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Education |
1999-2004 |
Ph.D. studies in Organic Chemistry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS and at the Institute of Chemical Technology,
Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds. Topic of the thesis: "The biosynthetic studies of the semiochemicals in insect". |
1994-1999 |
M.Sc. studies in Chemistry of Natural Products, Institute of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Chemistry and Food Analysis.
Topic of the thesis: "Synthesis of pyrrolidine derivatives as a potential virostatics". |
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Experience |
2005-2007 |
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Davis, CA, USA, USDA Forest Service laboratory of Dr. Steven Seybold.
Topic: "Biosynthesis of the aggregation pheromone of Dendroctonus valens and D. brevicomis". Stay granted by the NATO science fellowship. |
2002-2003 |
Several short fellowships at the Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, in Mass Spectrometry group of Dr. Aleš Svatoš. |
2001 |
Erasmus fellowship, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Appointments |
since 2011 |
Scientist at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS. |
2007-2011 |
Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS. |
2005-2007 |
Postdoctoral fellow at University of California, Davis, CA, USA, USDA Forest Service laboratory of Dr. Steven Seybold,
Topic: "Biosynthesis of the aggregation pheromone of the Dendroctonus valens and D. brevicomis", Stay was supported by the NATO science fellowship. |
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Research interest |
Biosynthesis of insect secondary metabolites, insect chemical ecology, isolation and identification of natural compounds, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography.
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Membership in scientific societies |
- International Society of Chemical Ecology
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Publications and communications |
Author or co-author of 12 original research articles in peer-reviewed journals, 1 invited review. H-index: 7.
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