Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
RNDr. Rudolf Masarovič, 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
Masarovič
I.2 - Name
Rudolf
I.3 - Degrees
RNDr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1985
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Commenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovensko/ Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
rudolf.masarovic@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/23088?mode=full
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/0000-0002-9523-1711

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, Commenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Environmental Science
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Commenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Landscape Protection and Use, programme: Nature and Landscape Protection and Land Use
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Commenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Landscape Protection and Use, programme: Nature and Landscape Protection and Land Use
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 Faculty of Natural Sciences, Commenius University in Bratislava 2015 - present
Researcher - Scientist Commenius University in Bratislava 2014 - 2015

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
Project manager course SAIA Žilina, n.o. 2007
defending of degree Rerum Naturalium Doctor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2015

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
Biodiversity 3 Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
General Ecology Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Ecosystem Services Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Biodiversity Ecology and Environmental Conservation II. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Analysis of Ecological and Environmental Data Ecology and Environmental Conservation II. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
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)
1
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)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
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
Fieldwork in Ecology and Biodiversity Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Regional Ecosozology of Slovakia Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Environmental Biogeography Environmental Science I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Insects and Environment Ecology and Environmental Conservation II. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Nature - Source and Inspiration Ecology and Environmental Conservation 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
71
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
15
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
53
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
42
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
40
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC_001 / Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%): An updated checklist of thrips from Slovakia with emphasis on economic species. – text, graf., tab. – DOI 10.17221/87/2020-PPS. – SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC.

2

Prokop, Pavol (Korešpondenčný autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.67%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Hajdúchová, Sandra (Autor) (16.666%) - Ježová, Zuzana (Autor) [Interný doktorand] [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%): Prioritisation of Charismatic Animals in Major Conservation Journals Measured by the Altmetric Attention Score. – text, graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.3390/su142417029. – CCC ; WOS CC ; SCO ; OA. 

3

ADC_006 / Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (35%) - Kiseľák, Jozef (Autor) [UPS14600] (10%) - Zvarík, Milan (Autor) [UKOMFKJFB] (10%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (5%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [TUTPFBIO] (10%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (30%): Ecological gradients and environmental impact in the forest dwelling Haplothrips subtilissimus (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) phenotypic variability. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.01.038. – sign UPJS SSEP 017319. – CCC ; SCO ; WOS CC. 

4

V3_005 / Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.67%) - Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Zvarík, Milan (Autor) [UKOMFKJFB] (16.666%) - Majzlan, Oto (Autor) (16.666%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%): Changes in Diversity and Structure of Thrips (Thysanoptera) Assemblages in the Spruce Forest Stands of High Tatra Mts. after a Windthrow Calamity. – text, fotogr., graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.3390/insects13080670. – CCC ; SCO ; WOS CC ; SCIE ; OA. 

5

V3_003 / Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (20%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Korešpondenčný autor) [UKOPREEM] (20%) - Zvarík, Milan (Autor) [UKOMFKJFB] (20%) - Bagová, Kristína (Autor) (10%) - Procházková, Lucia (Autor) [Interný doktorand] [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (10%): The effect of plant essential oils on the Banded Greenhouse Thrips (Hercinothrips femoralis [O. M. Reuter 1891]) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Panchaetothripinae). – text, graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/s41348-023-00751-7. – SCO ; SCIE ; CCC ; WOS CC. 

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

V3_001 / Masarovič, Rudolf (Korešpondenčný autor) [UKOPREEM] (50%) - Kršáková, Petra (Autor) (10%) - Lehotská, Blanka (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Ružičková, Jana (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Balcerčík, Jozef (Autor) [Interný doktorand] [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Purkart, Adrián (Autor) [UKOPRBZO] (10%): The higher abundance of host plant and suitable management recommended as the important elements in the conservation of Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius (Bergsträser, 1779) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Hradné lúky SAC meadows (Slovakia). – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/s10841-024-00640-w. – SCO ; OA ; SCIE ; CCC ; WOS CC.

2

V3_003 / Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (20%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Korešpondenčný autor) [UKOPREEM] (20%) - Zvarík, Milan (Autor) [UKOMFKJFB] (20%) - Bagová, Kristína (Autor) (10%) - Procházková, Lucia (Autor) [Interný doktorand] [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (10%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (10%): The effect of plant essential oils on the Banded Greenhouse Thrips (Hercinothrips femoralis [O. M. Reuter 1891]) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Panchaetothripinae). – text, graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/s41348-023-00751-7. – SCO ; SCIE ; CCC ; WOS CC. 

3

V3_005 / Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.67%) - Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Zvarík, Milan (Autor) [UKOMFKJFB] (16.666%) - Majzlan, Oto (Autor) (16.666%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%): Changes in Diversity and Structure of Thrips (Thysanoptera) Assemblages in the Spruce Forest Stands of High Tatra Mts. after a Windthrow Calamity. – text, fotogr., graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.3390/insects13080670. – CCC ; SCO ; WOS CC ; SCIE ; OA. 

