Csaba Vad
Principal investigator
vad.csaba(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
Lab members
Anett Hanny-Endrédi
Research fellow
endredi.anett(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
food web ecology, network analysis, trait-based ecology
Varsha Rani
PhD student & Assistant research fellow
rani.varsha(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
Invasive species, feeding interactions, evolution
Balázs Ádám
PhD student & Assistant research fellow
adam.balazs(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
Phytoplankton dynamics, climate change, food web interactions
Barbara Barta
PhD student
barta.barbara(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
ecology of ponds, metacommunity ecology, urban ecology
Thu‐Hương Huỳnh
PhD student
huynh.huong(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
zooplankton ecology, climate change
Dorina Varga
Technical assistant
varga.dorina(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
Vivien Horváth-Kardos
Technical assistant (currently on maternity leave)
kardos.vivien(at)ecolres.hun-ren.hu
Alumni:
Researchers
Károly Pálffy (2021-2025), research fellow
Ádám Fierpasz (2021-2024), assistant research fellow
Technical assistants
Klára Kiss (2023-2024)
Bernadett Szabó (2021-2023)
MSc students
David Nicolás Matamoros Ojeda (2025, MSc in Environmental Science)
Thesis: Effect of warming and an invasive macroinvertebrate on phytoplankton dynamics in a mesocosm experiment
Eszter Baranya (2024, MSc in Biology)
Thesis: The effect of heatwaves on experimental ponds zooplankton communities
Ivett Répássy (2024, MSc in Biology)
Thesis: Feeding selectivity of the invasive mysid shrimp, Limnomysis benedeni in algal mixtures
Ariel Czakó (2022, MSc in Biology)
Thesis: A klímaváltozás hatása fitoplankton közösségek funkcionális összetételére és dinamikájára egy mezokozmosz rendszerben [‘Effect of climate change on the dynamics and functional composition of phytoplankton in a mesocosm system’]
Duanyai Pranchelee (2022, MSc in Environmental Science)
Thesis: Comparison of the aquatic microorganism communities of artificial tree holes in a native oak forest and a pine plantation)
Thu‐Hương Huỳnh (2021, MSc in Environmental Science)
Thesis: Effects of climate change scenarios on zooplankton communities
BSc students
Bence Gergácz (2024, BSc in Biology)
Thesis: A vízimadarak általi endozoochória szerepe a zooplankton tartóspeték diszperziójában [‘Waterbird-mediated endozoochory in zooplankton’]
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