I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Čerňanský

I.2 - Name

Andrej

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1984

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Department of Ecology

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Faculty of natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia

I.7 - Position

Assistant professor

I.8 - E-mail address

cernansky3@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25860

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Ecological and Environmental Sciences

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8920-2503; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-026X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2005

II.c - Study field and programme

Geology, Paleontology

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2007

II.c - Study field and programme

Geology, Paleontology

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava

II.b - Year

2011

II.c - Study field and programme

Paleontology; General geology and Tectonics

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
postdoc, Schwartz scholarship	Earth science institute SAS	2011-2015
research postdoc, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship	Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main	2012-2014
researcher	Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity	anuary 2015-January 2016
esearcher, teacher	Comenius University in Bratislava	January 2016 - present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other	IV.b - Name of the institution	IV.c - Year
the class of the VolumeGraphics Studio in Heidelberg, finished with a certificate	VolumeGraphics Studio	2012
the class of German language finished with a certificate	DID Deutsch Istitute, Frankfurt am main, Germany	2012

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.1.a - Name of the profile course	V.1.b - Study programme	V.1.c - Degree	V.1.d - Field of study
The evolution of ecosystems	Biology	I.	Biology

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Geology for ecologists	Ecology	II.	Ecological and Environmental Sciences

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

285

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

197

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

285

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

189

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Čerňanský A, Herrel A, Kibii J.M., Anderson Ch.V., Boistel R. & Lehmann T. 2020: The only complete articulated early Miocene chameleon skull (Rusinga Island, Kenya) suggests an African origin for Madagascar’s endemic chameleons. Scienrific Reports 10:109

Daza J. D., Stanley E. L., Bolet A., Bauer A.M., Arias J.S., Čerňanský A., Bevitt J.J., Wagner P., Evans S.E. 2020: Enigmatic amphibians in Mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like and had ballistic feeding. Science 10.1126/science.abb6005.

Čerňanský A. 2019: The first potential fossil record of a dibamid reptile (Squamata: Dibamidae): a new taxon from the early Oligocene of Central Mongolia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187:782-799

Čerňanský, A., Augé, M.L. 2013: New species of the genus Plesiolacerta (Squamata: lacertidae) from the upper Oligocene (MP 28) of Southern Germany and a revision of the type species Plesiolacerta lydekkeri. Palaeontology 56: 79-94.

Čerňanský, A., 2010. A revision of chamaeleonids from the Lower Miocene of the Czech Republic with description of a new species of Chamaeleo (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Geobios, 43: 605-614.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Čerňanský, A., Smith, K.T. 2018: Eolacertidae: a new extinct clade of lizards from the Palaeogene; with comments on the origin of

the dominant European reptile group – Lacertidae. Historical Biology 30:7, 994-1014.

Čerňanský, A., Klembara, J., Smith, K.T. 2016: Fossil lizard from central Europe resolves the origin of large body size and herbivory in giant Canary Island

lacertids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 176: 861-877.

Čerňanský, A., Syromyatnikova EV. 2019: The first Miocene fossils of Lacerta cf. trilineata. (Squamata, Lacertidae) with a comparative study of the main cranial osteological differences in green lizards and their relatives. PlosOne E 14(8):e0216191.

Smith, K.T., Čerňanský, A., Scanferla, A., Schaal, S.F.K., 2018. Lizards and snakes: warmth-loving sunbathersin. In: Smith, K.T., Schaal, S.F.K.,

Habersetzer, J. (Eds.), Messel, An Ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem.

Čerňanský, A., Rage, J.-C., Klembara, J. 2015. The Early Miocene squamates of Amöneburg (Germany): the first stages of modern squamates in Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13: 97-128.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Čerňanský, A., 2010. A revision of chamaeleonids from the Lower Miocene of the Czech Republic with description of a new species of Chamaeleo (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Geobios, 43: 605-614. Citácia / citation: Jones, MEH; Anderson, CL, Hipsley, CA, Muller, J, Evans, SE, Schoch, RR. 2013: Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara). BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 13: 208 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-208

Čerňanský, A., 2010. A revision of chamaeleonids from the Lower Miocene of the Czech Republic with description of a new species of Chamaeleo (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Geobios, 43: 605-614. Citácia/ citation: Head, JJ, Gunnell, GF, Holroyd, PA, Hutchison, JH, Ciochon, RL. 2013: Giant lizards occupied herbivorous mammalian ecospace during the Paleogene greenhouse in Southeast Asia. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280: 20130665. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0665

Čerňanský, A., 2010. A revision of chamaeleonids from the Lower Miocene of the Czech Republic with description of a new species of Chamaeleo (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Geobios, 43: 605-614. Citácia / citation: Tolley, KA, Townsend, TM, Vences, M. 2013: Large-scale phylogeny of chameleons suggests African origins and Eocene diversification. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280: 20130184. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0184

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA 1/0209/18: A. Čerňanský - Morfology of fossil lizards using micro-computed tomography, their phylogeny, paleobiogeography - migrations and faunal changes during the climatic changes of Cenozoic

VEGA 1/0191/21: :A. Čerňanský - / The CT modelling and morphological analysis of the postcranial region of extinct and extant lizards and their relationships based on new morphological data

Synthesys BE-TAF-8234 (Earth Sciences & Environment): Čerňanský A.: Dormaal - an unique window to the early Eocene lizard world in Europe

Name and surname:	Mgr. Andrej Čerňanský, PhD.
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts