People

Name Hocek Michal
Position Head of the Senior Research Group
Michal Hocek, Ph.D., DSc.

Prof. Michal Hocek, Ph.D., DSc.

Head of the Senior Research Group


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

☎: (+420) 220 183 324
℻: (+420) 220 183 559
✉: hocek@uochb.cas.cz

 
Education
1993-1996 Ph.D. in organic chemistry, under supervision of Dr. A.Holý at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
1988-1993 M.Sc. in organic chemistry, under supervision of Prof. J.Kuthan at the Prague Institute of Chemical technology.
 
Experience
1997 Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. L. Ghozes at the Department of Chemistry, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
 
Appointments
since 2014 Full professor at the Charles University in Prague.
2011-2014 Associate professor at the Charles University in Prague.
since 2007 Head of the Senior Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i., Prague.
2006 Habilitation at the Institute of Chemical Technology Prague - Associate professor.
2006 DSc. degree at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
2004-2006 Head of the department.
since 2002 Group leader.
since 1998 staff scientist, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
 
Awards and Fellowships
2015 Praemium Academiae from the Czech Academy of Sciences.
2004 Prize of the Academy of Sciences for Younger Scientists.
2004 Otto Wichterle Premium for Younger Scientists.
1999 Alfred Bader Prize for excellent results of young scientist in organic and bioorganic chemistry.
 
Membership in editorial boards
since 2013 F1000 faculty member for Chemical biology.
since 2011 Journal: ChemPlusChem - co-chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board.
since 2011 Journal: ChemBioChem - member of Editorial Advisory Board.
1998-2011 Journal: Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. - Editor-in-Chief.
 
Teaching
since 2003 Bioorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
 
Research interest
  • nucleoside, nucleotide and purine chemistry
  • application of transition metal catalyzed reactions in organic synthesis
  • medicinal chemistry