Group leader
Jiří Kaleta, Ph.D.
Contacts
Profile
EDUCATION
- 2006–2010: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno, Czech Republic. Thesis: Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Derivatives
- 2004–2006: M.Sc. (Mgr.) in Organic Chemistry, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno, Czech Republic. Thesis: Laterally Substituted Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes
- 2001–2004: Bc. in Organic Chemistry, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno, Czech Republic
EXPERIENCE
- 2017 (9 months): University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, Supervisor: Prof. Josef Michl
- 2016 (3 months): University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, Supervisor: Prof. Josef Michl
- 2007 (1 year): University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, Supervisor: Prof. Josef Michl
- 2004 (3 weeks): Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the CAS, Prague, Supervisor: Prof. František Rypáček
APPOINTMENTS
- since 2019: Head of the Junior Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague
- 2013–2018: Scientist, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague
- 2010–2013: Postdoctoral fellowship, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague, supervisor: Prof. Josef Michl
AWARDS
- 2016: The Alfred Bader Award for Organic Chemistry
- 2014: The Coris Award for the best oral presentation (XIV. Conference of young biologists, biochemists, and chemists, Czech Republic)
- 2013: Best poster presentation (EuroBoron 6, Poland)
- 2010: Prix de Chimie (1st Prize, awarded by the French embassy and the Rhodia)
- 2008: The Otakar Červinka Award (the Czech Chemical Society award for the best lecture)
- 2008: Awarded by Department of Chemistry of Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
- 2006: Awarded by Dean of Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Multi-step syntheses of molecular-level devices (rotors, motors and switches), preparation of their 2D and 3D arrays, and study of their properties
- Synthesis of highly strained hydrocarbons (bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes, propellanes, cubanes, etc.)
- Study of electronic properties and reactivity of various charged (CB11H12-) and uncharged carborane (o-, m-, and p-C2B10H12) derivatives
- Molecular spectroscopy
ORGANIZED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- 2019: Molecular Rotor Workshop
- 2019: Josef Michl's 80th Birthday
- 2017: Molecular Rotor Workshop
Recent papers
Structure and photophysics of indigoids for singlet fission: Cibalackrot
Journal of Chemical Physics 151 (18): 184903 (2019).
Preparation and redox properties of fluorinated 1,3-diphenylisobenzofurans
Electrochimica Acta 321 : Early View (2019).
Bulk Inclusions of Double Pyridazine Molecular Rotors in Hexagonal Tris(o-phenylene)cyclotriphosphazene
Journal of Organic Chemistry 84 (13): 8449-8467 (2019).
Molecular Packing and Singlet Fission: The Parent and Three Fluorinated 1,3-Diphenylisobenzofurans
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10 (8): 1947-1953 (2019).