Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Matúš Kúdela, 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
Kúdela
I.2 - Name
Matúš
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1979
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
matus.kudela@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4324
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-6030

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology - zoology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Zoology
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 Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 15.10.2005 -

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.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Systematic entomology 1 Zoology II. Biology
Systematic entomology 2 Zoology II. 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)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
9
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
8
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
Microscopic techniques Biology, Systematic biology, Medical biology, Teacher training of biology in combination I. Biology, Teacher training and education science
Biostatistics Biology, Systematic biology, Teacher training of biology in combination I. Biology, Teacher training and education science
Ecosozology Biology, Systematic biology I. Biology
Bachelor thesis from zoology 1, 2 Systematic biology I. Biology
Diploma thesis 1–4 Zoology II. Biology
Animal conservation Biology, Systematic biology I. Biology
Zoology seminar for PhD. students 2 Zoology III. Biology
Nature of orographic units of Slovakia Zoology II. Biology
Basics of Animal conservation Teacher training of biology in combination I. Teacher training and education science
Basics of Ecosozology Teacher training of biology in combination II. Teacher training and education science

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
104
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
28
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
37
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
419
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
177
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
244
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
177
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

Adler P.H., Kúdelová T., Kúdela M., Seitz G. & Ignjatovič Ćupina A. 2016. Cryptic Biodiversity and the Origins of Pest Status Revealed in the Macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), History's Most Destructive Black Fly. PLoS One, 11 (1): Art. No. e0147673.

2

Vidlička L., Vršanský P. Kúdelová T., Kúdela M., Deharveng L., Hain M. 2017. New genus and species of cavernicolous cockroach (Blattaria, Nocticolidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4232: 361-375.

3

Kúdela M., Adker P.H. & Kúdelová T. 2018. Taxonomic status of the black fly Prosimulium italicum Rivosecchi (Diptera: Simuliidae) based on genetic evidence. Zootaxa, 4377 (2): 280-290.

4

Adler P.H., Inci A., Yildirim A., Duzlu O., McCreadie J.W., Kúdela M., Khazeni A., Kúdelová T., Seitz G., Takaoka H., Otsuka Y. & Bass J. 2015. Are black flies of the subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae) multiple species or a single geographical generalist? Insights from the macrogenome. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114 (1): 163-183

5

Sendi H., Vršanský, P., Podstrelená L., Hinkelman J., Kúdelová T., Kúdela M., Vidlička Ľ., Ren X. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2020. Nocticolid cockroaches are the only known dinosaur age cave survivors. Gondwana Research. 82: 288-298.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Sendi H., Vršanský, P., Podstrelená L., Hinkelman J., Kúdelová T., Kúdela M., Vidlička Ľ., Ren X. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2020. Nocticolid cockroaches are the only known dinosaur age cave survivors. Gondwana Research. 82: 288-298.

2

Kúdelová T., Krčmárik S., Lužáková I., Bujačková B., Matická K., Kúdela M. 2023. DNA Barcoding of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Slovakia and Its Utility for Species Identification. Diversity 15: 661.

3

Jedlička, L., Kúdela M. & Kúdelová T. 2024. Global chorotypes of European black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography 39: a037.

4

Balogh, A., Kúdela M. 2024. Brighteness-dependent visual attractiveness of the human body for horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae): a field experiment. Journal of Medical Entomology 6:1368–1372.

5

Khanzadeh, F., Maleki-Ravasan, N., Adler, P.H., Karimian, F. & Kúdela, M., 2023. First report of filarial nematodes in the genus Onchocerca infecting black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Iran. Scientific Reports, 13: 14585.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

[o1] 2016 - Pramual, P. - Thaijarern, J. - Wongpakam, K. - In: Acta Tropica, Vol. 164, December, 2016 ; s. 33-40.

2

[o1] 2017 - Hernandez-Triana, L.M. - De Oca, F.M. - Prosser, S.W.J. - Hebert, P.D.N. - Gregory, T.R. - McMurtrie, S. - In: Genome, vol. 60, no. 4, 2017 ; s. 348-357

3

[o1] 2018 - Ruiz-Arrondo, I. - Hernández-Triana, L.M. - Ignjatovic-Cupina, A. - Nikolova, N. - Garza-Hernández, J.A. - Rodríguez-Pérez, M.A. - Oteo, J.A. - Fooks, A.R. - Lucientes Curdi, J. - In: Parasites and Vectors, vol. 11, no. 1, 2018 ; art. no. 463 

4

[o1] 2020 - Duknic, J. - Jovanovic, V.M. - Atlagic, J.C. - Andjus, S. - Paunovic, M. - Živic, I. - Popovic, N. - In: ZooKeys, vol. 2020, no. 922, 2020 ; s. 141-155

5

[o1] 2016 - Shields, G.F. - Hokit, D.G. - In: Freshwater Science, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2016 ; s. 1023-1031

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

VEGA 1/0704/20 Biodiversity of model groups of Arthropoda in central and south-eastern Europe -chief researcher - The project solves the biodiversity of arthropod model groups – pseudoscorpionids (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) and black flies (Insecta: Diptera: Simuliidae) in central and south-eastern Europe. For groups of closely related species it investigates their taxonomic status and forming of their areas during the geological history. The project integrates the morphological, chromosomal and molecular analysis, which creates basis for definite solution of complicated taxonomy characteristic for the majority of European species. The project evaluates the biodiversity on genetic and species level, identifies biodiversity centres, rare species and provides data for conservation of Western Palearctic water courses and forest biodiversity.

2

LIFE17 NAT/SK/000621 – Restoration of habitats for root vole *Microtus oeconomus mehelyi: 2018-2025 (chief researcher at Comenius University – the scientific part of the project).

The project LIFE Microtus II is primarily focused on the restoration of habitats for the root vole (Microtus oeconomus mehelyi) through of one-time conservation measures to restore or modify wetland habitats such as swamps, marshes, bogs, wet meadows, naturally flowing and still water places, and reintroduction of sound sustainable management.

3

APVV-19-0076 Diversity and evolution of selected groups of protists and animals -scientific co-worker-

This project is focused on complex investigation of diversity and evolution of selected groups of protists and animals, using the up-to-date morphological and molecular methods. Its main goal is to formally describe new and re-describe insufficiently known taxa, analyze their evolution and phylogenetic position, and hence contribute to a more precise delimitation of species boundaries and inventarization of biodiversity.

4

APVV-15-0147 Reconstruction of phylogeny and delimitation of protistan and animal species -scientific co-worker-This project is focused on complex study of integrity of species of protists and animlas, with the aid of morphological and molecular methods. Its main goal is to unravel common evolutionary patterns and principles standing beyond phylogeny of species of eukaryotic organisms. Combined phylogenetic analyses will help to clarify systematic position of problematic and novel taxa as well as to define already described taxa.

5

LIFE18 NAT/AT/000733 – Dynamic LIFE Lines Danube: 2019-2026 (chief researcher at Comenius University – the scientific part of the project).

The project “Dynamic LIFE Lines Danube” is an Austrian-Slovak cooperation for the restoration of floodplains along the river Danube in Lower Austria and Slovakia. In both countries, a total of 25 km of side-arms will be increasingly connected to the Danube and thus made more dynamic. Over 1,500 hectares of riparian forest are ecologically upgraded. In total, the hard bank reinforcement is removed over a length of 4 km.

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

Date of last update
2025-03-03