President of Czech Academy of Sciences in 2017 awarded the following medals:

The Honorary Medal „De scientia et humanitate optime meritis“

• Prof. Hiroshi NAKATSUJI, Director, Quantum Chemistry Research Institute, Kyoto Technoscience Center, Japan

The Bernard Bolzano Honorary Medal for Merit in Mathematical Sciences

• Prof. Samuel R. BUSS, Department of Mathematics, University of California
• Prof. RNDr. Eduard FEIREISL, DrSc., Institute Mathematics of CAS

The Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in Physical Sciences

• Prof. RNDr. Marian KARLICKÝ, DrSc., Astronomical Institute of CAS
• Prof. Jean-Luc MARTIN, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Switzerland

The František Pošepný Honorary Medal for Merit in the Geological Sciences

• doc. RNDr. Jozef MICHALÍK, DrSc., Slovenská akadémia vied

The František Křižík Honorary Medal for Merit in Technical Sciences and for Implementation of Results of Scientific Research

• Ing. Josef HALÁMEK, CSc., Institute of Scientific Instruments of CAS

The Jaroslav Heyrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in Chemical Sciences

• Prof. Joseph WANG, D.Sc., dr. h. c., Department of NanoEngineering, University of California

The Gregor Johann Mendel Honorary Medal for Merit in Biological Sciences

• Prof. RNDr. František KRAHULEC, CSc., Institute of Botany of CAS
• Prof. Roger Laurence KITCHING, D.Sc., Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Australia

The Josef Dobrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in Philological and Philosophical Sciences

• Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Stefan Michael NEWERKLA, Institut für Slawistik, Universität Wien

Honorary Medal for Merits in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• Ing. Petr BOBÁK, CSc., Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of CAS

President of Czech Academy of Sciences in 2016 awarded the following medals:

The Honorary Medal „De scientia et humanitate optime meritis“

• Prof. PhDr. Jaroslav PÁNEK, DrSc., dr. h. c. multi., Institute of History of CAS, v. v. i.

The Bernard Bolzano Honorary Medal for Merit in Mathematical Sciences

• Doc. RNDr. Marián FABIAN, DrSc., Institute of Mathematics of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Vladimír MÜLLER, DrSc., Institute of Mathematics of CAS, v. v. i.

The Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in Physical Sciences

• Doc. RNDr. Petr HADRAVA, DrSc., Astronomical Institute of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav POLÁK, DrSc., dr. h. c., Institute of Physics of Materials of CAS, v. v. i.

The František Křižík Honorary Medal for Merit in Technical Sciences and for Implementation of Results of Scientific Research

• Prof. Ing. Pavel VLASÁK, DrSc., FEng., Prof. h .c. Institute of Hydrodynamics of CAS AV ČR, v. v. i.
• Ing. Milan HÁJEK, CSc., Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of CAS, v. v. i.

The Jaroslav Heyrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in Chemical Sciences

• Prof. Ing. František KAŠTÁNEK, DrSc., Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Emil PALEČEK, DrSc., Institute of Biophysics of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Ing. Pavel HOBZA, DrSc., FRSC, dr. h. c., Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of CAS, v. v. i.

The Gregor Johann Mendel Honorary Medal for Merit in Biological Sciences

• Prof. Ing. Jiří KOPÁČEK, Ph.D., Biology Centre of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Boris VYSKOT, DrSc., Institute of Biophysics of CAS, v. v. i.

The Jan Evangelista Purkyně Honorary Medal for Merit in Biomedical Sciences

• Prof. Jerzy DUSZŃSKI, DSc., President, Polish Academy of Sciences

The Josef Dobrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in Philological and Philosophical Sciences

• Prof. PhDr. Jana NECHUTOVÁ, CSc., Faculty of Masaryk University in Brno

The František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in Historical Sciences

• Prof. Leslie SKLAIR, PhD., LSE, The University of London
• Prof. PhDr. Lubomír KONEČNÝ, Institute of Art History of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. PhDr. Josef ŽEMLIČKA, DrSc., Institute of History of CAS, v. v. i.

