Overview
I work as data manager in Duke University Herbarium. I maintain collections and databases of bryophytes and lichens, oversee a databasing project of bryophytes, and assist in training undergraduate and graduate students in bryophyte diversity and herbarium management. I'm an active member of Duke Bryophyte Laboratory where I participate on research in bryophyte systematics. I am interested in bryophyte diversity of montane, alpine and wetland ecosystems. I have extensive field experience in temperate and boreal regions of Europe and North America, with focus mainly on mosses and liverworts. Born and raised in the Czech Republic.
Recent Publications
From spectators to stewards: Transforming public involvement in natural history collections
Journal Article Natural History Collections and Museomics · December 18, 2024 A comprehensive overview of volunteer-driven public programs focused on activities to enhance natural history collections (NHCs) is provided. The initiative revolves around the WeDigBio events and the Collections Club at the Field Museum, aiming to ... Full text CiteEcological differentiation and sympatry of cryptic species in the Sphagnum magellanicum complex (Bryophyta).
Journal Article American journal of botany · September 2024 PremiseSphagnum magellanicum (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta) has been considered to be a single semi-cosmopolitan species, but recent molecular analyses have shown that it comprises a complex of at least seven reciprocally monophyletic groups, that are d ... Full text CiteParallel patterns of genetic diversity and structure in circumboreal species of the Sphagnum capillifolium complex.
Journal Article American journal of botany · May 2024 PremiseShared geographical patterns of population genetic variation among related species is a powerful means to identify the historical events that drive diversification. The Sphagnum capillifolium complex is a group of closely related peat mosse ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Accessioning and curating the BING peatmoss (Sphagnum) collection into DUKE
ResearchData Manager · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2025Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Building a global consortium of bryophytes and lichens: keystones of cryptobiotic communities
ResearchData Manager · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2025ARTS: Collaborative Research: A Model Systematic Treatment of a Hyper-Diverse Lineage Descended From Early Land Plants (Frullania, Frullaniaceae, Marchantiophyta)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2012 - 2017View All Grants