1. Vladimir Pavlovic
114 Hawkswood Drive, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 8GB, United Kingdom • +44 7858 946701 •
vladopavlovic@yahoo.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
GIS specialist and botanist seeking position as an ecologist, GIS specialist, data analyst and ecosystem
management scientist.
SUMMARY
 6 years of experience in field of ecology and environmental science with strong environmental
awareness and GIS background, excellent writing skills and the ability find innovative solutions
 manage and implement environmental projects, basic and applied ecological research successfully
 systems and creative approach to problem solving and meeting targets, able to acquire new
knowledge and new skills quickly and apply them in my work
 analogical and technical thinking and looking beyond disciplinary boundaries and looking
interdisciplinary
 detail oriented and focused with strong presentation abilities
EDUCATION
PhD, Land Protection and Landuse
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia
Specialties: landscape ecology, GIS, phytocenology, processing data
PhD thesis: “The effect of secondary succession on dry grassland communities diversity in National Nature
Reserve Horsianska dolina“
Master’s in Environmental Science,
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia
Specialties: phytocenology, habitat management, nature conservation
Master’s thesis: Vegetation of dry grassland communities in boundary parts of Zoborske vrchy (NATURA
2000)
A – level, Forestry
Technical School of Forestry, Presov, Slovakia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research assistant – 2013
Institute of Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
 archaeological research assistant
 technician – archaeological fieldwork, research excavation, Leica total station measurements , GIS
PhD student – Landscape Protection and Land-Use, Research assistant, Lecturer, 2008 – 2011
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia
 Conducted basic and applied ecological research in protected areas, managed and implemented
environmental projects, floristic and phytocenological research, Phase 1 Habitat classification survey
and associated field survey technique
 Collected and processed ecological, biological and landscape data (STATISTICA, MS Excel, TurboVeg,
Juice, PC-Ord, Canoco), wrote excellent reports and publications
 Created new methodology of choosing parallel plots to find out the effect of secondary succession on
dry grassland communities diversity in national nature reserve by complex spatial analysing and
using GIS tools
 Worked with and processed aerial photographs, satellite imagery and digital terrain model,
georeferencing, digitizing, 3D landscape modeling
 created map and graph layouts, complex spatial analysis, synthesis, landscape structure analysis,
historical and current land-use analysis (ArcGIS 9, 10, ArcView 3.X, GrassGIS, Fragstats)

2.  Lectured subjects (Ecology of Individuals, Populations and Communities, Ecosystems Ecology,
Fieldwork Practice, Nature Conservation Practice), made classroom presentations and supervised
bachelor’s thesis of undergraduate students, supervised the Summer Camp of Nature Protectors for
children
 Cooperated with State Nature Conservancy of Slovak Republic and environmental/ecological NGOs
such as Pangea, SOVS, Member of Slovak Botanical Society
 Participant in Fen Ecosystems Management Training Programme under the auspices of the DAPHNE
– Institute of Applied Ecology
Participant in Erasmus Intensive Programme , 6/2010
under the auspices of Institut für Ökologie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck – “Training on
approaches to sustainable development in mountain areas under global change” in Spain (Ebro Valley and
Spanish Pyrenees).
Graduate Researcher, 2003 – 2008
Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, Slovakia
 floristic survey, plant communities survey – classification of vegetation, Phase 1 Habitat classification
survey and associated field survey technique, GIS
 phytocenological research of dry grassland communities (NATURA 2000), statistical data analysis
 habitat management, nature conservation
SKILLS
Language skills: Slovak language – mother tongue
English language – advanced
Czech language – expert
Polish language - basic
Computer skills: Microsoft Windows - advanced
Microsoft Office: PowerPoint – expert, Excel – advanced, Word –
advanced, Outlook - advanced
OpenOffice - advanced
Internet (e-mail, www) - expert
Adobe Photoshop – advanced
GIS applications: ArcView, ArcGIS – expert (certificate), MapInfo –
basic, AutoCAD – basic, Fragstats – advanced, GrassGIS - advanced
statistical applications: Statistica – advanced
ecological applications: TurboVEG, Juice, PC-Ord, Canoco
PUBLICATIONS
Flora of National Nature Reserve Horsianska dolina (Levice district) / Vladimir Pavlovic.
In Rosalia: zborník vedeckych prac a studii spravy Chranenej krajinnej oblasti Ponitrie. Nitra: Sprava chranenej
krajinnej oblasti Ponitrie, 2012. (in press)
Nesting habitat restoration of Bee eater Merops apiaster colony in cadastral unit Velke Zaluzie, / Liga, Jan –
Keckesova, Lucia – Pavlovic, Vladimir – Riciová, Dana – Veselovsky, Tomas – Lobbova, Denisa, 2010.
In: Vtaky : casopis Slovenskej ornitologickej spolocnosti/Birdlife Slovensko. - ISSN 1336-9962, Roc. 5, c. 4
(zima 2010), s. 15.
Vegetation of Dry Grasslands Biotopes in boundary part of Zoborske vrchy / Vladimir Pavlovic, 2009.
In:2009 : zbornik vedeckych prac doktorandov a mladych vedeckych pracovnikov / Ivan Balaz a kol. - Nitra :
UKF, 2009. - ISBN 978-80-8094-499-5, S. 461-470.
Young Scientists 2010 : zbornik vedeckych prac doktorandov, mladych vedeckych a pedagogickych pracovnikov
/ Lucia Keckesova, Jan Liga, Vladimir Pavlovic, Monika Strelkova, Dana Riciova, Martin Capay - Nitra : UKF,
2010. - 869 s. - ISBN 978-80-8094-742-2