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	== Research Interests ==		== Research Interests ==
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	* Taxonomy of the hydrophiloid and myxophagan beetles		* Taxonomy of the hydrophiloid and myxophagan beetles
	* Morphology and biology of immature stages of Coleoptera		* Morphology and biology of immature stages of Coleoptera

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	== Education ==		== Education ==
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	:''Thesis: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and fossil record of selected groups of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea).'' Supervisor: Jakub Prokop. Opponents: Michael S. Engel (USA), Michael Balke (Germany).		:''Thesis: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and fossil record of selected groups of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea).'' Supervisor: Jakub Prokop. Opponents: Michael S. Engel (USA), Michael Balke (Germany).

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	== Current Positions ==		== Current Positions ==
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	* '''Technical Editor''' — ''Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae'' (since 2005, unpaid)		* '''Technical Editor''' — ''Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae'' (since 2005, unpaid)
	* '''Associate Editor''' — ''European Journal of Entomology'' (since 2025, unpaid)		* '''Associate Editor''' — ''European Journal of Entomology'' (since 2025, unpaid)

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	== Past Professional Experience ==		== Past Professional Experience ==
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	* '''Subject editor for aquatic beetles''' — ''ZooKeys'' (2010–2015)		* '''Subject editor for aquatic beetles''' — ''ZooKeys'' (2010–2015)
	* '''Associate Editor''' — ''Invertebrate Systematics & Phylogeny'' (2018–2021)		* '''Associate Editor''' — ''Invertebrate Systematics & Phylogeny'' (2018–2021)

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	== Languages ==		== Languages ==
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	* German (passive understanding)		* German (passive understanding)
	* Czech (native speaker)		* Czech (native speaker)

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	== Publication Activity ==		== Publication Activity ==
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	* Qvarnström M., '''Fikáček M.''' et al. (2021): Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. ''Current Biology'' 31(15): 3374-3381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015 [corresponding author; IF: 7.5, Q1]		* Qvarnström M., '''Fikáček M.''' et al. (2021): Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. ''Current Biology'' 31(15): 3374-3381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015 [corresponding author; IF: 7.5, Q1]

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	== Grants ==		== Grants ==
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	* '''2008''' — Fossil hydrophilids of the Eocene amber from the Paris basin, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.		* '''2008''' — Fossil hydrophilids of the Eocene amber from the Paris basin, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
	* '''2007''' — Taxonomy of the Georissidae and selected Sphaeridiinae from the Arabian Peninsula and Oriental Region, Institute des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.		* '''2007''' — Taxonomy of the Georissidae and selected Sphaeridiinae from the Arabian Peninsula and Oriental Region, Institute des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

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	== Teaching ==		== Teaching ==
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	* '''2018''' — Course assistant, ''Beetle Systematics Workshop'', Czech University of Life Sciences		* '''2018''' — Course assistant, ''Beetle Systematics Workshop'', Czech University of Life Sciences
	* '''2014''' — Lab instructor, ''Beetle Systematics Workshop'', Czech University of Life Sciences		* '''2014''' — Lab instructor, ''Beetle Systematics Workshop'', Czech University of Life Sciences

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	* '''2016''' — SYNTHESYS CZ-TAF-5815: ''Taxonomic revision of Cetiocyon Hansen, 1990 (Hydrophilidae) of New Guinea.'' PI: Wojciech Szczepański.		* '''2016''' — SYNTHESYS CZ-TAF-5815: ''Taxonomic revision of Cetiocyon Hansen, 1990 (Hydrophilidae) of New Guinea.'' PI: Wojciech Szczepański.

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	== Research Internships ==		== Research Internships ==

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	<span style="font-size:1.6em; font-weight:bold; color:#4a1e1e;">Martin Fikáček ~~MSc. Ph.D.</span>~~		<span style="font-size:1.6em; font-weight:bold; color:#4a1e1e;">Martin Fikáček: Curriculum vitae</span>

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Martin Fikáček MSc. Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

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== Research Interests ==

* Biodiversity, evolution and systematics of beetles
* Fossil record and its integration into phylogenetic studies
* Island biogeography and ecology
* Coleoptera (especially aquatic and leaf litter lineages)
* Taxonomy of the hydrophiloid and myxophagan beetles
* Morphology and biology of immature stages of Coleoptera

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== Education ==

'''2006''' — MSc. in Zoology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

:''Thesis: Primary chaetotaxy of the head of the hydrophiloid beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea).'' Supervisor: David Král. Opponent: Petr Švácha.

