Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Daniel Gruľa, 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

I.1 - Surname
Gruľa
I.2 - Name
Daniel
I.3 - Degrees
Mrg., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1982
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15, Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Researcher
I.8 - E-mail address
daniel.grula@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/19122
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology, Earth Sciences, Teacher Training and Education Science, Ecological and Environmental Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6057-4554

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental science: Ecosozology and Physiotactics
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental science: Ecosozology and Physiotactics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
General ecology and ecology of individuals and populations
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
Assistant Professor, Researcher Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University since 10/2012 - present day
asistent / assistent Birdlife Slovensko (SOS/ Birdlife Slovakia) June 2003 - January 2004

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
Electric fishing training SOŠ Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Ivanka pri Dunaji 2023
Small Vessel Operator Proficiency license (A,B) Transport authority - Inland Waterway Division, Bratislava 2020
UAV pilot Transport authority - Civil Aviation Division, Bratislava 2019
Pit tag training, Methohologies and monitoring systems Biomark/ Pallanza, Italy 2019
A professionally qualified person according to § 4, paragraph 4 of the Decree of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic No. 383/2018 Coll. on the technical conditions for the design of fish passes and the monitoring of their migratory permeability The Ministry of the Environment, Slovak Republic 2019

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.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
Bachelor thesis in zoology Biology bachelor Biology
Bachelor thesis in zoology 1 Systematic biology bachelor Biology
Bachelor thesis in zoology 2 Systematic biology bachelor Biology
Field works from zoology of vertebrates Systematic biology bachelor Biology
Field works from zoology Paleontology bachelor Biology, Earth Sciences
Zoological practicum (2) Paleontology bachelor Biology, Earth Sciences
Field works from zoology Teacher Training for Biology in Combination bachelor Teacher Training and Education Sciences
Diploma thesis 1 Zoology master's Biology
Diploma thesis 2 Zoology master's Biology
Diploma thesis 3 Zoology master's Biology
Diploma thesis 4 Zoology master's Biology
Methods of ecological research and ecozoological application Environmental ecology master's Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Ichthyology Zoology master's Biology
Fundamentals of Museology Biology bachelor Biology

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
33
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
61
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
28
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Grula, D., M. Balážová, G. Copp & V. Kováč. 2012. Age and growth of invasive round goby Neogobiusmelanostomus from middle Danube. Central European Journal of Biology. 7: 448-459. ADC (18/16) (2015: 0.8 -IF, Q3 - JCR, Q3 - SJR)

2

Jablonski, D., D. Grula, C. Barrio-Amoros & P. Philippe. 2017. Molecular phylogenetic relationships amongPristimantis summit populations in the eastern tepui chain: insights from P. aureoventris (Anura: Craugastoridae).Salamandra. 53: 473-478. ADC (2/2) (2018: 1.3 - IF, Q2 - JCR, Q1 - SJR) 

3

Kodada, J., N. Sangpradub, R. Somnark, D. Grula, D. Žiak & H. Freitag. 2017. Vietelmis jablonskii, a new speciesof riffle beetle from Laos and Thailand and new faunistic records on Vietelmis Deleve, 1968 from Malaysia(Coleoptera: Elmidae). Zootaxa. 4268: 131-140. ADC (0/0) (2018: 1.0 - IF, Q3 - JCR, Q2 - SJR)

4

Lipták, B., M. Sová, D. Grula, J. Christophoryová, D. Jablonski, M. Bláha, A. Petrusek & A. Kouba. 2017. Slovaksection of the Danube has its well-established breeding ground of marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax f.virginalis. Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 418:40 ADC (4/4) (2018: IF - 1.3, Q3 - JCR, Q2 -SJR)

5

Lipták, B., A. Mrugała, L. Pekárik, A. Mutkovič, D. Grula, A. Petrusek & A. Kouba. (2016). Expansion of themarbled crayfish in Slovakia: Beginning of an invasion in the Danube catchment? Journal of limnology. 75:305-312 ADC (19/19) (2018: 1.6 - IF, Q3 - JCR, Q2 - SJR).

6

Mikulíček, P. et al. 2024. Population genetic structure of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) at the northern edge of the Pannonian Basin, CONSERVATION GENETICS, Vol. 25 (5): 1065-1078.

7

Števove, B. et. al. 2023. Environmental DNA captured on the fish skin mucus - a potential bias to molecular diet analyses. KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, 424.

8

Jablonski D, Gruľa D, Christophoryová J (2018) First record of Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) and its natural overwintering in Central Europe. Herpetology Notes 11: 949–951

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
1

Duan, Y.J. - Madenjian, C.P. - Xie, C.X. - Diana, J.S. - O'Brien, T.P. - Zhao, Y.M. - He, J.X. - Farha, S.A. - Huo, B. - In: Journal of Great Lakes Research, Vol. 42, No. 6, 2016 ; s. 1443-1451 ; SCI

2

Hempel, M. - Magath, V. - Neukamm, R. - Thiel, R. - In: Marine Biodiversity, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2019 ; s. 795-807 ; SCI

3

Maciaszek, R. - Bonk, M. - Struzynski, W. - In: Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, No. 420, October, 2019 ; Art. No. 39 ; SCI

4

Reyes-Puig, C. - Reyes-Puig, J.P. - Velarde-Garcéz, D.A. - Dávalos, N. - Mancero, E. - Navarrete, M.J. - Yánez-Munoz, M.H. - Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. - Ron, S.R. - In: ZooKeys, Vol. 2019, No. 832, 2019 ; s. 113-133 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

5

Somerville, V. - Schwaiger, M. - Hirsch, P.E. - Walser, J.C. - Bussmann, K. - Weyrich, A. - Burkhardt-Holm, P. - Adrian-Kalchhauser, I. - In: Genes, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2019 ; Art. No. 219 ; SCI

6

Di Blasio, L., Santoro, R., Ferri, V., (...), Egidi, A., Scalici, M. First successful reproduction of the chinese striped-necked turtle mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) in a European Wetland, BioInvasions Records, 2021, 10(3), pp. 721-729

7
Ye, PY; Cheng, JP; (...); Leung, KMY, Environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding for noninvasive and comprehensive monitoring and assessment of marine fishes, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2025, Vol. 211.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

DNA barcoding Slovenska (SK-BOL), NFP313020W683, part of international initiative International Barcode of Life (iBOL)/DNA barcoding of Slovakia (SK-BOL) as a part of the international initiative International Barcode of Life (iBOL)

2

APVV-16-0253: Development of a method for assessment the ecological potential of Heavily modified water bodies (HMWB) based on fish communities

3

VEGA 1/0640/16: Invasibility of communities and invasiveness of species: analysis of fish communities in Slovakia, models and predictions of their changes - co-solver

4

VEGA 1/0242/21: Genetic diversity, phylogeography and taxonomy of Colubridae and Natricidae (Reptilia: Ophidia) in the Western Palaearctic 

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

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Chairman of the Slovak Ichthyological Society Slovak Ichthyological Society since 2024
national team member Joint Danube Survey IV 2019
national team member Joint Danube Survey III 2013
A professionally qualified person according to § 4, paragraph 4 of the Decree of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic No. 383/2018 Coll. on the technical conditions for the design of fish passes and the monitoring of their migratory permeability The Ministry of the Environment, Slovak republic since 2019

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

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

video creator and film producer (Turtles riddle 2020)

Date of last update
2025-02-21