Dr Jirina Daskova PhD

Marie Curie Research Fellow

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Jirina Daskova PhD

Contact details

Telephone 0121 414 6139

Email j.daskova@bham.ac.uk

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

Dr Jirina Daskova is an expert on Tertiary palynology. Her research is focused on Tertiary pollen and spores and also systematical palaeobotany in Tertiary palynology.

Qualifications

  • BSc (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • MSc (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • PhD (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

Biography

Dr Jirina Daskova was born in Brandys nad Labem in the Czech Republic and has lived in the Czech Republic for most of her life. She graduated from Charles University in Prague in 2000. Her masters thesis concerned palynology in the brown coal mine in North Bohemia. She completed her PhD on systematical research of pollen and spores in situ and she continues with work on Tertiary palynology during her Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Birmingham.

Teaching

Jirina Daskova taught lectures in palynology and micropalaeontology in Prague (Faculty of Education and Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague).

Research

Dr Daskova's research is focused on testing of plant extinctions across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. Dr Daskova collaborates with Dr Harrington on a project dealing with geographical distribution and statistical assessment of the extinction susceptibility of plants from different vegetation types (or biomes) across an interval of past greenhouse warming on a continental scale. This research is significant because it will allow us to identify vegetation type characteristics that are associated with greenhouse driven plant extinction.

Other activities

Dr Jirina Daskova is keen on the popularization of science; she cooperated in preparations of several exhibitions in the National Museum in Prague. She is also interested in the discovery of historical and natural sites in the UK.

Publications

Selected publications

Kvaček, J., Dašková, J. 2010. Konijnenburgia, a new genus of the fern family Matoniaceae. Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 158: 308–318.

Kvaček, J., Dašková, J., Pátová, R. 2006. A new schizaeaceous fern, Schizaeopsis ekrtii sp nov., and its in situ spores from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 140, 1-2: 51–60.

Kvaček, J., Falcon-Lang, H., Dašková, J. 2005. A new Late Cretaceous ginkgoalean reproductive structure Nehvizdyella gen. nov. from the Czech Republic and its whole-plant reconstruction. American Journal of Botany 92, 12: 1958–1969.

Kvaček, Z., Dašková, J., Zetter, R. 2004. A re-examination of Cenozoic Polypodium in North America. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 128: 219–227

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