'''2010''' — Ph.D. in Entomology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

:''Thesis: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and fossil record of selected groups of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea).'' Supervisor: Jakub Prokop. Opponents: Michael S. Engel (USA), Michael Balke (Germany).

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== Current Positions ==

* '''Assistant Professor''' — Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (since 2021)
* '''Researcher''' — National Museum in Prague, Department of Entomology (2010–2021; since 2021 on unpaid leave)
* '''Technical Editor''' — ''Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae'' (since 2005, unpaid)
* '''Associate Editor''' — ''European Journal of Entomology'' (since 2025, unpaid)

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== Past Professional Experience ==

* '''Assistant Professor''' — Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Zoology (2012–March 2022)
* '''Adjunct Research Associate''' — Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA (2010–2016)
* '''Subject editor for aquatic beetles''' — ''ZooKeys'' (2010–2015)
* '''Associate Editor''' — ''Invertebrate Systematics & Phylogeny'' (2018–2021)

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== Languages ==

* English (fluent)
* Spanish (basic spoken)
* German (passive understanding)
* Czech (native speaker)

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== Publication Activity ==

=== Summary ===

{| class="wikitable"
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! !! Total !! Web of Science
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| Total number of publications || 171 || 144
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| Publications in 2021–2026 || 37 || 37
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| Number of citations || || 1940
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| Number of citations w/o auto-citations || || 1316
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| H-index || || 19
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For the complete bibliography, see [[People/Martin_Fikacek/Publications|List of Publications]].

=== SCI Publications 2021–2026 ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! !! Q1 !! Q2 !! Q3 !! Q4 !! Total
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| First author || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6
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| Corresponding author || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 10
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| Co-author || 12 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 21
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| '''Total''' || '''21''' || '''5''' || '''11''' || '''0''' || '''37'''
|}

=== Representative Publications (2021–2026) ===

* F.-S. Hu et al. & '''Fikáček M.''' (2025): Ancient divergent evolution of specialized swimming modes in aquatic beetles. ''Proceedings of the Royal Society B'' 292(2045): 20243093. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.3093 [corresponding author; IF: 3.5, Q1]

* Kusy D. et al. & '''Fikáček M.''' (2025): Phylogenomics resolves the relationships among Hydrophiloidea-Histeroidea families (Coleoptera) and challenges the single colonization of aquatic habitats. ''Systematic Entomology'' 50(4): 813-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12679 [corresponding author; IF: 4.9, Q1]

* Qvarnström M., '''Fikáček M.''' et al. (2021): Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. ''Current Biology'' 31(15): 3374-3381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015 [corresponding author; IF: 7.5, Q1]

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== Grants ==

=== As Principal Investigator ===

* '''2023–present''' — NSTC 113-2621-B-110-005-MY3: ''Cataloguing overlooked diversity of Taiwanese forests: integrative systematics of hyper-diverse leaf litter beetles.'' National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan.

* '''2022–2023''' — NSTC 112-2621-B-110-004: ''Genomic and ecological bases of coexistence in a patchy habitat: Taiwanese endemic wet rock beetles as a model case.'' National Science and Technology Council of Taiwan.

* '''2021–2022''' — MOST 110-2621-B-110-001: ''DNA barcoding and metabarcoding as tools to study Taiwanese leaf litter beetle communities.'' Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology.

* '''2012–2014''' — Grant Agency of the Czech Republic: ''Ancient habitat shifts from water to dry land: phylogeny and biogeography of the Gondwanan Sphaeridiinae.''

* '''2009–2011''' — Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences: ''Comparative morphology of fossil hydrophiloid beetles and their significance for the phylogeny reconstruction of the superfamily (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea).''

* '''2007–2009''' — Grant Agency of the Charles University: ''Phylogeny and biodiversity of the hydrophiloid beetles: fossil versus recent taxa and adult versus larval morphology.''

* '''2005–2006''' — Grant Agency of the Charles University: ''Evolutionary trends and biosystematics of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera).''

