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People

Name	Cvačka Josef
Position	Head of the Research Service Group

Doc. RNDr. Josef Cvačka, Ph.D.

Head of the Team

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

Phone: (+420) 220 183 303
Fax: (+420) 220 183 583


Education
1995-2001	Ph.D. in analytical chemistry under supervision of Prof. J. Barek at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
1993-1995	M.Sc. in analytical chemistry under supervision of Assoc. Prof. J.Zima at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
1990-1993	B.Sc. in analytical chemistry at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.

Experience
2004-2005	Visiting research fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Aleš Svatoš, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
2002	Postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Prof. Greg M. Swain, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
1999	Fellowship in the laboratory of Prof. Greg M. Swain, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, USA.
1998	Fellowship in the laboratory in the laboratory of Prof. Josino C. Moreira, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Center for Studies of Workers' Health and Human Ecology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1997	Fellowship in the laboratory in the laboratory of Prof. Arnold G. Fogg, Chemistry Department, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK.

Appointments
since 2007	Head of the Research-Service Team (Mass spectrometry), Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2005- 2006	Head of the Mass Spectrometry Group, Department of Organic Structure Analysis, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague.
2001-2005	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague.

Awards and Fellowhisps
2006	Otto Wichterle Premium for Younger Scientists
2001	NATO Science Fellowship Award

Teaching
since 2005	Course High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometric Detection at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.

Research interest
Mass spectrometry of natural products. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry of lipids. New MALDI matrices. Development of software tools for mass spectra interpretation.