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Education |
1996-2001 |
Ph.D. (CSc.) in theoretical chemistry, under supervision of Dr. Z. Havlas at Department of Theoretical Chemistry,
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
1990-1995 |
M.Sc. in physical chemistry at Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physical Chemistry,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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Experience |
2002-2004 |
Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. |
1999 (1 month) |
Short term stay at the Department of Quantum Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. |
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Appointments |
since 2007 |
Head of the Theoretical Bioinorganic Chemistry junior reseach team, Institute of Organic Chemistry
and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
2004-2006 |
Head of the Theoretical Chemistry group at the Department of Molecular Modeling, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
2001-2002 |
Junir scientist at the Department of Molecular Modeling, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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Awards and Fellowhisps |
2006 |
Otto Wichterle Premium for Younger Scientists, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. |
2001 |
Hlavka Foundation Prize, annual award for outstanding Ph.D. students in Czech Republic. |
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Research interest |
Applied quantum chemistry, quantum bioinorganic chemistry, interactions in biomolecular
systems, structural aspects of enzyme catalysis, QM/MM methods, MD/MM simulations, good knowledge of
quantum chemistry (TURBOMOLE, Gaussian, MOLPRO, MOLCAS) and MD (Amber) programs and methodologies in
applied theoretical and quantum chemistry, good programming skills (Fortran). |
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Hobbies |
Music: playing guitar and flute.
Sport: basketball, long-distance running (2:48:04 at Prague International Marathon in 1998),
cross-country skiing (3h 23min at Worldloppet event Jizerská 50 in 2006, 6h 18min in Vasaloppet 2007),
triathlon.
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