Jakub Zarsky, Charles University, Czech Republic

Biography

Jakub studied biology and ecology at the University of South Bohemia (CZ), Charles University (CZ) and the University of Innsbruck (A). He is involved in the research of various aspects of microbial processes in glaciated catchments in the High Arctic since 2009. Since 2015, he has been working as a member of CryoEco.eu team at the Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Prague, where he mainly focuses on subglacial zone of the Greenland ice sheet as well as some groups of organisms inhabiting the glacial surfaces.

Motivation for serving the EAG council

I recently became involved in reviewing larger number of research projects and this experience led me to a conclusion that knowing your subject of study is of a similar importance as knowing who else is working in it. I would see my service in the council as an opportunity to establish new contacts in the geoscience community while offering my expertise as a primarily microbial ecologist interested in large-scale processes.