4

ADC_001 / Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%) - Prokop, Pavol (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEF] (25%): An updated checklist of thrips from Slovakia with emphasis on economic species. – text, graf., tab. – DOI 10.17221/87/2020-PPS. – SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC.

5

Prokop, Pavol (Korešpondenčný autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.67%) - Masarovič, Rudolf (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Hajdúchová, Sandra (Autor) (16.666%) - Ježová, Zuzana (Autor) [Interný doktorand] [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Zvaríková, Martina (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%) - Fedor, Peter (Autor) [UKOPREEM] (16.666%): Prioritisation of Charismatic Animals in Major Conservation Journals Measured by the Altmetric Attention Score. – text, graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.3390/su142417029. – CCC ; WOS CC ; SCO ; OA. 

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

2024 - Santini et al. 2024. TetraDENSITY 2.0-A Database of Population Density Estimates in Tetrapods. - In: Global Ecology and Biogegraphy, 33:e13929.; SCOPUS: Prokop P., Masarovič R., Hajdúchová S., Ježová Z., Zvaríková M., Fedor P. 2022. Prioritisation of Charismatic Animals in Major Conservation Journals Measured by the Altmetric Attention Score. Sustainability 14(24):17029.

2

2023 - Pei et al. 2023. Preliminary Study on Insecticidal Potential and Chemical Composition of Five Rutaceae Essential Oils against Thrips flavus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Molecules 28(7):2998. ; SCOPUS: Zvaríková M., Masarovič R., Zvarík M., Bagová K., Procházková L. Prokop P., Fedor P. 2022. The effect of plant essential oils on the Banded Greenhouse Thrips (Hercinothrips femoralis [O. M. Reuter 1891]) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Panchaetothripinae). – text, graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/s41348-023-00751-7. – SCO ; SCIE ; CCC ; WOS CC.

3

2024 - Pei et al. 2024. Chemical Composition of Five Lamiaceae Essential Oils and Their Insecticidal and Phytotoxic Activity. - In: Plants 13(16):2204. SCOPUS: Zvaríková M., Masarovič R., Zvarík M., Bagová K., Procházková L. Prokop P., Fedor P. 2022. The effect of plant essential oils on the Banded Greenhouse Thrips (Hercinothrips femoralis [O. M. Reuter 1891]) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae: Panchaetothripinae). – text, graf., tab. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/s41348-023-00751-7. – SCO ; SCIE ; CCC ; WOS CC.

4

2024 - Readyhough TS et al. 2024. Status and trends in United States terrestrial mammal research since 1900. - In: Mammals Review. DOI 10.1111/mam.12367. SCOPUS: Prokop P., Masarovič R., Hajdúchová S., Ježová Z., Zvaríková M., Fedor P. 2022. Prioritisation of Charismatic Animals in Major Conservation Journals Measured by the Altmetric Attention Score. Sustainability 14(24):17029.

5
2024 - Scharf I., Farji-Brener A., Podos J., Healy S. 2024. Wall-following behavior: Its ultimate and proximate explanations, prevalence, and implications. In: Advances in Applied Microbiology: book series: Advances in the Study of Behavior. 56: 1-49., SCOPUS: Masarovič R., Zvaríková M., Fedorová J., Fedor P., Thigmotactic Behavior of Limothrips cerealium (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Leads to Laboratory Equipment Damage in the Czech Republic. Journal of Entomological Science. 52(3):308-310.

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

2021 - 2026: APVV-20-0081 - Ecology of sexual selection (The project is focused of the models and processes of sexual selection, that are significantly influenced by global environmental change. In this project, we use a well-known model spider species Pisaura mirabilis in which males exhibit conspicuous form of nuptial feeding (male transfer of nutrient to the female) during courtship to test whether environmental change influences evolution of mating behavior. The results will have broad implications for the evolution of sexual selection in animals under environmental change - Člen riešiteľského kolektívu/ Member of the research team

2

2020 - 2023: VEGA 1/0286/20 - Artificially intelligent forensic reconstruction of quarantine Thysanoptera introduction and potential of phenotypic“explosion". (The project corresponds to innovative approaches and the potential of artificially intelligent and semi-automated modules (in the environment of artificial neural networks) in the establishment of forensic phytosanitary practice at the interface of invasive ecology, phytopathology and applied entomology.) - Člen riešiteľského kolektívu/ Member of the research team

3

2021 - 2024 - VEGA 1/0007/21 - Ecological specificity of pollination and seed dispersal in the urban environment (The project aim to investigate (1) whether flower opening/closure would serve as bioindication of pollination abundance and richness in urban and rural habitats, (2) seed dispersal by ants in urban and rural habitats to show whether fragmentation of focal plants populations disrupts seed dispersal in cities and (3) effects of magnetic species on early flowering plant communities). - Člen riešiteľského kolektívu/ Member of the research team

4

2016 - 2019: VEGA 1/0104/16 - Phenotypic variability in the primary phase of the introduction of allochtonous phytopathogenic Thysanoptera as a key problem in the optimization of online RIS (remote identification systems) modules in phytosanitary practice. (The project focuses on understanding the mechanisms and specifics of the phenotypic plasticity of allochton economically important Thysanoptera species, which in the initial phase of introduction in the urban country guarantees the realization of the optimal phenotype in order to maintain a high fitness population.) - Member of the research team.

