Research Topics
supercritical fluid extraction of natural products, enzymatic reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide, mathematical modelling and scale-up of both processes, flow pattern in supercritical extractors, solubility of natural products in supercritical fluids
Qualification
1975 Ph.D. thesis (CSc.), Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals (ICPF), Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
1970 Master degree (Ing.), Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague
Positions and Advanced Study
Since 1987 Senior Scientist, Department of Separation Processes, ICPF ASCR, Prague. Research in applications of supercritical fluids
1982-1987 Senior Scientist, Department of Separation Processes, ICPF ASCR, Prague. Research in hydrodynamics and mass transfer in countercurrent liquid-liquid extractors
1977 Four-month stay at Chemical Engineering Department, University of Toronto, Canada
1975-1982 Research Assistant, Laboratory of liquid-liquid extraction, ICPF ASCR, Prague
Teaching
University course „Properties and application of supercritical fluids“
Participation in summer intensive courses on high pressure technology within Socrates/Erasmus programmes
Activities
2002 Member of the EFCE Working Party High Pressure Technology
1995 Member of the Int. Society for the Advancement of Supercritical Fluids
Language Skills
Czech - native speaker
English - fluent
Russian - fluent
German - active
Papers published during last 4 years
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