NIB

Education:

2018 (December): Ph.D. in Biosciences, University of Ljubljana (UL)
2013: M.Sc. in Structural and functional biology, Biotechnical faculty (BF, UL)
2011: B.Sc. in Biology (BF, UL)

Publications:

• Turk E, Bond JE, Cheng RC, Čandek K, Hamilton CA, Gregorič M, Kralj-Fišer S, Kuntner M (2021). A natural colonisation of Asia: phylogenomic and biogeographic history of coin spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: Herennia). Diversity, 13:1-14
• Čandek K, Agnarsson I, Binford G, Kuntner M (2021). Biogeography of long-jawed spiders reveals multiple colonization of the Caribbean. Diversity, 13: 1-18
• Malek-Hosseini MJ, Muilwijk J, Gregorič M, Kuntner M, Čandek K (2021). First insights into the origin of Iranian cave beetle diversity with description of two new species of the genus Duvalius (Carabidae). Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 59: 1453-1469
• Šet J. Turk E, Golobinek R, Lokovšek T, Gregorič M, Quinones Lebron SG, Kuntner M, Haddad CR, Čandek K, Kralj-Fišer S (2021). Sex-specific developmental trajectories in an extremely sexually size dimorphic spider. Naturwissenschaften, 108: 1-12
• Čandek K, Pristovšek Čandek U, Kuntner M (2020) Machine learning approaches identify male body size as the most accurate predictor of species richness. BMC biology, 18: 105
• Turk E, Čandek K, Kralj-Fišer S, Kuntner M (2020) Biogeographical history of golden orbweavers : chronology of a global conquest. Journal of biogeography, 47: 1333-1344
• Čandek K, Agnarsson I, Binford G, Kuntner M (2020) Caribbean golden orbweaving spiders maintain gene flow with North America. Zoologica scripta, 49: 210– 221
• Čandek K, Agnarsson I, Binford G, Kuntner M (2019) Biogeography of the Caribbean Cyrtognatha spiders. Scientific reports, 9: 397
• Quinones Lebron SG, Kralj-Fišer S, Gregorič M, Lokovšek T, Čandek K, Haddad CR, Kuntner M (2016) Potential costs of heterospecific sexual interactions in golden orbweb spiders (Nephila spp.). Scientific reports, 6: 1-6
• Kralj-Fišer S, Čandek K, Lokovšek T, Čelik T, Cheng RC, Elgar M, Kuntner M (2016) Mate choice and sexual size dimorphism, not personality, explain female aggression and sexual cannibalism in raft spiders. Animal behaviour, 111: 49-55
• Coddington JA, Agnarsson I, Cheng RC, Čandek K, Driskell A, Frick H, Gregorič M, Kostanjšek R, Kropf C, Kweskin M, Lokovšek T, Pipan M, Vidergar N, Kuntner M (2016) DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa. PeerJ, 4: e2201
• Čandek K, Gregorič M, Kostanjšek R, Frick H, Kropf C, Kuntner M (2015) Corrigendum: Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4301
• Čandek K, Kuntner M (2015) DNA barcoding gap: Reliable species identification over morphological and geographical scales. Molecular Ecology Resources, 15: 268-277
• Čandek K, Gregorič M, Kostanjšek R, Frick H, Kropf C, Kuntner M (2013) Targeting a portion of central European spider diversity for permanent preservation. Biodiversity data journal, 1: e980

Links:

Profiles on scholarly portals: SICRIS (SLO), Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Web of Science, ORCID.

Personal bibliography (COBISS)