The Jan Patočka Memorial Medal

• Prof. Dr. Felix UNGER, Dr. h. c.,President, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Vojtěch Náprstek Honorary Medal for Merit in Science Popularisation

• RNDr. Jana ŠROTOVÁ, editor magazine Ziva
• PhDr. Zdeněk VEJVODA, Ph.D.,Inbstitute of Ethnology of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Jan SUDA, Ph.D., Chairman of the Editorial Board Ziva

The Honorary Medal „De scientia et humanitate optime meritis“

• Prof. MUDr. Josef SYKA, DrSc., dr. h. c., Institute of Experimental medicine of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Philip G. ZIMBARDO, Department of Psychology, Jordan Hall, Stanford University, USA
• Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter HEUER, CERN Director-General, Geneva, Switzerland

The Ernst Mach Honorary Medal for Merit in Physical Sciences

• Prof. RNDr. Petr HEINZEL, DrSc., Astronomical Institute of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Dr. Alexander I. LICHTENSTEIN, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg
• Prof. Dr. Jörg NEUGEBAUER, director Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
• RNDr. Jan PETZELT, DrSc., Institute of Physics of CAS, v. v. i.

The František Křižík Honorary Medal for Merit in Technical Sciences and for Implementation of Results of Scientific Research

• Prof. Ing. Karel HRBÁČEK, DrSc., Institute of Physics of Materials of CAS, v. v. i.

The Jaroslav Heyrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in Chemical Sciences

• Prof. RNDr. Jiří JANATA, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
• Prof. Takashi KAKIUCHI, PhD., Emeritus Profesor, Kyoto University, Japan
• Prof. RNDr. Miloš V. NOVOTNÝ, DrSc., Indiana Univ, Dept Chem, Bloomington, USA
• Prof. Mgr. Pavel JUNGWIRTH, CSc., DSc., Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of CAS, v. v. i.

The Gregor Johann Mendel Honorary Medal for Merit in Biological Sciences

• RNDr. Zdenka NEUHÄUSLOVÁ, CSc., Institute of Botany of CAS, v. v. i.
• RNDr. Robert NEUHÄUSL, DrSc. - in memoriam, Institute of Botany of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. MUDr. Bohuslav OŠŤÁDAL, DrSc., Institute of Physiology of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Karel ŠIMEK, CSc., dr. h. c., Biology Centre of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Michaela VORLÍČKOVÁ, DrSc., Institute of Biophysics of CAS, v. v. i.

The Josef Dobrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in Philological and Philosophical Sciences

• PhDr. Josef HEJNIC, CSc., Institute of Philosophy of CAS, v. v. i.
• PhDr. Zdenka RIBAROVA, Institute of Slavonic Studies of CAS, v. v. i.

The František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in Historical Sciences

• Prof. PhDr. Pavel OLIVA, DrSc., Institute of Philosophy of CAS, v. v. i.

The Jan Patočka Memorial Medal

• Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Friedrich STADLER, Institut Wiener Kreis, Universität Wien, Österreich

The Vojtěch Náprstek Honorary Medal for Merit in Science Popularisation

• RNDr. Radek MIKULÁŠ, CSc., DSc., Institute of Geology of CAS, v. v. i.
• Ing. Daniel STACH, Czech television presenter, reporter CT 24, Prague
• Mgr. Ivan BOHÁČEK, chief editor of the magazine Universe, Prague

Honorary Medal for Merits in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• Prom. fyz. Pavel BOHÁČEK, Institute of Physics of CAS, v. v. i.
• Ing. Josef MATOUŠEK, DrSc., Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. Avram Noam CHOMSKY, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

• RNDr. Pavel KREJČÍ, CSc., Institute of Mathematics of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. RNDr. Jan PALOUŠ, DrSc., Astronomical Institute of CAS, v. v. i.
• RNDr. Jan STŐCKEL, CSc., Institute of Plasma Physics of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. Vladislav ŠIMÁK, DrSc., Institute of Physics of CAS, v. v. i.

• Doc. RNDr. Jaromír ULRYCH, DrSc., Institute of Geology of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. Ing. Karel ULBRICH, DrSc., Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of CAS, v. v. i

• RNDr. Vlasta JANKOVSKÁ, CSc., Institute of Botany of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Maxim D. Frank-KAMENETSKII, Ph.D., DrSc., Department of Biomedical Engineering. Boston University, Boston, USA
• RNDr. Bohdan SLAVÍK, DrSc., Institute of Experimental Botany of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. Christopher A. SIMS, PhD., Department of Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, USA
• Prof. JUDr. Václav PAVLÍČEK, CSc., dr. h. c., Institute of State and Law of CAS, v. v. i.

