2000.-2006. Zagreb Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Ekologija, Dipl. Inž. biologije

2010.-2015.
Poslijediplomski interdisciplinarni doktorski studij Molekularne bioznanosti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku u suradnji s Sveučilištem u Dubrovniku i Institutom Ruđer Bošković

2022 - 2024 Zaklada Adris "Sistematika, taksonomija i zaštita špiljskih pauka iz potporodice Rhodinae". Martina Pavlek voditeljica, članovi tima: Iva Čupić suradnik, dr. sc. Miquel Arnedo suradnik.

2021 - traje: ERGA Hrvatska (Europski Atlas Referentnih Genoma)

2015 - traje: bazični projekt "Evolucija u podzemlju". Članovi tima: Martina Pavlek voditeljica, Iva Čupić suradnica, Nikola Pischiutta diplomant.

2017 - 2019 poslijedktorant na Marie Curie Sklodowska Actions IF projektu HiddenLife, Sveučilište u Barceloni, Španjolska, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/749867

2015 lipanj – 2016 rujan, Europski Socijali Fond “Evolucija genoma podzemnih životinja” HR.3.2.01-0015. Martina Pavlek voditeljica, članovi tima: Marko Lukić doktorand; Tanja Vojvoda Zeljko poslijedoktorand.

2020 Systematics Research Fund nagrada od The Linnean Society & Systematics Association iz Londona za projekt "Tracing back the origins of Dinaric cave-dwelling Dysderidae spiders"

2020 SYNTHESYS+, IL-TAF-8269, nagrada Europske komisije za projekt "Do Levantine and Dinaric cave-dwelling spiders share their evolutionary history?"

2017 100 000 MSCA FELLOWS AWARD za HiddenLife projekt, od Europske komisije, u sklupu Europske noći istraživača u Briselu (European Researchers' Night)

2016 Godišnja nagrada Društva sveučilišnih nastavnika i drugih znanstvenika u Zagrebu mladim znanstvenicima i umjetnicima

Paučnjaci - dio kolegija Medicinska entomologija na PMF-u u Zagrebu

Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Formenti, G., Bista, I., Berg, P. R., Bleidorn, C., Bombarely, A., Crottini, A., Gallo, G. R., Godoy, J. A., Jentoft, S., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R. A., Paez, S., Palsbøll, P. J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-López, M. J., Secomandi, S., … Zammit, G. and The European Reference Genome Atlas Consortium (M. Pavlek) (2023). How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends in Genetics, 39(7), 545–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005

Milano, F., Borio, L., Komposch, C., Mammola, S., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., & Isaia, M. (2022). Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the north-western Dinarides. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e87261

Pavlek, M., Gauthier, J., Tonzo, V., Bilat, J., Arnedo, M. A., & Alvarez, N. (2022). Life-history traits drive spatial genetic structuring in Dinaric cave spiders. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.910084

Mammola, S., Pavlek, M., Huber, B. A., Isaia, M., Ballarin, F., Tolve, M., Čupić, I., Hesselberg, T., Lunghi, E., Mouron, S., Graco-Roza, C., & Cardoso, P. (2022). A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data, 9(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01316-3

Formenti G., Theissinger K., Fernandes C., Bista I., Bombarely B., Bleidorn B., Ciofi C., Crottini A., Godoy J.A., Höglund J., Malukiewicz J., Mouton A., Oomen R.A., Paez S., Palsbøll P.J., Pampoulie C.,  .Ruiz-López M. J. , Svardal H.,  Theofanopoulou C., de Vries J., Waldvogel A.M., Zhang G., Mazzoni C.J., Jarvis J.E., Bálint M., and The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium (Pavlek, M) (2022): The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(3), 197-202. (IF 2020 17.712, Five Year 20.694; CiteScore 22.3)

Pavlek, M. & Mammola, S. (2020) Niche-Based Processes Explaining the Distributions of Closely Related Subterranean Spiders. Journal of Biogeography, 48(1), 118–133.

Platania, L.*, Pavlek, M.*, Arnedo, M. (2020) Testing the monophyly of the ground-dweller spider genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) with the description of three new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 18(7), 688-707. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1776786

Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Ferreira, R.L., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Humphreys, W.F., Isaia, M., Malard, F., Martinez, A., Moldovan, O.T., Niemiller, M.L., Pavlek, M., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Souza-Silva, M., Teeling, E.C., Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M. (2019) Scientists' warning on the conservation of subterranean ecosystems. BioScience, 69 (8), 641-650.

Pavlek, M., Gelfand, Y., Plohl, M., Meštrović, N. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats inTribolium castaneumgenome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms. DNA Research, 22 (6), pp. 387-401.

