Heliana Dundarova
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Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Base 2, Office 7,
1 Tsar Osvoboditel
1000 Sofia
BulgariaPhone: (+359) 893 470 395
e-mail: heliana.dundarova@iber.bas.bgORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3136-6457
Web of Science: http://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/HNI-7801-2023
- Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
PhD in Zoology 2018
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
PhD thesis title: “Phylogeny of Myotis mystacinus morphogroup (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Balkan Peninsula”MA in Zoology 2011
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Prague, The Czech Republic
Master thesis title: “Phylogeography of Rousettus aegyptiacus in the Mediterranean region”BA in Biology 2007
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Biology, Sofia, BulgariaPROJECTS
Project leader:
А study on the role of Miniopterus schreibersii (common bent-wing bat) as an "umbrella species" to establish the zoonotic potential of cave-dwelling bat species in Bulgaria.
2024 - Present
No КП-06-Н71/5 от 6.12.2023, “National Science Fund”, Ministry of Education and Science, BulgariaLyssavirus load in cave-dwelling bat communities in Vietnam and Bulgaria
2023 - Present
No IC-VT/02/2023-2025, BASConservation of the Cave Dwelling Bat Communities in South Kazakhstan
2022 - 2023
No 36630-2, RuffordThe role of the cave-dwelling bats as a vector and reservoir of the European lyssaviruses in Bulgaria
2019 - 2023
No КП-06-Н31/14 from 11.12.2019, “National Science Fund”, Ministry of Education and Science, BulgariaUnderground Habitats as a Unit for Conservation of Vulnerable Bat Communities in South-western Kyrgyzstan
2018 - 2019
No 24890-1, RuffordBat expert:
Bats and men – sharing LIFE under one roof
2018 - 2023
Life, Disney Conservation FundExploring and mitigating the threat of Lloviu virus re-emergence in Central European Miniopterus schreibersii populations / Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019 - 2020
EUROBATSSustainable bats conservation in the cross-border area (BatsConserv)
2018 - 2019
Interreg V-A «Greece-Bulgaria 2014 - 2020NATURA 2000, Lot 5 (Bats) – Survey of bat habitats and determination of conservation status.
2012
Ministry of Environment and Water, Dicon groupCURRENT POSITIONS
Associate professor at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
- Research interests
Ecology, evolution, and conservation of Eurasian bats, with particular focus on the role of bats as hosts and vectors of RNA viruses.
- Publications
Leopardi, S, Dacheux, L, Serra-Cobo, J, Ábrahám, Á, Bajić, B, Bourhy, H, Bücs, S-L, Budinski, I, Castellan, M, Drzewniokova, P, Dundarova, H, Kergoat, L, Kergoat, L, Leuchtmann, M, López-Roig, M, Pontier, D, Priore, M.F, Robardet, E, Scaravelli, D, Zecchin, B, Lanszki, Z, Görföl, T, Kemenesi, G, De Benedictis, P. 2025. European distribution and intramuscular pathogenicity of divergent lyssaviruses West Caucasian bat virus and Lleida bat lyssavirus. iScience, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111738
Kubíčková A, Banďouchová H, Pikula J, Linhart P, Piaček V, Dundarova H, Sedláčková J, Veitová L, Bednaříková Š, Zukal J. 2024. Differences in haematology and blood chemistry between the lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis blythii) and its sibling species the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis). Acta Veterinaria Brno, 93, Journal of the University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Czech Republic, 425-437, https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202493040425
Dundarova H, Ostoich P, Alexieva I, Neov B, Ivanova-Aleksandrova N, Emilova R, Georgieva I, Bednarikova S, Zukalova K, Pikula J, Zukal J.2024. ELISA Detection of European Lyssaviruses in Bulgarian Cave-dwelling Bats. ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA, Supplement 20, 161-166
https://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/2024/Suppl_20_19.pdfDundarova H, Pikula J, Zukalova K, Bednarikova S, Mrhalek P, Piacek V, Petrov B, Kirov K, Trifonov V, Rashis R, Zukal J. 2024. A site of bat conservation concern: Madzharovo, Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70: 84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-024-01835-x
Nemcova M, Zukal J, Seidlova V, Bednarikova S, Havelkova B, Dundarova H, Pikula J. 2024.Temperature-dependent in vitro hepatocytotoxicity of insecticides in bats. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 29:104544. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2024.104544.
