I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Obert

I.2 - Name

Tomáš

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1992

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Department of Zoology

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

Scientist

I.8 - E-mail address

tomas.obert@uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/49878

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

biology

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0002-6999-7289

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 Bratislava

II.b - Year

2017

II.c - Study field and programme

Study field: biology, program: biology

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava

II.b - Year

2019

II.c - Study field and programme

Study field: biology, program: zoology

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava

II.b - Year

2023

II.c - Study field and programme

Study field: biology, program: 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
Scientist at the Department of Zoology	Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava	from 2023

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

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Protozoology	zoology	II.	biology
Introduction to animal ecology	systematic biology	I.	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

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

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

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

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

Obert T., Vďačný P. (2020) Delimitation of five astome ciliate species isolated from the digestive tube of three ecologically different groups of lumbricid earthworms, using the internal transcribed spacer region and the hypervariable D1/D2 region of the 28S rRNA gene. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20: e37. doi: 10.1186/s12862-020-1601-2

Obert T., Vďačný P. (2021) Multi-gene phylogeny of the subclass Astomatia (Protista: Ciliophora) refreshed with two rare astome ciliates from the digestive tube of endogeic earthworms. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 21 (1): 59‒77. doi: 10.1007/s13127-020-00469-6

Obert T., Rurik I., Vďačný P. (2021) Diversity and eco-evolutionary associations of endosymbiotic astome ciliates with their lumbricid earthworm hosts. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: e689987. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.689987

Obert T., Zhang T., Rurik I., Vďačný P. (2022) First molecular evidence of hybridization in endosymbiotic ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora). Frontiers in Microbiology 13: e1067315. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1067315

Obert T., Zhang T., Vďačný P. (2023) The search finds an end: the morphologically chimeric hysterocinetids belong to the subclass Hymenostomatia (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 199 (1): 97–123. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad023

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

Tarcz S., Surmacz M., Przyboś E. 2023. Sampling hidden microbial eukaryotic biodiversity in the tropics: new insights from the Paramecium aurelia complex (Ciliophora, Protozoa). Folia Biologica 71: 159-170.

Rheindt F.E., Bouchard P., Pyle R., et al. 2023. Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice. Plos Biology 21: e3002251.

da Silva Costa F., Júnio Pedroso Dias R., Rossi M.F. 2021. Macroevolutionary analyses of ciliates associated with hosts support high diversification rates. International Journal for Parasitology 51: 967-976.

Wang R., Bai Y., Hu T., Xu D., Suzuku T., Hu X. 2021. Integrative taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of three poorly known tintinnine ciliates, with the establishment of a new genus (Protista; Ciliophora; Oligotrichea). BMC ecology 21: 115.

Luu H.T.T., Quintela-Alonso P., Sendra K., Green I.D., Esteban G. 2020. Morphology and Phylogeny of the Ciliate Psilotricha silvicola n. sp. (Alveolata, Ciliophora) from Woodland Soils in the United Kingdom. Protist 171: 4.

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

VEGA 1/0013/21 Evolution and diversity of ciliates associated with invertebrates.

APVV-19-0076 Diversity and evolution of selected groups of protists and animals.

UK/107/2023 Diversity, morphology, and molecular phylogeny of ciliates of the family Hysterocinetidae (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea) in the digestive tract of Oligochaetes.

VEGA 1/0092/25 Micro- and macroevolution of ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) associated with animals.

APVV-23-0015 Diversity, phylogeny and co-evolution of protists and helminths with their animal hosts.

Name and surname:	Mgr. Tomáš Obert, 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