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Education |
1999-2003 |
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague;
under supervision of Dr.I.Starý (at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, ASCR). |
1994-1999 |
M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry at Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague;
under supervision of Dr.I.Starý (at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, ASCR). |
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Experience |
2005-2006 |
Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry (Prof. Pavel Kočovský), University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, UK. (Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Reactions Mediated by Silicon Reagents) |
2003-2005 |
Postdoctoral Fellow at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Prof. Alois Fürstner), Mülheim
an der Ruhr. (Synthesis of Iejimalide B, an Antitumor-Active Natural Product) |
2001-2002 |
Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry (Prof. Pavel Kočovský), University of Glasgow,
Glasgow, UK. (Carbene Ligands and Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis) |
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Appointments |
since 2007 |
Head of the Junior Research Team, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy
of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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Awards and Fellowships |
2005-2006 |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council scholarship (EPSRC), United Kingdom. |
2003-2005 |
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Fortbildungsstipendium, Germany. |
2004 |
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic award
for the Ph.D. Thesis of the year 2003. |
2003 |
The third prize in Rhodia ČR and French Embassy Chemistry Award, Czech Republic. |
2002 |
The first recipient of Czech national award, Prix Academia for student achievement. |
2001-2002 |
Socrates-Erasmus European Student Exchange Scholarship. |
2001 |
The first recipient of the Sigma-Aldrich award for young scientists, Czech Republic. |
2001 |
Award for the best organic chemistry research talk at the Student Conference, Institute of Organic
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. |
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Research Interest |
Synthetic methodology, transition - metal catalysis, aromatic chemistry. |