Mikuláš Oros, RNDr., PhD.

orosAddress

  • Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia

E-mail

  • oros( at )saske.sk

Phone

  • +421-55-63 314 12

ORCID: 0000-0002-0518-5708

Web of Science Researcher ID: AAP-8046-2020

Scopus Author ID: 22234595400

Scientific interests

  • Systematics, taxonomy, ecology and evolution of multicellular parasites, especially parasites of fish
  • Taxonomy and phylogeny of tapeworms of the order Caroyphyllidea
  • Biodiversity studies based on analyses of parasite populations and study the life cycles under laboratory conditions
  • Biological invasions and research on non-native and invasive fish parasites
Work experience
2011-present   Senior researcher; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia
2007-2011   Researcher; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia
2003-2007   Ph.D. student; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia
Education and training
2005   Degree RNDr. (Doctor of Natural Sciences) awarded by the Faculty of Science, University of P. J. Šafárik (UPJŠ), Košice, Slovakia
2011   Qualification IIa (senior researcher)
2003-2007   Ph.D. study at the Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia;
Degree Ph.D. awarded by the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences;
Specialization – Parasitology
1997-2003   University study at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, UPJŠ, Košice, Slovakia; Degree Mgr. (equivalent of MSc.) awarded by the Faculty of Science, UPJŠ; specialization – Biology and Chemistry
1993-1997   secondary school; Gymnazium Kráľovský Chlmec, Slovakia
Working stays abroad
January 2005   Natural History Museum Vienna, Zoological Department, Burgring 7 A-1014 Wien, Austria, 31.01.2005 – 11.02.2005
March 2005   Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Baross utca 13., Budapest H-1088, Hungary, 28. 02. 2005 – 11. 03. 2005
September 2005   Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5000, Great Britian, 4. 09. 2005 – 24. 09. 2005
July 2006   Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Dk – 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9. 07. 2006 – 22. 07. 2006
January 2008 - December 2009   Biology Center, Institute of Parasitology ASCR, Czech Republic. 1.1.2008-31.12.2009 (postdoctoral fellow)
March 2008   Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Department of Zoology, Helminthology Research Laboratory, Aurangabad 431004, India, 4.3.2008-22.3.2008.
August 2008   Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Lake Turkana, Kenya, 19.8.2008 – 1.10.2008
March 2009   Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, China, 17.3.2009-31.3.2009
June 2009   St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, John Minahan Hall, 324, DePere, Wisconsisn, USA, 22.6. – 19.7. 2009
November 2009   Natural History Museum, Route de Malagnou 1, 1208 Geneva, Switzerland, 19.11. –21.11.2009
March 2010   Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanshui East Road No. 9, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, 8.3.2010 – 31.3.2010
March 2011   Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 2.3.2011 – 9.3.2011
March 2011   Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Jhargram Raj College, Jhargram, West Bengal, India, 9.3.2011 – 25.3.2011
March 2012   Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Department of Biology, Texas State University, Texas, USA, 10.3.2012 – 17.3.2012
March 2012   Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, 17.3.2012 – 26.3.2012
March 2012   Department of Biology, College of Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 58 Coming St., Rm. 205 Charleston, SC 29424, 26.3.2012 – 3.4.2012
August 2012   Museum d´Historie Naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, 1208 Geneva, August 1-4, 2012
April-July 2013   St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, John Minahan Hall, 324, DePere, Wisconsisn, USA, April – July 2013 (Fulbright Scholarship)
June 2013   University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 66 Chancellors Cir Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, 16.6. – 12.7.2013
June 2013   Alaska Department of Fish and Game, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., 14.7. – 28.7. 2013
March 2015   Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanshui East Road No. 9, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, 1.3.2015 – 31.3.2015
Memberships
2003-present   Member of the Slovak Society of Parasitology
2008- present   Member of the Slovak Ichthyological Society
2012 - 2016   Member of the Board of the Slovak Society of Parasitology
Prizes and awards 
    Awarded "The best young researcher of Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2010" by Presidium of Slovak Academy of Sciences
    Awarded “Best published scientific work of young worker's, 2005, 2007, 2009” by the board of the Slovak Society of Parasitology