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Prof. Josef Michl, Ph.D.

Head of the Team

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

Phone: (+420) 220 183 119


Education
1961-1965	Ph.D. (CSc.) Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia, under supervision of Dr. R.Zahradník.
1956-1961	M.S., Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, under supervision of Prof. V.Horák and Dr. P.Zuman.

Experience
1969-1970	Post-doctoral with Prof. F.E.Harris, Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1966-1967	Post-doctoral with Prof. M.J.S.Dewar, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
1965-1966	Post-doctoral with Prof. R.S.Becker, University of Houston, Texas.

Appointments
since 2006	Head of the senior research team, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
since 1991	Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
1986-1991	M. K. Collie-Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
since 1986	Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1979-1984	Chairman, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1975-1986	Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1971-1985	Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1970-1971	Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1968-1969	Amanuensis (assistant professor) with Professor Jan Linderberg, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
1967-1968	Research Scientist, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Awards and Fellowhisps
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1971-75 Distinguished Research Award, University of Utah, 1978-79 Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, 1980 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (Member) John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 1984-85 Utah Section, Am. Chem. Soc. Award, 1986 National Academy of Sciences, 1986 International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, 1988 Georgetown University, Honorary Doctorate, 1990 A. C. Cope Senior Scholar Award (Am. Chem. Soc.), 1993 Schrödinger Medal (World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists), 1993 IAPS Award (Inter-American Photochemical Society), 1994 J. Heyrovsky Gold Medal (Czech Academy of Sciences), 1994 Charles University Gold Medal, Prague, Czech Republic, 1995 Czech Learned Society, Honorary Member, 1995 WATOC Fellow (World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists), 1996 Honorary Doctorate, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, 1996 Japan Society for Promotion of Science Award, 1998 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999 Auburn - G. M. Kosolapoff Award (Am. Chem. Soc. Auburn Section), 2000 James Flack Norris Award (Am. Chem. Soc.), 2001 Otto Wichterle Award (Czech Chemical Society), 2001 ALA Achievement Award (Association for Laboratory Automation), 2002 Best Journal Issue Award for Chemical Reviews (Association of American Publishers), 2002 Porter Medal (I-APS, EPA, JPA), 2002 Marinus Smith Award (Univ. of Colorado), 2003 Honorary Doctorate, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, 2004 Medal of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Acad. Sci., Prague, Czech Republic), 2004 Patria Award, Government of the Czech Republic, Prague, 2005 Fulbright Fellowship, 2006 University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship, 2006

