In his lectures Kuntner has promoted Slovenian science and set forth spiders as good models for taxonomic and evolutionary research. Among the most noted was a video lecture during the first TEDxMaribor event (http://www.tedxmaribor.com/) published on http://videolectures.net/tedx2010_kuntner_pajki/.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 32407085A recipient of the following international awards, which helped promote Slovenian science: 1. Darwin’s bark spider, Caerostris darwini Kuntner & Agnarsson 2010 selected among Top 10 new species of 2010 by the Time magazine 2. Largest orbweaver Nephila komaci Kuntner & Coddington 2009 covered in the Guinness Book of Records, 2011 edition 3. Largest orbweaver Nephila komaci Kuntner & Coddington 2009 selected among Top 10 species for 2010 by the International Institute for Species Exploration, Arizona State University
E.02 International awards
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