Meštrović, N.*,Pavlek, M.*, Car, A., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Abad, P., Plohl, M. (2013) Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box-like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes. PLoS ONE, 8 (6), art. no. e67328. (* shared first authorship)

Knjige i poglavlja u knjigama

Autorske knjige

• Bregović, P., Mišerić, I., Bedek, J., Ćukušić, A., Čupić, I., Delić, T., Dražina, T., Hlebec, D., Komerički, A., Lukić, M., Pavlek, M., Ružanović, L., Sudar, N., Tvrtković, N., Jalžić, B. & Malenica Čepelak, M. (2022) Skriveni životinjski svijet Baraćevih špilja (The hidden animal life of Barać Caves). Karlovac, Javna ustanova Baraćeve špilje.
• Jalžić, B., Čuković Malenica, T., Mihoci, T., Bedek, J., Bilandžija, H., Bregović, P., Dražina, T., Jalžić, V., Komerički, A., Kovač Konrad, P., Kutleša, P., Lukić, M., Malenica Čepelak, M., Miculinić, K., Pavlek, M., Perkić, D. & Sudar, V. (2021) Špilje i jame otoka Mljeta u slici i riječi. Zagreb, Nacionalni park Mljet ; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo.
• Marguš, M., Bedak, J., Dražina, T., Gracin, J., Jalžić, B., Komerički, A., Lukić, L., Marguš, D., Miculinić, K., Mihelčić, G., Ozimec, R. & Pavlek, M. (2013) Speleološki vodič Nacionalnog parka 'Krka'. Šibenik, Nacionalni park Krka.
• Marguš, D., Barišić, T., Bedek, J., Dražina, T., Gracin, J., Hamidović, D., Jalžić, B., Komerički, A., Lukić, M., Marguš, M., Menđušić, M., Miculinić, K., Mihelčić, G., Ozimec, R. & Pavlek, M. (2012) Tajne podzemlja. Šibenik, Nacionalni park Krka.
• Ozimec, R., Bedek, J., Gottstein, S., Jalžić, B., Slapnik, R., Štamol, V., Bilandžija, H., Dražina, T., Kletečki, E., Komerički, A., Lukić, M. & Pavlek, M. (2009) Crvena knjiga špiljske faune Hrvatske. Zagreb, Ministarstvo kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske ; Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode.

Radovi u časopisima

Znanstveni i pregledni radovi

• Mammola, S., Pavlek, M., Huber, B., Isaia, M., Ballarin, F., Tolve, M., Čupić, I., Hesselberg, T., Lunghi, E., Mouron, S., Graco-Roza, C. & Cardoso, P. (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data, 9 (1), 236, 13 doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01316-3.

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• Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Arabesky, V., Barrales-Alcalá, D., Barrion-Dupo, A., Benamú, M., Bird, T., Bogomolova, M., Cardoso, P., Chatzaki, M., Cheng, R., Chu, T., Classen-Rodríguez, L., Čupić, I., Dhiya’ulhaq, N., Picard, A., El-Hennawy, H., Elverici, M., Fukushima, C., Ganem, Z., Gavish-Regev, E., Gonnye, N., Hacala, A., Haddad, C., Hesselberg, T., Ho, T., Into, T., Isaia, M., Jayaraman, D., Karuaera, N., Khalap, R., Khalap, K., Kim, D., Korhonen, T., Kralj-Fišer, S., Land, H., Lin, S., Loboda, S., Lowe, E., Lubin, Y., Martínez, A., Mbo, Z., Miličić, M., Kioko, G., Nanni, V., Norma-Rashid, Y., Nwankwo, D., Painting, C., Pang, A., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., Pearce, R., Petcharad, B., Pétillon, J., Raberahona, O., Saarinen, J., Segura-Hernández, L., Sentenská, L., Uhl, G., Walker, L., Warui, C., Wiśniewski, K., Zamani, A., Scott, C. & Chuang, A. (2022) An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites. Scientific data, 9 (1), 109, 12 doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01197-6.

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• Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M., Borges, P., Colado, R., Culver, D., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D., Garzoli, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F., Isaia, M., Johnson, J., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez‐Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, S., Wynne, J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V. & Cardoso, P. (2022) Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems. Biological reviews, 97 (4), 1476-1510 doi:10.1111/brv.12851.

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• (European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium) Formenti, G., Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Bista, I., Bombarely, A., Bleidorn, C., Ciofi, C., Crottini, A., Godoy, J., Hoglund, J., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R., Paez, S., Palsboll, P., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-Lopez, M., Svardal, H., Theofanopoulou, C., de Vries, J., Waldvogel, A., Zhang, G., Mazzoni, C., Jarvis, E., Balint, M., …, Ozretić, P., …, Pavlek, M., ... & Zammit, G. (2022) The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in ecology & evolution, 37 (3), 197-202 doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008.

