Where to find me
Department of Biology and Ecology
- Office: 107
- Phone: 048 446 7107
- Email: ladislav.hamerlik@umb.sk
Professional characteristics
Teaching
- Fundamentals of Ecology (Bc.), Nature in the Quaternary Period (Bc.), Freshwater Ecology (Mgr.), (PhD.)Základy ekológie
- Nature in the Quaternary Period
- Academic vademecum I
- Academic vademecum II
- Freshwater Ecology
- Restoration Ecology
- Methods of scientific research
- English Communication for Scientists
- Palaeoecology: Field Methods, Data Processing and Interpretation
Research interests
- indicator potential of aquatic insects (especially chironomids) in present and past environmental changes
- high-mountain and arctic aquatic ecosystems: alpine lakes, glacier-fed streams
- bioindication of environmental changes: climate change, eutrophication, acidification
- taxonomy, biology and ecology of Chironomidae; identification of larvae and pupae
Academic Achievements
- 2016. Associated professor in the field of General Ecology and Ecology of individuals and populations. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- 2008. Ph.D. in Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environment, Technical University of Zvolen (FEE TUZVO), Slovakia. PhD. thesis: Chironomid taxocenoses (Diptera: Chironomidae) of littoral, inlet and outlet of three alpine lakes of the High Tatra Mts. Supervisor: Prof Peter Bitušík.
- 1998. M.Sc.-degree, FEE TUZVO, Slovakia. M.Sc. thesis: Estimation of trophic status of six man-made reservoirs based on profundal chironomid assemblages (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Protected Landscape Area Štiavnické vrchy Mountains
Work experience
- 2016-2018. Guest researcher at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
- 2011-2016. Lecturer and researcher in aquatic ecology at the Matthias Belius University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
- 2008-2011. Post-Doctoral researcher, Freshwater Biological Laboratory (FBL), University of Copenhagen (FBL), Denmark,” Continuity of 3 Post-doc positions
- 1998-2008. Research assistant – aquatic ecologist, Dept. of Hydrobiology, Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
List of selected publications over the last 5 years
- Wojewódka-Przybył, M., Krahn, K.J., Hamerlík, L., Macario-González, L., Cohuo, S., Charqueño-Celis, F., Cisneros, A., Hoelzmann, P., Yang, H., Rose, N.L. and Zawisza, E., 2022. Imprints of the Little Ice Age and the severe earthquake of AD 2001 on the aquatic ecosystem of a tropical maar lake in El Salvador. The Holocene, https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221106965
- Balázs, A., Šipoš, J., Matúšová, Z., Hamerlík, L., Novikmec, M. and Svitok, M., 2022. Comparison of conservation values among man-made aquatic habitats using Odonata communities in Slovakia. Biologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01129-0
- Hamerlik, L., Silva, F.L. and Massaferro, J., 2022. An illustrated guide of subfossil Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) from waterbodies of Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula. Journal of Paleolimnology 67(3): 201-258.
- Medeiros, A., Milošević, D., Francis, D., Maddison, E., Woodroffe, S., Long, A., Walker, I., Hamerlík, L., Quinlan, R., Langdon, P. and Brodersen, K., 2021. The distribution of arctic Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) in the northwest North Atlantic region follows environmental and biogeographic gradients. Journal of Biogeography 48(3): 511-525.
- Chamutiová T., Hamerlík L. & Bitušík P. 2020. Subfossil chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) of lakes in the Tatra Mountains: an illustrated guide. Zootaxa. 4819(2): 216-264
- Bitušík, P., Novikmec, M. and Hamerlík, L. 2020. Chironomids (Insecta, Diptera, Chironomidae) from alpine lakes in the Eastern Carpathians with comments on newly-recorded species from Ukraine. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e49378.
- Čerba, D., Koh, M., Ergović, V., Mihaljević, Z., Milošević, D. and Hamerlík, L. 2020. Chironomidae (Diptera) of Croatia with notes on the diversity and distribution in various habitat types. Zootaxa 4780(2): 259-274.
- Laug, A., Hamerlík, L., Anslan, S., Engels, S., Turner, F., Wang, J. and Schwalb, A., 2019. Acricotopus indet. morphotype incurvatus: Description and genetics of a new Orthocladiinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) larval morphotype from the Tibetan Plateau. Zootaxa, 4656(3): 535-544.
- Larsen, S., Karaus, U., Claret, C., Sporka, F., Hamerlík, L. and Tockner, K., 2019. Flooding and hydrologic connectivity modulate community assembly in a dynamic river-floodplain ecosystem. PloS one 14(4): e0213227.
- Szarlowicz K., Stobinski M., Hamerlik L. & Bitusik P. 2019. Origin and behavior of radionuclides in sediment core: a case study of the sediments collected from man-made reservoirs located in the past mining region in Central Slovakia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-04136-y
- Hamerlik L., da Silva F.L. and Jacobsen D. 2018. Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Ecuadorian High altitude streams: A Survey and Illustrated Key. Florida Entomologist, 101(4): 663-676.
- Hamerlik L., da Silva F.L. and Wojewódka, M. 2018. Sub-fossil Chironomidae (Diptera) from lake sediments in Central America: a preliminary inventory. Zootaxa 4497(4): 559-572.
- Sochuliaková L., Sienkiewicz E., Hamerlík L., Svitok M., Fidlerová D. and Bitušík, P. 2018. Reconstructing the Trophic History of an Alpine Lake (High TatraMts.) Using Subfossil Diatoms: Disentangling the Effects of Climate and Human Influence. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 229: 289.
- Bitušík, P., Trnková, K., Chamutiová, T., Sochuliaková, L., Stoklasa, J., Pipík, R., Szarlowicz, K., Szacilowski, G., Thomková, K., Šporka, F. Starek, D., Šurka, J., Milovský R. and Hamerlík L. 2018. Tracking human impact in a mining landscape using lake sediments: A multi-proxy palaeolimnological study. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 504: 23-33.
- Hamerlík, L., Wojewodka, M., Zawisza, E., Duran, S.C., Macario-Gonzalez, L., Pérez, L. and Szeroczynska, K., 2018. Subfossil Chironomidae (Diptera) in surface sediments of the sinkholes (cenotes) of the Yucatan Peninsula: Diversity and distribution. Journal of Limnology.
- Chamutiová, T., Hamerlík, L., Szarlowicz, K., Pipík, R., Starek, D., Šporka, F., Přidalová, M., Sochuliaková, L. and Bitušík, P., 2018. Historical development of three man-made reservoirs in a mining region: a story told by subfossil chironomids. Journal of Limnology.
- Mariash, H.L., Cazzanelli, M., Rautio, M., Hamerlik, L., Wooller, M.J. and Christoffersen, K.S., 2018. Changes in food web dynamics of low Arctic ponds with varying content of dissolved organic carbon. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 50(1), p.S100016.
- Svitok, M., Novikmec, M., Hamerlík, L., Kochjarová, J., Oťaheľová, H., Paľove-Balang, P., Senko, D., Matúšová, Z., Bubíková, K. and Hrivnák, R., 2018. Test of the efficiency of environmental surrogates for the conservation prioritization of ponds based on macrophytes. Ecological Indicators, 95: 606-614.