Research foci:

Plants-soil interactions and their role in ecosystem functioning. In particular, effect of biofuel crops and potential invasive species on soil biota. Impact of global climate change on activity and composition of soil microbiota. Relationship between diversity of soil microbial community and ecosystem functioning.

Academic Education:

2009-2013 Ph. D. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology

2007-2009 M. Sc. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecology

2004-2007 B. Sc. University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology

Working experience:

2017-2018 postdoctoral researcher, Laboratory of Soil Biology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

2014-2015 post doc position at Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015 – ongoing researcher at Institute for Environmental Studies at Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague

2012-2014 researcher at Institute for Environmental Studies at Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague

2009-2012 technician at Institute of Soil Biology, Czech Academy of Science

Publication list:

M. Yao, J. Rui, H. Niu, P. Heděnec, J. Li, Z. He, J. Wang, W. Cao, X. Li, The differentiation of soil bacterial communities along a precipitation and temperature gradient in the eastern Inner Mongolia steppe, Catena. 152 (2017) 47–56. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2017.01.007.

Q. Lin, J. De Vrieze, C. Li, J. Li, J. Li, M. Yao, P. Heděnec, H. Li, T. Li, J. Rui, J. Frouz, X. Li, Temperature regulates deterministic processes and the succession of microbial interactions in anaerobic digestion process, Water Res. 123 (2017). doi:10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.051.

P. Heděnec, O. Vindušková, J. Kukla, Enzyme activity of topsoil layer on reclaimed and unreclaimed post-mining sites, Biological Communications (2017) 1. doi:10.21638/11701/spbu03.2017.103.

J. Frouz, A. Roubíčková, P. Heděnec, K. Tajovský, Do soil fauna really hasten litter decomposition? A meta-analysis of enclosure studies, Eur. J. Soil Biol. 68 (2015) 18–24. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.002.