I am particularly interested in the transport of water and mineral nutrients in plants, as well as in the remote signalling of water availability in plants. In addition to the EBR department, I also run the Mineral Nutrition and Water Management Laboratory and teach courses in Plant Biology, Plant Physiology and several other subjects. I value my experience with various analytical methods and my extensive contacts with foreign departments.

My research focuses on stress physiology of vascular plants, mosses, lichens, algae and cyanobacteria from the polar regions of the Earth. Using biophysical and biochemical methods, I study in particular the primary processes of photosynthesis and the protective mechanisms of photosystem II activated by stress. I run the Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes and the Laboratory of Extremophilic Organisms. Together with my team I am involved in the Czech Antarctic Research Programme. I particularly value my experience from scientific expeditions to Antarctica and work in international scientific organizations.

I am concerned with the effect of a polluted environment on plants. I study the response of plants from the organ to the subcellular level to the presence of stressors: toxic metals, organic pollutants such as PAHs and pharmaceuticals. I am the head of the Organic Pollutants Laboratory. I appreciate that the team has managed to obtain several national and international grants to address this issue. I teach Cytology and Plant Anatomy and conduct departmental seminars.

I am mainly involved in the study of symbiotic relationships between plants and fungi in my Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Laboratory. I teach a number of lectures and tutorials, such as Plant Biology, Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data and Mycorrhizal Symbioses. In particular, I consider my experience in growing terrestrial orchids to be valuable.

Professionally, I am mainly interested in in vitro plant cultivation and also in the effect of environmental pollution on plants. I run the Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory. I mainly teach courses focused on microscopy, plant tissue culture and plant biotechnology. My work experience has been most valuable because it has allowed me to get to know interesting places and people.

I am involved in the Mineral Nutrition and Water Management Laboratory, where I study plant water management and how they adapt to drought to increase their chances of survival. I am most interested in the responses of trees. I am also involved in several research projects. I also really enjoy popularizing science and creating various graphic designs and presentations.

I am mainly interested in molecular and cell biology of plants and plant pathogens from the fungal kingdom. I am involved in teaching Plant Cell Biology and more recently also Molecular Plant Physiology, including exercises related to practical teaching of methods for genetic modification of plants. I have worked for a number of years at the prestigious foreign university in Oxford and the Pasteur Research Institute in Paris. I would like to apply the acquired knowledge and experience in multidisciplinary research and teaching in the Czech Republic to improve the quality of education and life of future generations.

I am interested in the physiology of algae, cyanobacteria and lichens in areas with extreme climates. Together with my colleagues from the Laboratory of Photosynthetic Processes I am involved in the Czech Antarctic Research Programme. I enjoy combining methodological approaches in research to obtain comprehensive information in experiments. I am developing the use of automated systems in the study of photosynthesis, such as photobioreactors in algae, or multispectral imaging of vegetation using a drone.

In addition to basic exercises in Cytology, Anatomy, or Plant Physiology, I give lectures in Algal and Cyanobacterial Physiology and Cultivation and provide Field Exercises in Experimental Plant Biology.

I participate in the research activities of the Laboratory of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the team of Assoc. RNDr. Marie Kummerová, CSc., where I deal with the evaluation of the influence of environmental pollution (industrial pollutants such as PAHs, modern pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and their products) mainly on primary and secondary processes of plant photosynthesis. In my experiments I like to use old tried and tested as well as new methodological approaches and unusual solutions.

In addition to supervising undergraduate and graduate theses, I am involved in teaching basic courses in Exercise Cytology, Anatomy, or Plant Physiology.