• Dr. Robert LUFT, Senior Researcher, Collegium Carolinum, Műnchen, Germany
• Prof. PhDr. Petr SOMMER, CSc., DSc., Institute of Philosophy of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Dr. Zénon S. KALUZA, Laboratoire d’études sur les Monothéismes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris

• Prof. PhDr. František ŠMAHEL, DrSc., Dr. h. c. mult., Institute of Philosophy of CAS, v. v. i.
• RNDr. Adolf FILÁČEK, CSc., Institute of Philosophy of CAS, v. v. i.

• Marek JANÁČ, Documentarist, Czech Radio, Prague
• PhDr. Markéta PRAVDOVÁ, Ph.D., Researcher, deputy director of the Institute of the Czech Language of CAS, v. v. i.
• PhDr. Jitka STAŇKOVÁ, DrSc., Institute of Ethnology of CAS, v. v. i.

• JUDr. Drahoslava VANÍČKOVÁ, Head Office of CAS

• Prof. Roger BALIAN, Institut de Physique Théorique, Saclay, France
• RNDr. Zdeněk HAVLAS, DrSc., Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. RNDr. Pavel DRÁBEK, DrSc., The Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
• Dr. Jaroslav KAUTSKÝ, Ph.D., Flinders University of South Australia, Australia
• Prof. RNDr. Vladimír SOUČEK, DrSc., Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague
• Prof. Ing. Zdeněk STRAKOŠ, DrSc., Institute of Computer Science of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunther Friedrich EGGELER, Institut fűr Werkstoffe-Werkstoffwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Deutschland
• Prof. RNDr. Martin ČERNOHORSKÝ, CSc., Masaryk University in Brno

• Prof. Ove STEPHANSOON, Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Deutschland

• Prof. Ing. Zdeněk BITTNAR, DrSc., Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanics
• Prof. Ing. František MARŠÍK, DrSc., Institute of Thermomechanics of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. Nobuyoshi KOGA, Ph.D. – CSc., Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Prof. Ing. Rudolf ZAHRADNÍK, DrSc., J.Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of CAS, v.v.i.

• RNDr. Jan KVĚT, CSc., Institute of Botany of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. RNDr. František SEHNAL, CSc., Biology Centre of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. MUDr. Pavel MAREŠ, DrSc., Institute of Physiology of CAS, v. v. i.
• MUDr. Radim ŠRÁM, DrSc., Institute of Experimental Medicine of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Barbara CANNON, Ph.D., Stockholm University, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden

• PhDr. Emilie BLÁHOVÁ, CSc., Institute of Slavonic Studies of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Rödl, CSc., Emory University, Atlanta, USA
• Ivo Vrkoč, DrSc., Institute of Mathematics of CAS, v. v. i.

• Ing. Karel Jungwirth, DrSc., the PALS Research Center of the Institute of Plasma Physics of CAS, v. v. i. and the Institute of Physics of CAS, v. v. i.
• Prof. Dr. Dieter Vollhardt, Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Germany

• Prof. RNDr. František Vyskočil, DrSc., Dr.h.c., Institute of Physiology of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. PhDr. Pavel Říčan, CSc., Institute of Psychology of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. Dr. Joachim Bahlcke, Historisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
• Prof. dr. hab. Wojciech Iwańczak, Uniwersytet w Kielcach, Poland

• Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Sousedík, CSc. Catholic Theological Faculty, Charles University in Prague

• PhDr. Veronika Kratochvílová, Public Affairs Section of CAS
• Ing. Dana Sephtonová, British Council, Czech Republic
• Ing. Květa Stejskalová, CSc., J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of CAS, v. v. i.

• Ing. Jaroslav Bulička, CSc., Head Office of CAS, v. v. i.
• PhDr. Jarmila Burgetová, Library of CAS, v. v. i.
• RNDr. Václav Novák, CSc., Institute of Physics of CAS, v. v. i. (in memoriam)
• RNDr. Dana Wagnerová, DrSc., Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of CAS, v. v. i.