Service and Membership
American Chemical Society Royal Society of Chemistry Inter-American Photochemical Society (Executive Committee Member, July 1977-80) European Photochemical Association Editor, Chemical Reviews, 1984-present Associate Editor, Theoretica Chimica Acta, 1985-1996 Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts of Chemical Research, 1984-present Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005-present Advisory Board, Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1993-present Editorial Board, Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 1994-present Editorial Board, Chemistry - A European Journal, 1994-2000 Advisory Editorial Board, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 1997-2001 Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1978-83 Editorial Board, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, 1985-87 ACS Editor Search Committee, 2003 ACS Editor Search Committee, 2004 ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Executive Committee Member, 1982-86 ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry Executive Committee Member, 2005-present ACS Executive Director's 2010 Committee, 2004-present IUPAC Commission on Photochemistry (Associate Member, 1977-82, Titular Member, 1982-89, Chairman, 1985-89) US National Committee for IUPAC, 1991- 95 Chairman, 19th Conference on Reaction Mechanisms, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1982 Chairman, 15th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1994 Director, NATO Advanced Workshop "Modular Chemistry", Estes Park, Colorado, 1995 Co-organizer (with B. Ellison), Radicals in the Rockies, Telluride, Colorado, 1996 Co-organizer (with J. Simons), Frank Harris Symposium, Park City, Utah, 1998 Chairman, Photophysics and Photochemistry 2000, Oeiras, Portugal, 2000 Co-Organizer (with C. Kubiak and E. Calvo), Quilmes Workshop on Molecular Electronics and Quantum Dots, Quilmes, Tucuman, Argentina, 2003 Co-Organizer (with E. Calvo), NSF/PASI Workshop on Bioinspired Nanoscience and Molecular Machines, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, 2005 Co-organizer (with M. Garcia-Garibay and J. Gladysz), Symposium on Molecular Rotors, 230th ACS Meeting, Washington, DC, 2005 Organizer, 38th Organosilicon Symposium, Boulder, Colorado, 2005 Co-Organizer, NSF Workshop on Molecular Electronics, Řež near Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 Co-Organizer, Radicals in the Rockies, Telluride, Colorado, 2006 Organizer, Solar Energy Workshop, Aspen Lodge, Estes Park, Colorado, 2007 Organizer, Optical Metamaterials Workshop, Aspen Lodge, Estes Park, Colorado, 2008 Scientific Council of the College of Natural Science, Charles University, Prague, 1994-present (honorary member) Carolinum, honorary member, 1996 - present Member, Honorary Committee for the Celebrations of the 650th Anniversary of the Founding of Charles University, Prague, 1996-1998 Advisory Council, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, 1986-1994 Advisory Council, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1987-92 Advisory Council, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987-present Advisory Board, World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists (WATOC), 1993-present International Advisory Board of the Second World Congress of World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists (WATOC), 1988-1990 International Advisory Board of the Fourth World Congress of World Association of Theoretical Organic Chemists (WATOC), 1994-1996 National Research Center for Computation in Chemistry (Member, Program Committee, 1978-81 Electronics Research Advisory Panel, DuPont, 1985 Advisory Committee, Center for Fast Kinetics Research, UT Austin, 1988-1991 Advisory Panel for Central Europe, National Research Council, 1992-1994 COBASE Review Panel, National Research Council, 1992-1994 Natl. Acad. Sci. TNG for Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and Africa, 2001-2006 DOE Program Review Panel, 1993 NSF Workshop on Environmental Chemistry, Matrafüred, Hungary, 1993 Panel Coordinator, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Chemical Synthesis: Gnosis to Prognosis, Ravello, Italy, 1994 Institute Evaluation Commission, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1995 Department Evaluation Committee, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002 Theoretical Chemistry Evaluation Team, The Swedish Research Council, 2002 Department Evaluation Committee, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2005 Department Evaluation Committee, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2005 Physical Chemistry Chair Advisory Panel, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 2006-2007 Discipline Advisory Committee, Fulbright Scholar Awards in Chemistry, 1995-1998 Panelist, DOE Workshop: Research Opportunities in Photochemical Sciences, Estes Park, Colorado, 1996 International Advisory Board, International Symposium on Organosilicon Chemistry: 11th in Montpellier, France, 1996, 12th in Sendai, Japan, 1999, 13th in Guanajuato, Mexico, 2002, 14th in Würzburg, Germany, 15th in Jeju Island, Korea Discussion Leader, Welch Conference "Chemistry on Nanometer Scale", Houston, Texas, 1996 Swedish National Research Council, Natural Sciences Grant Panel, 2006 Uppsala Univ., Phys. Chem. Chair Search Committee, Sweden, 2007 Visiting Advisory Committee, Penn State MRSEC, 2007 Advisory Board Member, Photochemistry Center, Bowling Green Univ., Ohio, 2007-present Invited commentator, 21st Solvay Conference on Chemistry, Brussels, Belgium Swedish Res Council, Natural Sciences Linnaeus Grant Panel, 2008

Teaching

Research interest
Surface-mounted molecular rotors and molecular electronics Reactive intermediates Boron, fluorine, and silicon chemistry Molecular electronic structures Photochemistry and solar energy Josef Michl is author or co-author of 5 books, more than 570 papers, 11 patents, ~200 invited confference lectures, ~45 lecture series and named lectureships, ~20 visiting appointments., ~400 invited lectures.