I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Števove

I.2 - Name

Barbora

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1980

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University

I.6 - Address of the workplace

PRIF UK, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4

I.7 - Position

Assistant Professor

I.8 - E-mail address

barbora.stevove@uniba.sk

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

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/19223?do=filterForm-submit&name=Barbora&surname=%C5%A0tevove&university=701000000&faculty=701040000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5

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

Ecological and environmental studies

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0001-7838-3396 

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

2005

II.c - Study field and programme

Biology; Biology

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

General ecology and ecology of individuals and populations; Ecology

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; Ecology

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 (Department of Ecology)	Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University	2015 - 2026
Assistant Professor (methodologist for biology), Name of the project: Multidisciplinary integration of Natural Sciences disciplines in English study programme ITMS: 2614023011	Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University	2012 - 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
Course: Molecular analysis of trophic interactions	Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck	2018

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
Master thesis in ecology 1, 2, 3, 4	Ecology	II.	Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Basics of biocenology	Ecology	II.	Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Ecology of fish	Ecology	II.	Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Modern trends in ecology	Ecology	II.	Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Bachelor Dissertation in Ecology 1, 2	Biology; Systematic 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.4.2 - Number of defended theses

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

V.4.b - Diploma (second 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
Methods of Pests Biological Control	Biology	I.	Biology
Human and ecosystems	Ecology, Teacher Training for Biology in Combination	II.	Ecological and Environmental Sciences; Teacher Training and Education Science
Field Work from Ecology	Biology	I.	Biology
Field Work from Ecology	Teacher Training for Biology in Combination	II.	Teacher Training and Education Science
Introduction to animal ecology	zoology	I. a II.	Biology
Ecology - seminar	ecology	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

353

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

171

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

VI.1.a - Overall

353

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

171

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

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

ŠTEVOVE, B. a V. KOVÁČ, 2013. Do invasive bighead goby Neogobius kessleri and round goby N. melanostomus (Teleostei, Gobiidae) compete for food? Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 410(8), 1-15.

ŠTEVOVE, B. a V. KOVÁČ, 2016. Ontogenetic variations in the diet of two invasive gobies, Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) and Ponticola kessleri (Gunther, 1861), from the middle Danube (Slovakia) with notice on their potential impact on benthic invertebrate communities. Science of the Total Environment. 557-558, 510-519.

JAKUBČINOVÁ, K., P. SIMONOVIĆ, B. ŠTEVOVE, J. ČANAK ATLAGIĆ a V. KOVÁČ, 2017. What can morphology tell us about ecology of four invasive goby species? Journal of Fish Biology. 90(5), 1999-2019.

ŠTEVOVE B., M. BABEĽOVÁ, D. HARUŠTIAKOVÁ a V. KOVÁČ, 2019. When a river is affected by a reservoir: Trophic interactions and flexibility in feeding strategies of alpine bullhead (Cottus poecilopus) and European bullhead (Cottus gobio). Science of the Total Environment. 651(2), 1903-1912.

COPP, G. H., VILIZZI, L., WEI, H., LI, S., PIRIA, M. ... B. ŠTEVOVE et al. 2021. Speaking their language–Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders. Environmental Modelling & Software, 135, 104900.

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

doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.068

COPP G. H., L. VILIZZI, H. WEI, S. LI, M. PIRIA, A. J. AL-FAISAL, ... & R. MENDOZA, 2021. Speaking their language–Development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders. Environmental Modelling & Software. 135, 104900.

Švolíková, K. S., Števove, B., Križek, P., Mosna, P., Fedorčák, J., & Kováč, V. (2021). Tubenose goby–a discreet invader from the past goes higher. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 70(4), 21042-1.

Števove, B., Arendt, D., Švolíková, K. S., Szabóová, D., Žitňanová, K., & Gruľa, D. (2023). Environmental DNA captured on the fish skin mucus–a potential bias to molecular diet analyses. Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, (424), 17.

Vilizzi, L., Copp, G. H., Hill, J. E., Adamovich, B., Aislabie, L., Akin, D., ... & Semenchenko, V. (2021). A global-scale screening of non-native aquatic organisms to identify potentially invasive species under current and future climate conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 788, 147868.