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• Huber, B., Pavlek, M. & Komnenov, M. (2021) Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy, 752, 1-60 doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.752.1391.

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• Platania, L., Pavlek, M. & Arnedo, M. (2020) Testing the monophyly of the ground-dweller spider genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) with the description of three new species. Systematics and biodiversity, 18 (7), 688-707 doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1776786.

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• Pavlek, M. & Mammola, S. (2020) Niche‐based processes explaining the distributions of closely related subterranean spiders. Journal of biogeography, 48 (1), 118-133 doi:10.1111/jbi.13987.

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• Vojvoda Zeljko, T., Pavlek, M., Meštrović, N. & Plohl, M. (2020) Satellite DNA‑like repeats are dispersed throughout the genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas carried by Helentron non‑autonomous mobile elements. Scientific reports, 10 (1), 15107, 12 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71886-y.

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• Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Angyal, D., Balázs, G., Blick, T., Brustel, H., Carter, J., Ćurčić, S., Danflous, S., Dányi, L., Déjean, S., Deltshev, C., Elverici, M., Fernández, J., Gasparo, F., Komnenov, M., Komposch, C., Kováč, L., Kunt, K., Mock, A., Moldovan, O., Naumova, M., Pavlek, M., Prieto, C., Ribera, C., Rozwałka, R., Růžička, V., Vargovitsh, R., Zaenker, S. & Isaia, M. (2019) Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, e38492, 15 doi:10.3897/bdj.7.e38492.

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• Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Angyal, D., Balázs, G., Blick, T., Brustel, H., Carter, J., Ćurčić, S., Danflous, S., Dányi, L., Déjean, S., Deltshev, C., Elverici, M., Fernández, J., Gasparo, F., Komnenov, M., Komposch, C., Kováč, L., Kunt, K., Mock, A., Moldovan, O., Naumova, M., Pavlek, M., Prieto, C., Ribera, C., Rozwałka, R., Růžička, V., Vargovitsh, R., Zaenker, S. & Isaia, M. (2019) Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β-diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological sciences, 286 (1914), 1-9 doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1579.

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• Lukić, M., Delić, T., Pavlek, M., Deharveng, L. & Zagmajster, M. (2019) Distribution pattern and radiation of the European subterranean genus Verhoeffiella (Collembola, Entomobryidae). Zoologica scripta, 49 (1), 86-100 doi:10.1111/zsc.12392.

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• Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Culver, D., Deharveng, L., Ferreira, R., Fišer, C., Galassi, D., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Humphreys, W., Isaia, M., Malard, F., Martinez, A., Moldovan, O., Niemiller, M., Pavlek, M., Reboleira, A., Souza-Silva, M., Teeling, E., Wynne, J. & Zagmajster, M. (2019) Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems. Bioscience, 69 (8), 641-650 doi:10.1093/biosci/biz064.

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• Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Ribera, C., Pavlek, M. & Isaia, M. (2017) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 56 (3), 301-316 doi:10.1111/jzs.12201.

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• Pavlek, M. & Carles, R. (2017) Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 262, 1-27 doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.262.

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• Andersen, T., Baranov, V., Hagenlund, L., Ivković, M., Kvifte, G. & Pavlek, M. (2016) Blind flight? A new Troglobiotic Orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina Jama – Trojama cave in Croatia. PLoS One, 11 (4), 1-15 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152884.

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• Pavlek, M., Gelfand, Y., Plohl, M. & Meštrović, N. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Tribolium castaneum genome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms. Dna research, 22 (6), 387-401 doi:10.1093/dnares/dsv021.

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• Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Pavlek, M., Vojvoda-Zeljko, T., Šatović, E. & Plohl, M. (2015) Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs. Chromosome research, 23 (3), 583-596 doi:10.1007/s10577-015-9483-7.

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• Meštrović, N., Pavlek, M., Car, A., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Abad, P. & Plohl, M. (2013) Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box- like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes. PLoS ONE, 8 (6), e6732-1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067328.

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• Pavlek, M. & Ozimec, R. (2009) New cave-dwelling species of genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) for Croatian fauna. Natura Croatica : periodicum Musei historiae naturalis Croatici, 18 (1), 29-37.

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2021 ERGA (The European Reference Genome Atlas), predstavnik za Hrvatsku

2019 Systematics association

2019 International Biogeography Society

2017 Research Institute of Biodiversity (IRBio - Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat), University of Barcelona

2017 CAWEB (European cave spiders’ network)

2016 International Society for Subterranean Biology

2015 International Society of Arachnology

2014 European Society of Arachnology

2012 Croatian Arachnological Society Narcis Damin

2003 Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo

2010 - 2014 Society for Experimental Biology

IUCN Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group