Petr Pyšek#
Photo: Jana Platichová
| Membership Number: | 7348 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ibot.cas.cz/personal/pysek |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8500-442X |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1996 Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Head of the Department of Invasion Ecology since 2004, Deputy Director 2004 - 2011
- 2004 - present Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
- 1989 - 1995 Institute of Applied Ecology, Czech Agricultural University, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Czech Republic
- 1982 - 1989 Building Geology Prague
Fields of Scholarship
- Biodiversity
- Plant population & community ecology
- Vegetation succession
- Conservation
- Savannah ecology
- Biological invasions
- Urban flora and vegetation
- Macroecology
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Praemium Academiae Award (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic
- 2014 - 2024 Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Ecology/Environment http://highlycited.com
- 2017 Robert H. Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award from the Ecological Society of America
- 2018 Neuron Award for outstanding scientific results (Neuron Foundation, Czech Republic)
- 2020 Memorial medail of the Faculty of Science Charles University Prague
- 2020 President of the Czech Academy of Sciences Award for promoting and popularizing research, experimental development and inovation
- 2021 Alfred Russel Wallace Award from International Biogeography Society
- 2022 Research.com #5 world ranking in Ecology and Evolution https://research.com/scientists-rankings/ecology-and-evolution
- 2022 Česká hlava National Award (Government of the Czech Republic)
