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| Education | 
| 1999-2003 | Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague; under supervision of Dr.I.Starý
(at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, ASCR). | 
| 1994-1999 | M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry at Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague; under supervision of Dr.I.Starý
(at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, ASCR). | 
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| Experience | 
  
| 2005-2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry (Prof. Pavel Kočovský), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. (Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Reactions Mediated by Silicon Reagents)
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| 2003-2005 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Prof. Alois Fürstner), Mülheim an der Ruhr. (Synthesis of Iejimalide B, an Antitumor-Active Natural Product)
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| 2001-2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry (Prof. Pavel Kočovský), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. (Carbene Ligands and Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis)
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| Appointments | 
| since 2011 | Head of the Targeted Research Group - Helquat Chemistry and Biology, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. | 
| 2007-2011 | Head of the Junior Research Team, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. | 
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| Awards and Fellowhisps | 
| 2005-2006 | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council  scholarship (EPSRC), United Kingdom. | 
| 2003-2005 | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Fortbildungsstipendium, Germany. | 
| 2004 | Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic award for the Ph.D. Thesis of the year 2003. | 
| 2003 | The third prize in Rhodia ČR and French Embassy Chemistry Award, Czech Republic. | 
| 2002 | The first recipient of Czech national award, Prix Academia for student achievement. | 
| 2001-2002 | Socrates-Erasmus European Student Exchange Scholarship. | 
| 2001 | The first recipient of the Sigma-Aldrich award for young scientists, Czech Republic. | 
      
| 2001 | Award for the best organic chemistry research talk at the Student Conference, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. | 
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| Research Interest | 
| Synthetic methodology, transition - metal catalysis, aromatic chemistry. |