=== As Co-PI ===

* '''2015–2018''' — EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant: ''BIG4: Biosystematics, informatics and genomics of the big 4 insect groups: training tomorrow's researchers and entrepreneurs.'' [http://big4-project.eu/]

=== SYNTHESYS Grants ===

* '''2013''' — Revision of the New Zealand hydrophilid beetles, Museum of Natural History, London, UK.
* '''2008''' — Fossil hydrophilids of the Eocene amber from the Paris basin, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
* '''2007''' — Taxonomy of the Georissidae and selected Sphaeridiinae from the Arabian Peninsula and Oriental Region, Institute des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

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== Teaching ==

=== Current (National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 2021–present) ===

* ''Evolutionary Biology''
* ''Biogeography''
* ''Biodiversity: Natural History Collections''
* ''Scientific Writing, Illustration and Graphics for Biological Sciences''
* ''Phylogenetics in R''

=== Past ===

* '''2010–2021''' — Main lecturer, ''Diversity of Insects'' (MSc. course in English), Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague
* '''2010–2021''' — Associated lecturer, ''Biology of Aquatic Animals'', Department of Ecology, Charles University in Prague
* '''2012–2019''' — Field lab instructor, ''Biology of the terrestrial ecosystems'', Charles University in Prague
* '''2015–2016''' — Associated lecturer, ''Advanced Entomology'' (fossil data in studies of recent insects), Masaryk University, Brno
* '''2018''' — Course assistant, ''Beetle Systematics Workshop'', Czech University of Life Sciences
* '''2014''' — Lab instructor, ''Beetle Systematics Workshop'', Czech University of Life Sciences

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== Supervised Students ==

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| Ph.D. students || 0 || 4
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| MSc. students || 0 || 3
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| Undergraduate students || 1 || 4
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=== Supervised Student Grants ===

* '''2025''' — NSTC 114-2831-C-110-016-B: ''Diversity and evolution of Anacaena beetles in Taiwan.'' PI: Chun-Fang Chang, National Sun Yat-sen University.

* '''2021''' — MOST: ''Evolution of the swimming behavior in water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae).'' PI: Fang-Shuo Hu, National Chung Hsing University.

* '''2019''' — SYNTHESYS CZ-TAF-2524: ''Estimation of leaf litter beetle diversity in mountain Taiwan using DNA barcoding.'' PI: Fang-Shuo Hu.

* '''2018–2020''' — Grant Agency of Charles University: ''Jumping beetles as winners in passive dispersal: evolutionary dynamics and biogeography of wingless moss-inhabiting beetles.'' PI: Albert Damaška.

* '''2017–2019''' — Grant Agency of Charles University: ''Stream life on a shaky island: evolutionary history and speciation of New Zealand stream-inhabiting beetles.'' PI: Vít Sýkora.

* '''2018''' — Ernst Mayr Travel Grant: ''Assessment of Indian aquatic Coleoptera in the National Museum, Prague.'' PI: Sayali Sheth.

* '''2016''' — SYNTHESYS CZ-TAF-5815: ''Taxonomic revision of Cetiocyon Hansen, 1990 (Hydrophilidae) of New Guinea.'' PI: Wojciech Szczepański.

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== Research Internships ==

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! Year !! Institution and activity !! Duration
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| 2007 || Zoologische Staatssammlung, München, Germany — Michael Balke Lab (molecular taxonomy methods) || 1 month
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| 2009 || University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA — Andrew Short Lab (taxonomic research) || 1 month
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| 2010 || Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection — cooperation with R. A. B. Leschen on NZ Hydrophilidae || 1 month
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| 2011 || Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou — cooperation with F.-L. Jia on Chinese Hydrophilidae || 1 month
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| 2014 || Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection — cooperation with R. A. B. Leschen on NZ Hydrophilidae || 1 month
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| 2016 || Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection — cooperation with R. A. B. Leschen on NZ Hydrophilidae || 2 months
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| 2017 || Landcare Research, New Zealand Arthropod Collection — cooperation with R. A. B. Leschen on NZ Hydrophilidae || 1 month
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== Field Work ==

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! Year !! Location !! Duration
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| 2006 || Ecuador || 5 weeks
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| 2008 || SW India || 5 weeks
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| 2010 || New Zealand || 1 week
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| 2011 || S China || 4 weeks
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| 2012 || E Cuba; New Zealand || 4 weeks; 4 weeks
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| 2013 || SW China; Chile || 2 weeks; 5 weeks
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| 2014 || Dominican Republic || 5 weeks
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| 2015 || Republic of South Africa || 4 weeks
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| 2016 || New Zealand; Puerto Rico || 7 weeks; 2 weeks
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| 2017 || Panama; New Zealand || 3 weeks; 4 weeks
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| 2018 || Taiwan || 5 weeks
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| 2019 || Taiwan; Australia || 3 weeks; 4 weeks
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| 2024 || Japan (Iriomote Is.) || 1 week
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