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| Education and Academic Degree |
| 2000 |
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Pardubice, Habilitation Thesis: "Development and Application of DFT methods for the study of chemical
reactivity and catalysis". |
| 1991-1995 |
Ph.D. study with Prof. Jordan at the Chemistry Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Theses: "Theoretical Study of Processes on the Si(100) Surfaces". |
| 1989-1990 |
Working towards the CSc. degree at J.Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, CSAS, Prague. |
| 1987 |
RNDr. Degree in Physical Chemistry, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia. |
| 1982-1987 |
MSc. in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia. |
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| Experience |
| since 2004 |
Researcher in the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Scieneces of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
| 2003 |
Guest docent at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. |
| 1995-2003 |
Researcher in J.Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Scieneces of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
| 1990-1991 |
Research position with Prof. K.D.Jordan at University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |
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| Appointments |
| since 2007 |
Head of the Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
| 2004-2006 |
Head of the Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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1979-2003 | He has joined the J.Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, CSAS, Prague. |
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| Awards |
| 2003 |
Hertie-Stiftunt guest professor position at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. |
| 2002 |
Otto Wichterle Award. |
| 1996 |
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Award for Junior Scientist. |
| 1992-1994 |
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral stipend, University of Pittsburgh. |
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| Teaching |
| 2003 |
Lecturing course on Applied Quantum Chemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. |
| since 1998 |
Lecturing Quantum Chemistry courses at the University of Pardubice. |
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| Research Interests |
- Theoretical characterization of metal / zeolite systems.
- Theoretical investigation of the effect of the complex environment on the spectroscopic properties of solvated molecules and molecular ions.
- Investigation of reliability of DFT method in modeling chemical reactivity and weak interactions.
- Ab initio calculations for the systems with near-degeneracies.
- Modeling of chemical processes on silicon surfaces.
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