Ladislav Čepelka received his Ph.D. in Forest Ecology from the Mendel University in Brno in 2014. He worked as a Forester at the Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (2017–2021). Since 2015, he has been working as a Researcher at the Department of Forest Ecology of Mendel University in Brno. Since 2021, he has worked as a researcher at the Forestry and Game Management Research Institute. His research topics mainly include Forest Ecology and Biodiversity with a special focus on small mammals.