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prof. Ing. Jiří Drahoš, DrSc., dr. h. c.

(born in 1949 Český Těšín)


prof. Ing. Jiří Drahoš, DrSc., dr. h. c. Jiří Drahoš completed the study of physical chemistry at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague (ICTP) in 1972. He then began a study stay at the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CSAS), now the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), where in 1977 he received the degree of CSc. (candidate of sciences). He has worked at this Institute since 1977, holding various positions, such as research scientist, senior research scientist, Department Head, Deputy Director (1992-1995), and Director (1996-2003). In 1994, he qualified as Associate Professor in chemical engineering at ICTP. In 1999, he defended a thesis for the DrSc. degree in chemical engineering at ICTP, and in 2003 he was appointed Full Professor. In 2006, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. From 1985-1986 he worked as an A.v. Humboldt Fellow at Hannover University (Germany). Currently, he is Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Professor Drahoš principal research interest is focused on multiphase chemical reactors. He has published more than 60 original papers in impacted international journals, is the co-inventor of 4 international and 10 Czech patents. According to Science Citation Index (SCI) and other sources, his scientific papers have been cited more than 700 times. In 1977 he was awarded the Medal of the CSAS. He is a member of the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic, Chairman of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering, Chairman of the Board of Governors of ICTP, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Czech Association of Chemical Industry. He is a member of the Executive Board of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering, and he currently serves as its President. He is Chairman of the Commission for Conferring the Degree of DrSc. in the field of chemical engineering. In addition, he is a member of the Scientific Councils of ICTP and of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of ICTP, the Faculty of Mechanical Engeneering of Brno University of Technology, and the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of ASCR. Since 2002 he has chaired the International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA. He is the editor of the international journal Chemical Engineering Research and Design and a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Chemical Engineering & Technology and Clean Products and Processes.

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