Curriculum vitae
RNDr. Václav Houk
Born in Praha (Czech Republic), March 12, 1946
Position: Researcher, Botanical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Třeboň
Office address: Botanical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Algology, Dukelská 135, CZ-379 82 Třeboň, Czech Republic
Main fíelds of interest: algology (phycology): taxonomy of diatoms, autecology; limnology of reservoirs and rivers; hydrobiology: ecology of algae, planktonology; water treatment technology
Education, positions:
1965-1970: Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biology/Chemistry, branch hydrobiology, finished with a diploma exam and diploma thesis "Methods for the bacterial growth rate assessment" (supervisor Dr. Straškrabová), M. Se. at Dep. Hydrobiology in 1970.
1970-1971: Military Service
1971-1994: in Prague Water Supply Company, Water Treatment Plant Podolí, central laboratory, as biologist/chemist. 1979: RNDr. degree in limnology (externally), thesis "Contribution to limnology of the Želivka Reservoir", Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University in Prague.
1995- 2002: Prague Water Supply and Sewerage Company, Water Treatment Plant Podolí, as
a chief of the technological laboratory.
2002-2004: After the dissolution of the technological laboratory in Podolí transferred to the
Laboratory of the microbiological and biological analyses as biologist.
2004: Scientific worker, Institute of Botany, AS CR, Třeboň.
Postgraduate course of limnology (1975/77), Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
Postgraduate course of water treatment technology (1983/85), Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Czech Republic.
Membership: Czech Botanical Society since 1985
Czech Algological Society since 2003
Czech Limnological Society since 1972.
Active participation at international scientific meetings: Hungarian Algological Meetings -nearly regularly since 1990, Die Deutschesprachigen Diatomologen Treffen -nearly regularly since 1991, International Diatom Symposium 2000 in Athens.
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