• Prof. RNDr. Helena Illnerová, DrSc., Institute of Physiology of CAS, v.v.i.
• Prof. MUDr. Pavel Klener, DrSc., 1st Department of Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University and Prague Center for individual Care
• Prof. Ing. Pavel Kratochvíl, DrSc., Dr.h.c., Institutce of Macromolecular Chemistry of CAS, v.v.i.
• Prof. RNDr. Josef Paldus, DrSc., F.R.S.C., University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• RNDr. Jiří Velemínský, DrSc., Institute of Experimental Botany of CAS, v.v.i.

• Doc. Ing . Jiří V. Outrata, DrSc., Institute of Information Theory and Automation of CAS, v.v.i.
• Prof. Dr. Pekka Neittaanmäki, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Prof. Dr. David Preiss, University of Warwick, Coventry, Great Britain

• Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault, Claude Bernard University,Lyon, France
• Ing . Jiří Náprstek, DrSc., Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of CAS, v.v.i.
• RNDr. Ivan Šolc, CSc., Institute of Plasma Physics of CAS, v.v.i.

• Doc. Ing. Drahoslav Lím, DrSc., San Diego, USA (in memoriam)

• Prof. RNDr. Jiří Komárek, DrSc, Institute of Botany of CAS, v.v.i.
• RNDr. Ivana Macháčková, CSc., Institute of Experimental Botany of CAS, v.v.i.

• Prof. Solomon L. Moshé, M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

• Prof. Orley C. Ashenfelter, Ph.D., BA, Princeton University, USA

• Prof. PhDr. Ladislav Matějka, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Cambridge, USA

• PhDr. Dušan Kováč, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
• Prof. JUDr. Radomír Václav Luža, Ph.D., Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
• Prof. PhDr. Vojtěch Mastný, Ph.D., The George Washington University, Washington, USA

• PhDr. Ivan Dubský, CSc., Institute of Philosophy of CAS, v.v.i.
• Dr. Klaus Nellen, Institut fűr die Wissenschaftel vom Menschen, Vienna, Austria
• PhDr. RNDr. Jiří Polívka, Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague

• Mgr. Miroslav Bobek, Czech Radio, Prague
• Mgr. Vladimír Kořen, Czech Television, Prague
• Doc. Ing. Jan Krekule, DrSc., Institute of Experimental Botany of CAS, v.v.i.
• Mgr. Antonín Vítek, CSc., Academy of Sciences Library, Prague / Library of CAS, v.v.i., Prague
• PhDr. Dušan Třeštík, CSc., Institute of History of CAS, v.v.i.

• PhDr. Ivana Kadlecová, Library of CAS, v.v.i., Prague

• Prof. Ing. Otto Exner, Dr. techn., DrSc., Dr.h.c., research scientist of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS
• Prof. RNDr. Miroslav Fiedler, DrSc., research scientist of the Institute of Mathematics CAS
• Prof. Dr. Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch, of the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany

• Prof. Imre Csiszár, DrSc., of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
• Prof. Ivan Kiguradze of the A. Razmadze Mathematical Institute Tbilisi, Georgia
• Prof. Flemming Tops, PhD., of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

• Prof. Peter Heinz Dederichs of the Institut für Festkörperforschung, Jülich, Germany
• Dr. Gérard Jamelot of the Université Paris-Sud, Franc
• Prof. Anatoly Nikitin, DrSc., Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

• Prof. Dr. David L. Denlinger of the Ohio State University, USA
• Prof. Susan M. Gasser of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
• Doc. Ing. Antonín Stratil, DrSc., research scientist of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS

• Prof. MUDr. Helena Tlaskalová-Hogenová, DrSc., research scientist of the Institute of Microbiology CAS

• PhDr. Vladimír Vavřínek, CSc., Institute for Slavonic Studies CAS

• Prof. Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, PhD., of the Princeton University, USA
• Prof. Dr. Christian Lequesne, Director of CEFRES (French Institute for Research in Social Sciences), Prague
• Valentina Vladimirovna Marjina, DrSc., of the Institute of Slavonic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
• Prof. Frank I. Michelman of Harvard University, USA

• Dr. phil. Heinrich Pfeiffer, Dr.h.c.mult., Prof.h.c.mult., of the Alexander v. Humboldt Stiftung, Germany