Patrícia Schmer Jakšová, RNDr., PhD.

jaksovaAddress

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

E-mail

  • jaksova( at )saske.sk

Phone

  • +421-55-63 314 12

 Scientific interests  

  • taxonomy of arthropods – mites (Oribatida), ticks (Ixodida), fleas (Siphonaptera) and mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
  • ecology and environmental patterns of distribution of soil oribatid mites
  • vector-borne diseases
Work experience
2020-present   Research Assistant; Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
09/2015–08/2019   Ph.D. student; Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Education and training
09/2015–08/2019   Doctoral study in General Ecology and Ecology of Individuals and Population – Ph.D. degree; Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
Thesis: Soil oribatid mite communities (Acari: Oribatida) and environmental gradients
09/2017   Dissertation examination in Biology – the academic degree „Doctor of Natural Sciences“ (abbr. RNDr.);
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
09/2013–06/2015   Master study in Zoology and Animal Physiology;
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
09/2009–06/2013   Bachelor study in Biology;
Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
09/2005–06/2009   Secondary Grammar School Poštová 9, Košice, Slovakia
Working stays abroad
07/2016   Latnjajaure Field Station, Abisko, Sweden
09/2014–02/2015   Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (Erasmus+ programme)
Memberships
09/2016–present   member of the Slovak Arachnological Society
Prizes and awards
09/2018   The Slovak Arachnological Society Award „Young Arachnologist 2018“ for the best PhD. student presentation