Team

Our research group consists of researchers and students from the Laboratory of Multitrophic Interactions, Czech Academy of Sciences in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia and Binatang Research Centre, Madang, Papua New Guinea.


Katerina Sam – Head of the laboratory
Jan Kollross – Postdoc (share between laboratories)
Anna Mrazova – Associated postdoc
(currently postdoc at BioDiv team, INRAE, Pierroton, Cestas)

PhD students

Krystof Korejs – PhD student

Jakub Pawlik – PhD student

Researchers and research technicians

Jitka Laskova Jancuchova – Technician

Tereza Vlasata – Admin & technician
Inga Freiberga – Technician

Master and bachelor students, assistants

Frantisek Xaver Pulkrabek – Bachelor student
Jana Kralova – Bachelor student
Katerina Kubelkova – Master student
Bonny Koane – Associated research assistant, – paraecologist

Andrea Bartošová – Master student
Kristyna Kamalenova – Master student
Veronika Slovikova – Master student

PhD students on hold

Previous lab members

Vojtech Janda – Bachelor student – defended in June 2025

Vendula Bilkova – Bachelor student – defended in June 2025, supervised by Anna Mrazova

Diana Tomandlova – Bachelor student – defended in June 2025, supervised by Anna Mrazova

Sara Fernádez Garzón – PhD student – quit studies in April 2025

Heveakore Maraia – PhD student – defended in February 2025 (currently lecturer in New Britain, Papua New Guinea)

Sam Finnie – PhD student – defended in July 2024 (currently postdoc in China)

Yogita Karpete – Master student – defended in June 2024

Xue Xiao – PhD student – defended in July 2024 (currently postdoc in Germany)

Elise Sivault – PhD student – defended in April 2024 (currently postdoc in France)

Amelia Joyce Philip – PhD student – did not defended (currently as freelancer)

Jan Lenc – Bachelor and Master student – defended in June 2023 (currently PhD at University of Florida)

Benita Laird Hopkins – PhD student – defended in December 2023 (currently on maternal leave)

Katka Puzejova – Master student – defended in May 2025

Irena Kleckova – Researcher – until June 2022

Martin Libra – PhD student, postdoc, researcher – until June 2022

Veronika Rehova – Bachelor student, defended in Jan 2022

Sreekar Rachakonda – Postdoctoral researcher, until March 2021

Karthik Thrikkadeeri – Master student, defended in June 2019

Legi Sam – researcher

Ondrej Mottl – part time PhD student/assistant in 2018

Adela Kotounova – Bachelor student defended in 2017