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Education |
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1990-1994 |
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. |
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1984-1989 |
Dipl. Ing. (equivalent of M.Sc.) in Organic Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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Experience |
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Since 2008 |
Associate Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Raleigh, NC, USA. |
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1998-2005 |
Research Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
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1994-1998 |
Postdoctoral research fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. |
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Appointments |
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since 2007 |
Head of the Research Team,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, v.v.i.; Prague, Czech Republic. |
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2005-2006 |
Assistant professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague. |
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Scientific work |
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Author of over 20 papers in peer reviewed impact journals (more than 450 citations).
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Work presented at more than 14 international scientific meetings.
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Co-author of EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2005 John Wiley & Sons.
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Co-author of the synthetic process bearing his name "Liebeskind-Srogl cross-coupling reaction" as featured, among others, in the compendium - Name Reactions:
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A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms. 2nd Ed. Springer Verlag, Berlin 2003.
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Core papers featured in Chemtracts and Chemical & Engineering News.
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Professional societies |
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Member of the American Chemical Society. |
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Research interest |
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Bio-mimetic formation of carbon-carbon bond, sulfur-based reactive intermediates in organic synthesis, role of transition metals in biological alkylations, interaction between sulfur containing functional groups and transition metals, bio-mimetic oxidation, substrate recognition in cross-coupling reactions, substrate recognition in new materials, metal assisted self-organization of molecules.
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