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2025-2028

VV-MVP-24-0207 Biological Corridors and Arthropods Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes

Annotation

Biological corridors in agricultural landscapes offer multifaceted ecosystem services, enhance biodiversity, support agricultural productivity, improv the stability of biotopes, serve as refuges for various organisms, and contribute to environmental sustainability. Integrating these corridors into agricultural management practices fosters more resilient and sustainable agroecosystems. This project focuses on the study of biological corridors in intensively utilized agricultural landscapes, comparing the large-scale monoculture fields of southwestern Slovakia, which have a long-established system of biological corridors, with the small-scale diversified fields of northern Serbia, where the concept of ecological connectivity is less established. The main aim of this project is to study the relationship between the diversity and dynamics of selected bioindicatively significant groups of arthropods (harvestmen, spiders, mites, ground beetles, ants and thrips) in differently managed corridors and a wide range of autecological, synecological and environmental parameters. Considering that the agricultural landscape is heavily interwoven with linear elements (transport infrastructure), facilitating the spread of non-native species, the project will also assess the potential entry of these non-native species and their possible impacts on the diversity and stability of natural and agrarian ecosystems. The study of the behavioural and ecological aspects of competition between non-native and native species is therefore an integral part of the project. Based on these analyses, management measures will be proposed to preserve arthropod diversity in agrarian systems through the implementation of suitable biological corridors. The project will improve understanding of the importance of biological corridors in supporting arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes and will provide new insights into targeted conservation and management practices for sustainable agroecosystems.

VV-MVP-24-0207 Biokoridory a biodiverzita článkonožcov v poľnohospodárskej krajine 

Anotácia

Biokoridory v poľnohospodársky využívanej krajine poskytujú mnohostranné ekosystémové služby, zvyšujú biodiverzitu, podporujú poľnohospodársku produktivitu, zlepšujú stabilitu biotopov, slúžia ako útočiská pre rôzne organizmy a prispievajú k environmentálnej udržateľnosti. Začlenením týchto koridorov do postupov poľnohospodárskeho riadenia je možné dosiahnuť odolnejšie a udržateľnejšie agroekosystémy. Tento projekt sa zameriava na štúdium biokoridorov v intenzívne využívanej poľnohospodárskej krajine, pričom porovnáva veľkoblokové monokultúrne polia juhozápadného Slovenska s dlhodobo fungujúcim systémom biokoridorov s maloplošnými diverzifikovanými poliami s málo zaužívaným konceptom ekologickej konektivity v severnom Srbsku. Hlavným cieľom tohto projektu je štúdium vzťahu diverzity a dynamiky vybraných bioindikačne významných skupín článkonožcov (kosce, pavúky, roztoče, bystruškovité, mravce a strapky), v odlišne manažovaných biokoridoroch a širokého spektra autekologických, synekologických a environmentálnych parametrov. Vzhľadom k faktu, že poľnohospodárska krajina je silne popretkávaná líniovými prvkami (dopravná infraštruktúra), pozdĺž ktorých sa ľahko šíria nepôvodné druhy rastlín a živočíchov, analyzovaný bude aj potenciálny vstup týchto nepôvodných druhov a možné dopady na diverzitu a stabilitu prírodných aj agrárnych ekosystémov. Štúdium behaviorálnych a ekologických aspektov kompetície alochtónnych druhov s pôvodnou biotou preto tvorí neoddeliteľnú súčasť projektu. Na základe takýchto parciálnych analýz budú vypracované návrhy manažmentových opatrení na zachovanie diverzity spoločenstiev článkonožcov v agrárnych systémoch prostredníctvom implementácie vhodných biokoridorov. Projekt významným spôsobom prispeje k súčasnému poznaniu významu biokoridorov pre podporu diverzity článkonožcov v poľnohospodárskej krajine a poskytne nový pohľad na cielené postupy jej ochrany a manažmentu na báze prírode blízkych opatrení a dlhodobej udržateľnosti agroekosystémov.

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
Member of the Academic Senate Faculty of Natural Sciences, Commenius University in Bratislava 2018-2019

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

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Marie Curie - Sklodowska University in Lublin nám. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5, Lublin, Poland September 2013 - December 2013 Erasmus School Scholarship
Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic 20.11.2017 - 24.11.2017 Medziuniverzitný program "Burza 2017"

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2021-12-17