Linda Nedbalová

Linda Nedbalová

Linda Nedbalová at James Ross Island
Born 1976
Nationality Czech Republic
Fields Cryosphere ecology
Institutions Charles University, Prague
Alma mater Charles University, Prague.
Notable awards Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Award
Website
www.cryoeco.eu/linda-nedbalova

Linda Nedbalová is a Czech Antarctic researcher, best known for her work on snow algae.[1]

Early life and education

Nedbalová was born in 1976 in Prague (Czech Republic). She received her MSc. degree in biology in 2000 at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague. She then received a Ph.D. at the same faculty in 2007. The title of her thesis was 'Phytoplankton in acidified lakes: structure, function and response to ecosystem recovery'.

Career and impact

Nedbalová began her working career as a researcher both at the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Třeboň and at the Department of Ecology, Charles University in Prague, where she is now assistant professor.[2] Nedbalová has been involved in polar research since 2008, when she was invited to participate on the expedition to the newly opened Johann Gregor Mendel Czech Antarctic Station on James Ross Island (NE Antarctic Peninsula).[3] In 2011, she was awarded a prestigious award of the Czech Academy of Science for Young scientists for her work on snow algae.[1]

During two consecutive expeditions to Antarctica, she performed (together with Josef Elster) a pioneering limnological survey of the Ulu Peninsula and Clearwater Mesa.[4] Apart from the first characteristics of the lake district, this research yielded (in collaboration with specialists as Bart van de Vijver or Jiří Komárek) important results in taxonomy, ecology, ecophysiology and biogeography of Antarctic cyanobacteria, diatoms and green algae. Recently, she became a member of the Cryosphere Ecology Group formed at the Charles University in Prague.[5]

In addition to her academic research publications, she has also written chapters in monographs,[6][7] popular science articles,[8][9] reports from Antarctic expeditions,[10][11][12] and lake ecosystems at James Ross Island.[9][13][14][15]

Awards and honours

Nedbalová was awarded the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Award to Young Researchers for Outstanding Achievements in 2011.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Linda Nedbalová získala prestižní Cenu Akademie věd ČR. Gratulujeme!" [Linda Nedbalová wins the prestigious Award of the Academy of Sciences. Congratulations!]. www.natur.cuni.cz. Charles University. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  2. ↑ "Přírodovědecká fakulta" [Staff]. www.natur.cuni.cz. Charles University. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  3. ↑ "Station J.G.M. - Polar research at Masaryk University". polar.sci.muni.cz. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  4. ↑ Nedbalová, Linda; Nývlt, Daniel; Kopáček, Jiří; Šobr, Miroslav; Elster, Josef (2013-06-01). "Freshwater lakes of Ulu Peninsula, James Ross Island, north-east Antarctic Peninsula: origin, geomorphology and physical and chemical limnology". Antarctic Science. 25 (03): 358–372. doi:10.1017/S0954102012000934. ISSN 1365-2079.
  5. ↑ "Linda Nedbalová". www.cryoeco.eu. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  6. ↑ "Forthcoming monography in Czech" (PDF). sci.muni.cz. Masaryk University.
  7. ↑ "Antarktida – první původní česká monografie" [Antarctica - the first original Czech monograph]. natur.cuni.cz. Charles University.
  8. ↑ "Když sníh zčervená, aneb co (ne)víme o sněžných řasách" [When snow turns red, or what (not) know about Snow Algae]. ziva.avcr.cz. Živa. 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  9. 1 2 "Život v extrémech" [Life in the extremes] (PDF). prirodovedci.cz. Přírodovědci. 2014.
  10. ↑ "Odlet značně znesnadnilo počasí" [Departure made difficult due to forecast]. magazin.ceskenoviny.cz. České Noviny. 2008. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  11. ↑ "Zpráva č. 3 z ostrova Jamese Rosse: Vědecká práce se rozběhla" [Report no. 3 of the James Ross Island: Scientific work is started]. magazin.ceskenoviny.cz. České Noviny. 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Další členové antarktické expedice jsou na místě" [Other members of the Antarctic expedition are in place]. rozhlas.cz. Český rozhlas. 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  13. ↑ "Antarktida" [Antarctica] (PDF). prirodovedci.cz. Přírodovědci. 2015.
  14. ↑ "Jezera ostrova Jamese Rosse" [Lake James Ross Island]. casopis.vesmir.cz. Vesmir. 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  15. ↑ "Česká stopa v Antarktidě" [Czech footprint in Antarctica]. abicko.avcr.cz. Academic bulletin. 2013. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  16. ↑ "Prizes of the CAS". www.avcr.cz. Akademie věd České republiky. Retrieved 2016-06-13.

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