Baldrian Petr

Assoc. Prof., Ph.D.
Born September 1, 1972 in Prague

Environmental microbiology and ecology
Member of Learned Society since 2021

Educational and professional preparation

MSc., Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 1996
Ph.D., Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 2000
Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 2017

Employment and academic positions

Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (since 1998), Head of the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology (since 2006)

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies

Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology (member)
Czech Society for Ecology (member)
Czech Science Foundation – panel member, discipline committee member, member of presidium
Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague (member)

Membership and positions in selected international organizations and societies

International Society for Microbial Ecology – Ambassador for the Czech Republic
American Society for Microbiology (member), British Mycological Society (member)
Editor časopisů Microbiome, ISME Journal, Fungal Ecology a FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Evaluation panel member: Horizon 2020, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, FORMAS
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board - Finnish Natural Resources Institute, Helsinki

Notable awards

2008, Prize of the President of the Czech Science Foundation
2015, Prize of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic for the excellence in research
2017, Academic Award – Praemium Academiae, Czech Academy of Sciences
2021, Award of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic

Selected publications

Větrovský, T., Kohout, P., Kopecký, M., Machac, A., Man, M., Bahnmann, B.D., Brabcová, V., Choi, J., Meszárošová, L., Human, Z.R., Lepinay, C., Lladó, S., Lopez-Mondejar, R., Martinovic, T., Mašínová, T., Morais, D., Navrátilová, D., Odriozola, I., Štursová, M., Švec, K., Tláskal, V., Urbanová, M., Wan, J., Žifčáková, L., Howe, A., Ladau, J., Peay, K.G., Storch, D., Wild, J., Baldrian, P. (2019) A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns. Nature Communications 10, 5142.
Nilsson, R.H., Anslan, S., Bahram, M., Wurzbacher, C., Baldrian, P., Tedersoo, L. (2019) Mycobiome diversity: high-throughput sequencing and identification of fungi. Nature Reviews Microbiology 17, 95.
López-Mondéjar, R., Brabcová, V., Štursová, M., Davidová, A., Jansa, J., Cajthaml, T., Baldrian, P. (2018) Decomposer food web in a deciduous forest shows high share of generalist microorganisms and importance of microbial biomass recycling. ISME Journal 12, 1768.
Kohout, P., Charvátová, M., Štursová, M., Mašínová, T., Tomšovský, M., Baldrian, P. (2018) Clearcutting alters decomposition processes and initiates complex restructuring of fungal communities in soil and tree roots. ISME Journal 12, 692.
Baldrian, P. (2017) Forest microbiome: diversity, complexity and dynamics. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 41, 109.
Brabcová, V., Nováková, M., Davidová, A. and Baldrian, P. (2016) Dead fungal mycelium in forest soil represents a decomposition hotspot and a habitat for a specific microbial community. New Phytologist 210, 1369.
Štursová, M., Šnajdr, J., Cajthaml, T., Bárta, J., Šantrůčková, H. and Baldrian, P. (2014) When the forest dies: the response of forest soil fungi to a bark beetle-induced tree dieback. ISME Journal 8, 1920.
Bradford, M.A., Warren, R.J., Baldrian, P., Crowther, T.W., Maynard, D.S., Oldfield, E.E., Wieder, W.R., Wood, S.A. and King, J.R. (2014) Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales. Nature Climate Change, 4, 625.
Voříšková, J. and Baldrian, P. (2013) Fungal community on decomposing leaf litter undergoes rapid successional changes. ISME Journal, 7, 477.
Baldrian, P., Kolařík, M., Štursová, M., et al. (2012) Active and total microbial communities in forest soil are largely different and highly stratified during decomposition. ISME Journal 6, 248-258.