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Staff

Name	Hobza Pavel
Position	Head of The Team

Prof. Pavel Hobza

Head of the Team, Professor

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

Phone: (+420) 220 410 311
Fax: (+420) 224 410 320


Education
1969-1973	CSc. (Ph.D.) in physical chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
1964-1969	M.Sc. in chemistry, Faculty of Technical and Nuclear Physics, Czech Technical University, Prague.

Appointments
since 2005	Head of the Research Center for Biomolecules and Complex Molecular Systems, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Prague.
since 2005	Professor of Physical Chemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc.
since 2003	Head of the Department of Molecular Modelling, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i., Prague.
since 2002	Professor of Physical Chemistry, Charles University, Prague.
2002-2004	Head of the Research Center for Complex Molecular Systems and Biomolecules.
1991-2003	J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1990-1991	DFG - visiting professor, Technische Universität München, Germany.
1986-1990	Research Associate at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany and Technische Universität München, Germany.
1984, 1986	Visiting Professor at the Universite de Montreal, Canada.
1979, 1982	Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universite de Montreal, Canada.
1973-1986	Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

Awards and Fellowhisps
2009	World Class University Professor, POSTECH University, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
2008	České hlava, Government of the Czech Republic.
2007	´Praemium Academiae, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
2007	Distinguished Chair, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AV CR, v.v.i.
2006	Fellow at The Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester.
2005	Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry.
2003	Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
2000	Prize of Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic.
2000	Member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities.
1996	Member of the Czech Learned Society.
1992	Deutsche Forschung Gemeinschaft Gastprofessor, Technische Universität München.
1981, 1989	Prize of Czech Literary Fund.
1981, 1988	D.Sc. from Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.

Research interest
Quantum chemistry and computational chemistry. Structure and dynamics of molecular and biomolecular clusters and biomolecules. Non-covalent interactions, hydrogen-bonding and improper, blue-shifting hydrogen-bonding, halogen bonding.

Publications and Citation Index
over 400 papers in referred journals three books over 20000 citations Hirsch index 78

Editorial Boards
since 2006	Chem. Phys. Chem.
since 2006	Chem. Phys.
since 2006	Chairman of the Advisory Board in Collection of Czechoslov. Chem. Commun.
since 2005	Chemistry - A European Journal
since 2004	Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
1994-2004	Chemical Reviews