Staff

Name Havlas Zdeněk
Position Head of the Team
Zdeněk Havlas

Zdeněk Havlas, Ph.D., DSc.

Head of the Team


Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 333

 
Education
1976-1979 Ph.D. (CSc.) in physical chemistry, under R. Zahradník at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
1969-1975 RNDr. degree in physical chemistry, under supervision of P. Hobza at the Charles University, Prague.
 
Experience
1986-1988 Humboldt scholarship with Prof. Hans Bock at the University of J. W. Goethe, Frankfurt, Germany.
1979-1980 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Roald Hoffmann at the Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
 
Appointments
since 2007 Head of the Research Team (theoretical chemistry), Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
since 2006 Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
since 2006 Member and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Gilead Science Research Centre, IOCB, Prague.
since 2002 Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
since 2000 Member of the Centre for Complex Molecular Systems and Biomolecules.
 
Awards and Fellowships
2002 Member of The Learned Society of the Czech Republic.
2001 Academic Title DSc. from organic chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2001 Award of The Learned Society of the Czech Republic.
 
Research interest
Quantum and computetional chemistry, structure and dynamics of molecular and biomolecular systems, hydrogen bond and improper hydrogen bond, relativistic effects in organic molecules, excited states.