insect Conservation
- 2015 Advanced Grant #669609, European Research Council
- 2014 and 2004 Chairman's Award for Research Excellency, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2009 Elected member of The Learned Society of the Czech Republic (= National Academy)
- 2002 Otto Wichterle Award for Outstanding Young Researchers, Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2001 and 1995 The Otto Kinne Foundation Fellowship, Germany
- 1999 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 1998 J. W. Fulbright Fellowship
- 1993 The Royal Society Fellowship