Vilizzi, L., Piria, M., Pietraszewski, D., Kopecky, O., Spelic, I., Radocaj, T., ... & Zieba, G. (2022). Development and application of a multilingual electronic decision-support tool for risk screening non-native terrestrial animals under current and future climate conditions. NeoBiota, 76.

Błońska, D., Janic, B., Tarkan, A. S., Piria, M., Bănăduc, D., Švolíková, K. S., ... & Bukowska, B. (2024). Physiological responses of invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) to environmental stressors across a latitudinal span. Biological Invasions, 26(10), 3433-3444.

Vilizzi, L., Piria, M., Pietraszewski, D., Giannetto, D., Flory, S. L., Herczeg, G., ... & Yazlık, A. (2024). Development and application of a second-generation multilingual tool for invasion risk screening of non-native terrestrial plants. Science of the total environment, 917, 170475.

Kováč, B. Števove, D. Gruľa, A. Sabová, M. Príkazská 2022: Microplastics in the digestive tract of two most abundant fish species in the Danube. Joint Danube Survey 4 Scientific Report - Volume 2

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

Števove B., Kováč V. 2013. Do invasive bighead goby Neogobius kessleri and round goby N. melanostomus (Teleostei, Gobiidae) compete for food? Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 410: 1-15,

citation: Piria M., Jakšić G., Jakovlić I., Treer T. 2016. Dietary habits of invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies in the Croatian part of the Danube River basin and their potential impact on benthic fish communities. Science of The Total Environment, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.125

citation: Błońska D., Grabowska J., Kobak J., Jermacz Ł., Bącela-Spychalska K. 2015. Feeding preferences of an invasive Ponto-Caspian goby for native and non-native gammarid prey. Freshwater Biology, 60 (10): 2187–2195, DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12647

Števove B., Kováč V. 2016. Ontogenetic variations in the diet of two invasive gobies, Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas, 1814) and Ponticola kessleri (Gunther, 1861), from the middle Danube (Slovakia) with notice on their potential impact on benthic invertebrate communities. Science of the Total Environment 557-558: 510-519

citation: Ramler, D., Keckeis, H. 2020. Effects of hydraulic engineering restoration measures on invasive gobies in a large river (Danube, Austria). Biological Invasions, 22(2), 437-453.

Jakubčinová, Haruštiaková, Števove, Švolíková, Makovinská, Kováč 2018: Distribution patterns and potential for further spread of three invasive fish species (Neogobius melanostomus, Lepomis gibbosus and Pseudorasbora parva) in Slovakia. Aquatic Invasions, 13

citation: Jia, Y., Kennard, M. J., Liu, Y., Sui, X., Chen, Y., Li, K., ... & Chen, Y. (2019). Understanding invasion success of Pseudorasbora parva in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Insights from life-history and environmental filters. Science of the Total Environment, 694, 133739.

Števove, Babeľová, Haruštiaková, Kováč 2019: When a river is affected by a reservoir: Trophic interactions and flexibility in feeding strategies of alpine bullhead (Cottus poecilopus) and European bullhead (Cottus gobio). Science of the Total Environment 651, 1903-1912

citation: Pastorino, P., Prearo, M., Pizzul, E., Bertoli, M., Francese, D. R., Menconi, V., ... & Varello, K. (2019). Hepatic Steatosis in a Bullhead (Cottus gobio) Population from a High-Mountain Lake (Carnic Alps): Adaptation to an Extreme Ecosystem?. Water, 11(12), 2570.

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

/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

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

International project: Joint Danube Survey 4

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

/VEGA 1/0448/23: Environmental risks in the Danube and its drainage: assessment of their effect on some elements of aquatic biota

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
Secretary of the commission for PhD. study	Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University	2016-2023
Member of the Slovak Ichthyological Society	Slovak Ichthyological Society	since 2008

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)
Universidade de Trás-Os-Montes e Alto Douro	Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal	10.2. – 10.6. 2006	Program SOCRATES/ERASMUS
University of Lodz, Poland	prez. Gabriela Narutowicza 68, 90-136 Łódź, Poland	16. – 20. november, 2009	project VEGA, fish foodanalysis, sample processing in the laboratory
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology	Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck	9. – 20. september, 2018	project VEGA, course: Molecular Analysis of Trophic Interactions MATI

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2025-01-09

Name and surname:	Mgr. Barbora Števove, 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