Yordanov G, Kalaydzhiev G, Palova N, Salkova D, Lozanova L, Dundarova H, Odjakova T, Todorov P, Radoslavov G, Hristov P. 2024. Genetic differentiation and population structure of two Bulgarian local goat breeds using microsatellite markers. Diversity, 16(7):388. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16070388
Piaček V, Zukal J, Seidlová V, Vitula F, Bednaříková Š, Dundarova H, Havelková B, Němcová M, Zukalová K, Pikula J. 2024. Acta Veterinaria Brno. Sperm storage of wild cervid species: comparison of available cryoprotectants. 93: 059–064. https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202493010059
Kalaydzhiev G, Palova N, Dundarova H, Lozanova L, Mehandjyiski I, Radoslavov G, Hristov P. 2023. Mitochondrial Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationship of Eight Native Bulgarian Sheep Breeds. Animals, 13(23):3655. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13233655
Dundarova H, Popov VV. Bats at an Altitude above 2000 m on Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria. Animals. 2024. 14(1):126. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010126
Dundarova H, Ivanova-Aleksandrova N, Bednarikova S, Georgieva I, Kirov K, Miteva K, Neov B, Ostoich P, Pikula J, Zukal J, Hristov P. 2023. Phylogeographic Aspects of Bat Lyssaviruses in Europe: A Review. Pathogens, 12(9),1089. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12091089
Nemcova M, Seidlova V, Zukal J, Dundarova H, Bednarikova S, Pikula J. 2023. Bat-derived cells use glucose as a cryoprotectant. Journal of Thermal Biology, 103652.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103652Orlova MV, Dundarova H, Anisimov NV, Shakula GV, Baskakova SV, Shakula FV, Shakula SV, Kuzminov IV, Boyarintsev, DI. 2023. New geographical records of spinturnicid mites (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Spinturnicidae) in Kazakhstan. Ecologica Montenegrina,63,105–112. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.63.10
Odjakova T, Todorov P, Kalaydzhiev G, Salkova D, Dundarova H, Radoslavov G, Hristov P. 2023. A study on the genetic diversity and subpopulation structure of three Bulgarian mountainous sheep breeds, based on genotyping of microsatellite markers. Small Ruminant Research, 226, 107034.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092144882300130XBalkanska R, Shumkova R, Atsenova A, Salkova D, Dundarova H, Radoslavov G, Hristov P. 2023. Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Deformed Wing Virus and Sacbrood Virus Isolated from Pollen. Veterinar Sciences,10(2):104.
https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/10/2/140Dundarova, H, Orlova, M, Anisimov, N, Baskakova, S, Shakula, G, Shakula, F, Shakula, S, Amirekul, K. 2022. A new species of Spinturnix (Acari: Spinturnicidae) from the Turkestani long-eared bat Otonycteris leucophaea (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Kazakhstan. Zootaxa, 5222(5): 443-456.
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5222.5.3Ivanova-Aleksandrova N, Dundarova H, Neov B, Emilova R, Georgieva I, Antova R, Kirov K, Pikula J, Zukalová K, Zukal J. 2022. Ectoparasites of Cave-Dwelling Bat Species in Bulgaria. Proc Zool Soc, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-022-00451-4
Nemcova M, Seidlova V, Zukal J, Dundarova H, Zukalova K and Pikula J. 2022. Performance of bat-derived macrophages at different temperatures.Front Vet Sci, 9:978756. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.978756
Dundarova H, Altybaev K, Mamatkalykov P, Momosheva G, Nizamiev A, Sultanbek kyzy B. 2021. Underground Habitats as a Unit for Bat Conservation in Southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica,73(4):597-605.
http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/2021/002569Dundarova H, Michev B, Pandourski I. 2021. Bats over the Western Black Sea Open Water Area. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 73(4):543-546.
