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Education |
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1979-1983 |
Ph.D. (CSc.) in organic chemistry, under supervision of Dr. J. Vrkoč and Dr. M. Romaňuk at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague. |
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1977-1978 |
M.Sc. (RNDr.) in organic chemistry, postgraduate stay at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague. |
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1972-1977 |
M.Sc. in organic chemistry, under supervision of Prof. J. Klinot at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague. |
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Experience |
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1990-1992 |
Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. T. Norin, Department of Organic Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Appointments |
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since 2007 |
Head of the Research Team (Infochemicals), Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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since 2006 |
Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague. |
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2004-2006 |
Head of the Group of Semiochemicals, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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1979-2003 |
She has joined the Group of Insect Chemistry, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (formerly the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences). |
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Awards and Fellowhisps |
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1988 |
Prize of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - member of the team awarded for a series of papers on "Biologically active compounds from defence secretions of termites". |
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1983 |
Award of the Czechoslovak Chemical Society for the best review article of the year (Valterová I.: Defensive substances of insects. Chemické Listy 77: 594-624, 1983). |
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Teaching |
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since 2001 |
The course "Natural Products II" (spring semester) at Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague. |
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Research interest |
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Chemical ecology, chemical communication of insects, interactions between insects and plants, natural products of ecological importance. |
