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Martin FELLNER
Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science,
Palacky University in Olomouc and Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR v.v.i.,
Slechtitelu 11, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic;
Tel. +420-58563 4905; +420-58563 4897 martin.fellner@upol.cz  

EDUCATION
Professor 2016 Plant Physiology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Czech Republic
Associate professor 2009 Plant Physiology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Czech Republic
Ph.D. 1997 Cellular and molecular physiology, Universit é de Paris-Sud XI, Orsay, France
M.Sc. 1988 Biophysics and chemical physics, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic


Fluent in English and French

APPOINTMENTS

  • January 2011 - present Head of Group of Molecular Physiology, Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacky University in Olomouc and Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR.
  • April 2005 – December 2010 Head of Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Palacky University in Olomouc.
  • August 2003 – March 2005 Research associate, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic (1 00%) and Institute of Experimental Botany Academy of Science of the Czech Republic (50%).
  • May 2000 – July 2003 Research associate, Department of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, with Professor Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh. Subject of research: 1. “ Discovering the phenotype of modern genotypes of maize allowing these plants to produce ears when planted very densely”. 2. Study of interaction between light and hormone signaling in growth and development of corn seedlings.
  • December 2002 - July 2003 Training course of plant molecular biology methods in laboratory of Professor Ben Hall, Department of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
  • September 1997 - April 2000 Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, with Professor Vipen K. Sawhney. Subject of research: 1. “Genetic and physiological characterization of photoperiod-dependent ABA-supersensitive mutant 7B-1 in tomato”. 2. “ Involvement of plant hormones in mechanisms of genic male sterility of a photoperiod-sensitive mutant in tomato Lycopersicon esculentum ”. 3. Study of interaction between ABA and light signaling, and its role in abiotic stress signaling in tomato mutant 7B-1.
  • October - December 1997 Training course of plant molecular biology methods in aboratory of Dr. Raju Datla, Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Canada.
  • March 1997 - August 1997 Research assistant, Joint Laboratory of Plant Growth Regulators in Institute of Experimental Botany in Olomouc, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Faculty of Natural Sciences, Palacky University Olomouc. Subject of research: “Study of mechanisms of garlic Allium sativum male sterility”.
  • November 1993 - February 1997 Ph.D. student, Université de Paris-Sud XI in Orsay and CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette, with Professor Jean Guern. Title of thesis: “Research for selection screens of auxin-response mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana . Genetic and physiological characterization of the first isolated mutants”.
  • June, August 1996 In frame of Ph.D. program stay in laboratory of Dr. Alain Vavasseur, Group of Signal Transduction and Osmoregulation, Centre of Nuclear Research Cadarache, St. Paul lez Durance, France. Subject of research: “Stomata response to plant hormones in Arabidopsis ABA-supersensitive mutant”. 
  • December 1992 - October 1993 Student research assistant, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech republic. Subject of research identical to that in 1989 - 1991; participation in project “Resistance of Cucumis plants to mildew”. 
  • January 1992 - November 1992 Student research assistant, CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Within the framework of program TEMPUS, stay in laboratory of Professor Jean Guern. Subject of research: “Perception of auxin signal in plant cells, particularly study of auxin-dependent division of protoplast-derived cells from leaves of different tobacco genotypes”. 
  • 1991 Research technician, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Subject of research identical to that in 1989 - 1991. 
  • 1989 - 1990 Research technician, Research Institute of Vegetable Growing and Breeding, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Subject of research: “Cultures in vitro of plants of genus Allium , especially protoplast cultures”. 
  • 1987 - 1988 Student assistant, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Olomouc, Czech Republic. The subject of research: “Selection for resistance to Fusarium in cell suspension culture of Medicago sativa ”. 
  • 1981 – 1986 Student of Palacky University in Olomouc, specialization: “Biophysics and chemical physics”. Title of extended essay: “Study of insect reaction to various parts of electromagnetic radiation - application in agriculture”, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

TEACHING

Teaching at Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacky University in Olomouc
Three subject seminars (LRR/OBSE3, LRR/OBSE4, LRR/POS2)
Lecture: Molecular Biology of Plants 1,2 (LRR/MBR1,2)
Lecture: Specialized plant physiology (LRR/SFRZ)
Lecture: Celebrities of plant physiology (LRR/VORF)
Lecture: Plant growth and development (LRR/RVR)
Lecture: Molecular physiology (LRR/MFPSB)
Lecture: Plant molecular physiology (LRR/PMP; lectures in English language)

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

1. Postdoctoral research associate
University of Washington, Department of Botany, Seattle, USA; 3 years and 3 months
2. Postdoctoral fellowship
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Biology, Saskatoon, Canada; 2 years and 8 months
3. Ph.D. scholarship
University of Paris XI (Orsay) and CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; France; 3 years and 6 months
4 . EC Training fellowship in Eastern Europe (TEMPUS Program)
CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; 8 months  

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