http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/2021/002511Dundarova H, Pandourski I. 2021. On the presence of bats (Chiroptera) at the mouths of Kamchiya and Shkorpilovska Rivers, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. ZooNotes. 172:1-4
http://www.zoonotes.bio.uni-plovdiv.bg/ZooNotes_2021/ZooNotes_172_2021_D...Seidlova V, Zukal J, Brichta J, Anisimov N, Apoznański G, Bandouchova H, Bartonička T, Berková H, Botvinkin A D, Heger T, Dundarova H, Kokurewicz H, Linhart P, Orlov O L, Piacek V, Presetnik P, Shumkina A P, Tiunov M P, Treml F, Pikula J. 2020. Active surveillance for antibodies confirms circulation of lyssaviruses in Palearctic bats. 2020. BMC Veterinary Research, 16, 482. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02702-y
Daszak P, das Neves C, Amuasi J, Hayman D, Kuiken T, Roche B, Zambrana-Torrelio C, Buss P, Dundarova H, Feferholtz Y, Foldvari G, Igbinosa E, Junglen S, Liu Q, Suzan G, Uhart M, Wannous C, Woolaston K, Mosig Reidl P, O'Brien K, Pascual U, Stoett P, Li H, Ngo H T, IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 2020. Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesIPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany.
https://zenodo.org/record/4158500#.X6KWoogzY2xÇoraman E, Dundarova H, Dietz C, Mayer F. 2020. Patterns of mtDNA introgression suggest population replacement in Palaearctic whiskered bat species. Royal Society Open Science, 7: 191805
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.191805?fbclid=IwAR0t...Linhart P, Banďouchová H, Zukal J, Votypka J, Kokurewicz T, Dundarova H, Apoznanski G, Heger T, Kubickova A, Nemcova M, Piaček V, Sedláčková J, Seidlová V, Berkova H, Hanzal V, Pikula J. 2020. Trypanosomes in Eastern and Central European bats. 89: 69-78.
https://actavet.vfu.cz/89/1/0069/Dundarova H, Goranov S, Ragyov D. 2019. The northernmost point of distribution of the European free-tailed bat Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Bulgaria. In: Bechev, D. & Georgiev, D. (Eds.). Faunistic diversity of Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park. Part 2. ZooNotes, Supplement 6, Plovdiv University Press, Plovdiv, 167-170.
http://www.zoonotes.bio.uni-plovdiv.bg/Supplements/ZooNotes_Suppl%207_Vr...Dundarova H, Dedov I, Ljubomirov I, Zhalov A, Deltshev C. 2018. Preliminary research on the cave fauna in three caves in Lurë Mountain (Albania). 8th Symposium on karst protection-proceedings. Student Speleological and Alpinistic Club. Belgrade. ISBN:978-86-907923-3-7, 139-144.
Хабилов Т.К, Таджибаева Д.Э, Дундарова Х. Новые данные по распространению и биологии индийского подковоноса Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth, 1844 в Средней Азии. 2018. Plecotus et al., 21:57-61.
http://zmmu.msu.ru/bats/biblio/plec21/lepidus18.pdfMartínková N, Pikula J,Zukal J,Kovacova V, Bandouchova H, Bartonička T, Alexander Botvinkin A.D,Brichta J,Dundarova H, Kokurewicz T, Irwin N.R, Linhart P, Oleg L.O, Piacek V, Škrabánek P, Tiunov M.P, Zahradníková A. 2018. Hibernation temperature-dependent Pseudogymnoascus destructans infection intensityin Palearctic bats. Virulence, 9(1):1734-1750.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21505594.2018.1548685Dundarova H. 2018. Bat diversity in Lednitsata and Forgovskata dupka caves: two potentially important swarming sites in Western Rhodopes Mountains (Bulgaria). Acta zoologica Bulgarica. 70 (1): 139-142.
http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/downloads/acta-zoologica-bulgaric...Dietz C, Gazaryan A, Papov G, Dundarova H, Mayer F. 2016. Myotis hajastanicus is a local vicariant of a widespread species rather than a critically endangered endemic of the Sevan lake basin (Armenia). Mammalian Biology. 81:518–522.
http://ysu.am/files/10-1509626177-.pdfHulva P, Marešová T, Dundarova H, Bilgin R, Benda P, Bartonička T, Horáček I. 2012. Environmental margin and island evolution in Middle Eastern populations of the Egyptian fruit bat. Molecular Ecology. 21:6104-6116.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b3ca/786f82290165afe4aa079bfaa56bf7be4c...
Affiliation
- Department
- Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology
- Division
- Community Ecology and Conservation Biology
- Research group
- Conservation Biology
History
- Member for
- 11 years 41 weeks