Dr. Jan Kollár
Forschungsinteressen
• Artenvielfalt bei Kieselalgen und Vielfalt kryptischer Arten
• Integrative Taxonomie und Artenabgrenzung
• eDNA-Metabarcoding und Ökologie mikrobieller Gemeinschaften
Aktuelles Projekt
BENKIESO: Kieselalgen der Ostsee – DNA und KI im Biodiversitätsmonitoring
Publikationen
Kollár J. (2026): Integration, not replacement: molecular methods and a new equilibrium in taxonomy. BioScience (in press). DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biag065
Kollár J., Van de Vijver B., Kulichová J., Hejduková E., Viso R., Kohler T.J., Kahlert M., Pinseel E., Poulíčková A., Zimmermann J., Neustupa J., Vyverman W. & Kopalová K. (2026): A polyphasic taxonomy of the pseudocryptic diatom species complex Pinnularia acidicola, including description of new species. European Journal of Phycology. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2026.2626682
Coria S.H., Colman D.I., Kohler T.J., Kollár J., Vieira R., Pérez Catán S., Rosa L.H., Vázquez S.C., Mac Cormack W.P., Lirio J.M. & Kopalová K. (2025): Comparison of bacterial and diatom diversity patterns from waterbodies across two Antarctic Peninsula island groups. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 57(1): 2584836. DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2025.2584836
Kochoska H., Kollár J., Kopalová K., Styllas M., Ezzat L., Michoud G., Peter H., Bourquin M., Busi S., Hamilton P.B., Battin T.J. & Kohler T.J. (2025): Glacier-fed stream diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda, with description of one new species from the genus Neidium. Diatom Research 40(3): 237-258. DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2025.2474765
Kollár J., Kopalová K. & Kohler T. J. (2025): Diatom studies three decades into the molecular age: a bibliometric analysis reveals genetic underexploration of diatoms compared to other taxa. Fottea 25(1): 1-11. DOI: 10.5507/fot.2024.009
Hejduková E., Kollár J. & Nedbalová L. (2024): Freezing stress tolerance of benthic freshwater diatoms from the genus Pinnularia: comparison of strains from polar, alpine and temperate habitats. Journal of Phycology 60: 1105-1120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13486
Kollár J., Kopalová K., Kavan J., Vrbická K., Nývlt D., Nedbalová L., Stibal M. & Kohler T.J. (2023): Recently-formed Antarctic lakes host less diverse benthic bacterial and diatom communities than their older counterparts. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 99(9): fiad087. DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad087
Kollár J., Poulíčková A. & Dvořák P. (2022): On the relativity of species, or the probabilistic solution to the species problem. Molecular Ecology 31: 411-418. DOI: 0.1111/mec.16218
Kollár J., Pinseel E., Vyverman W. & Poulíčková A. (2021): A time-calibrated phylogeny provides an insight into the evolution, taxonomy and DNA barcoding of the Pinnularia subgibba group (Bacillariophyta). Fottea 21(1): 62-72. DOI: 10.5507/fot.2020.017
Kollár J., Pinseel E., Vanormelingen P., Poulíčková A., Souffreau C., Dvořák P. & Vyverman W. (2019): A Polyphasic approach to the delimitation of diatom species: a case study for the genus Pinnularia (Bacillariophyta). Journal of Phycology 55, 365–379. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12825
Poulíčková A., Kollár J., Hašler P., Dvořák P. & Mann D.G. (2018): A new species Pinnularia lacustrigibba sp. nov. within the Pinnularia subgibba group (Bacillariophyceae). Diatom Research 33: 273–282. DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2018.1513869
Kollár J., Fránková M., Hašler P., Letáková M. & Poulíčková A. (2015): Epiphytic diatoms in lotic and lentic waters – diversity and representation of species complexes. Fottea 15(2): 259-271. DOI: 10.5507/fot.2015.022
Profil
| Berufserfahrung | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seit 2026 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter | BENKIESO: Kieselalgen der Ostsee – DNA und KI im Biodiversitätsmonitoring | Angewandte Ökologie & Phykologie, Universität Rostock |
| 2022–2026 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter | Green New World: Unraveling microbial community assembly patterns in vanishing glacier-fed streams | Department of Ecology, Charles University, CZ |
| 2018–2019 | Research Assistant | Department of Botany, Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ |
| Ausbildung | |||
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| 2016–2020 | Doktorand | Biologie | Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ |
| 2014–2016 | Master-Studium | Hydrobiologie | Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ |
| 2014–2016 | Weiterbildung für Lehrkräfte | Lehramt Biologie | Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ |
| 2011–2014 | Bachelor-Studium | Systematische Biologie und Ökologie | Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ |
| Auslandsaufenthalte | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/2018–09/2018 | Forschungsaufenthalt | Fachbereich Biowissenschaften | Natural History Museum, London, GB |
| 11/2015 | Forschungsaufenthalt | Protistenkunde und Gewässerökologie | University of Ghent, BE |
| 07/2014–09/2014 | Praktikum | Protistenkunde und Gewässerökologie | University of Ghent, BE |
Kontakt
Dr. Jan Kollár
Universität Rostock
Institut für Biowissenschaften
Angewandte Ökologie & Phykologie
Albert-Einstein-Straße 21
18059 Rostock
Tel. +49 381 498 6102
Fax. +49 381 498 6072
jan.kollar(at)uni-rostock.de





