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Education |
1979-1983 |
Ph.D. (CSc.) in organic chemistry, under supervision of Dr. J. Vrkoč and Dr. M. Romaňuk at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague. |
1977-1978 |
M.Sc. (RNDr.) in organic chemistry, postgraduate stay at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University, Prague. |
1972-1977 |
M.Sc. in organic chemistry, under supervision of Prof. J. Klinot at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Charles University, Prague. |
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Experience |
1990-1992 |
Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. T. Norin, Department of Organic Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Appointments |
since 2007 |
Head of the Research Team (Infochemicals), Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague. |
since 2006 |
Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Prague.
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2004-2006 |
Head of the Group of Semiochemicals, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague. |
1979-2003 |
She has joined the Group of Insect Chemistry, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague (formerly the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences). |
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Awards and Fellowhisps |
1988 |
Prize of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences - member of the team awarded for a series of papers
on "Biologically active compounds from defence secretions of termites". |
1983 |
Award of the Czechoslovak Chemical Society for the best review article of the year (Valterová I.: Defensive substances of insects.
Chemické Listy 77: 594-624, 1983). |
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Teaching |
since 2001 |
The course "Natural Products II" (spring semester) at Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Charles University, Prague. |
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Research interest |
Chemical ecology, chemical communication of insects, interactions between insects and plants,
natural products of ecological importance. |