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Name Straka Michal
Position Scientist
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Michal Straka, Ph.D.

Scientist


Molecular Spectroscopy
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR
Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 529
Fax: (+420) 224 310 177

 
Education
1998-2001 Ph.D., in Physical Chemistry at Laboratory for Instruction in Swedish, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Ph.D. Thesis: "Computational Studies of New Heavy-Element Species".
1991-1996 M.Sc., in Physical chemistry at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Comenius University Bratislava. Diploma Thesis: "Electric Properties of Borane Complexes With Zn, Cd, and Hg".
 
Professional Experience
2009- Senior scientist at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
2008-2009 Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
since 2008 Docent at Helsinki University.
2006-2008 founding member (junior scientist) of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Computational Molecular Science.
2005-2007 Marie Curie Fellowship, project "Computational Toolbox for Calculations of Noble Gas Magnetic Resonance Parameters".
2004-2007 Postdoctoral fellow at Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2002-2004 Postdoctoral fellow at Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany.
1998-2002 Ph.D. at Laboratory for Instruction in Swedish, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Supervisor Prof. Pekka Pyykkö.
1996-1998 Research assistant at Chemical Faculty, Technical University Brno, Czech Republic.
 
Teaching Experience
since 2002 Supervising undergraduate and Ph.D. students.
1996-1998 Teaching assistant at Chemical Faculty, Technical University Brno, Czech Republic.
 
Price/Awards
  • Personal scholarship awarded by Finnish Chemical Society (SKKS) in 2001.
  • Marie Curie Fellowship in 2005-2007.
  • Magnus Ehrnrooth Travel Grant in 2005, 2006, 2007.
  • Chancellor's Travel Grant at Helsinki University in 2005, 2006.
  • European Reintegration Grant, 2009-2011.
 
Research interest
Endohedral fullerenes. Dynamics and molecular properties. Computational modeling of molecular properties. Xe NMR. Multiscale models of viral nanomotors. Prediction of new inorganic species. Theoretical actinide chemistry.