Address
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- spakulma( at )saske.sk
Phone
- +421-55-633 14 12, +421-55-633 44 55
ORCID: 0000-0003-0369-8064
Web of Science Researcher ID: D-5074-2011
Scopus Author ID: 7003654480
Scientific interests
- Multidisciplinary approach to helminth taxonomy and systematics including morphology and classical and molecular cytogenetics
- Description of species new for science, re-descriptions of problematic helminth taxa
- Description of chromosome sets in cestodes, trematodes, acanthocephalans and nematodes, comparative cytogenetics, phylogenetic context
| Work experience | ||
| 2018-present | Research Professor Emeritus | |
| 2003-2017 |
Research Professor; Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1986-2003 | Research worker/senior research worker; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1981-1986 | Ph.D. student; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1973-1981 | University Hospital / Medical Faculty of Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic | |
| Education and training | ||
| 2003 | D.Sc., Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia Parasitology) |
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| 1986 | PhD., Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 1979 | Dr., Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic | |
| 1973 | MSc., Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic | |
| Working stays abroad | ||
| Various years and frequency |
Long and medium stays: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia BULGARIA; Agricultural University of Plovdiv, BULGARIA; Universitat de Sevilla, SPAIN; Univesidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN; Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, FRANCE; Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, LITHUANIA; Institute of Parasitology, BC ASCR, CZECH REPUBLIC, Masaryk University Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC, etc. | |
| Memberships | ||
| 1990-2017 | Member of Scientific Council of Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, SR | |
| 1999-2017 | Research Secretary of the Institute of Parasitology SAS, Košice, SR | |
| 2005-2013 | Member of the Committee of the Slovak Scientific Grant Agency VEGA for Biological Sciences | |
| 2007-2016 | Member of the Ph.D. Study Committee, study section 4.2.5 Zoology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, SR | |
| 2007-2016 | Member of the Ph.D. Study Committee, study section 6.3.7 Infectious and parasitic diseases of animals, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, SR | |
| 2010-2013 | Member of the Board of the Slovak Society of Parasitology at SAS | |
| 2012-2017 | Member of the Ph.D. Study Committee, study section 4.2.10 Physiology of Animals, Faculty of Science, University of P.J. Šafárik, Košice, SR | |
| 2015-present | Member of the Editorial Board of the international scientific journal Helminthologia | |
| Prizes and awards | ||
| 2000 | The Silver Medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for Research Results in Biological Sciences | |
| 2005 | The Medal of Professor Hovorka | |
| 2010 | The Medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for Research Results in Biological Sciences | |
| 2013 | The Premium of the Literary Fund of SR in the category “Biological and Medical Sciences” | |