Mendel University in Brno | Czech Republic
Ing. Katerina Holusova, Ph.D. et Ph.D., is a Czech forestry expert with extensive academic, research, and practical experience in forestry, landscape ecology, and nature conservation. Born in 1983, she has built a versatile career bridging scientific research, university teaching, consultancy, and applied forest management. Since 2016, she has been the Founder and Practical Forester at the Moravian Forestry Institute (Czech Republic), where she applies her expertise in sustainable forestry, while concurrently serving as a part-time Research Assistant at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno. At the university, she contributes to teaching both in English and Czech, offering courses such as Public Relations in Forestry, European Forest Economics and Policy, Management of Development Cooperation/Aid, Essentials of Economics and Business, and Forest Site Classification Basics for Forest Protection. She also plays a long-standing role as Deputy Project Coordinator and researcher in the international forestry project focused on forest inventory and sustainable management in protected areas of Tusheti, Georgia—a region where she has conducted extensive field activities. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Forestry Consultant at the Forest Management Institute in Brno, and as a scientific researcher at Mendel University. Her experience also includes hands-on field work in timber processing and a role as a forestry school teacher at the Centre for Environmental Education Lipka Brno. Privately, she is licensed to prepare management plans for nature conservation, having completed around 80 plans for natural monuments and reserves, and provides expert evidence for forest owners, police, and other institutions, with accreditation from the Czech Ministry of Agriculture. Academically, she holds two doctoral degrees: one in Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation from Mendel University (2007–2013), and another in Forensic Engineering with specialization in Forestry and Nature Conservation from Brno University of Technology (2007–2012), following her Master’s studies in Forestry Engineering. Her international experience spans over 20 countries through research, fieldwork, lecturing, and conference participation, notably in Georgia, Poland, Austria, Turkey, Greece, Argentina, Morocco, Serbia, Ukraine, Germany, and more. She has contributed to numerous development and environmental projects supported by national ministries and EU operational programmes. Additionally, she has supported organization of several significant conferences including events under the Carpathian Convention, Silva Regina, Junior Forensic Science Brno, and the European Congress of Odonatology. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys beekeeping, birdwatching, hiking, and spending time with family.
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Featured Publications
Holusova, K. (2025). Regional development in forestry from the point of view of the bioeconomy at the EU member-state level. Land. Advance online publication.
Holusova, K. (2025). Regional development in forestry from the point of view of the bioeconomy at the EU member-state level [Preprint]. Preprints.
Holusova, K. (2025). Assessing the provision of ecosystem services using forest site classification as a basis for the forest bioeconomy in the Czech Republic. Forests.
Holusova, K. (2023). Is the current forest management to the northernmost population of Cordulegaster heros (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) in Central Europe (Czech Republic) threatening? Forests, 14(2), Article 228.
Holusova, K. (2023). Occurrence and population density of the endemic species Cordulegaster buchholzi (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) on the Cyclades Islands in Greece. Insects, 14(11), Article 896.
Holusova, K. (2022). Comparison of the approach to determination of the rotation period of forest stands in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak Republic. Journal of Forest Science, 68(12), 476–486.
Holusova, K. (2022). Population density and abundance of the northernmost population of Cordulegaster heros (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) in Europe (Czech Republic) with notes on its biogeographical range. Diversity, 14(10), Article 854.
Holusova, K. (2020). Forests of the Carpathian Mountains in the Czech Republic. Mendel University in Brno.
Holusova, K. (2020). Lesy Karpat České republiky [Forests of the Carpathian Mountains in the Czech Republic]. Mendel University in Brno.