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Filip Scheiner successful in defending Ph.D. thesis

On Friday 27th, Filip Scheiner successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled Geochemical markers from foraminiferal tests as a tool for reconstruction of paleoceanological environments: a case study from the Miocene of the Central Paratethys. His supervisor was Katarína Holcová of the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University. Congratulations!

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Photogenic Science: Pavel Lisý awarded first prize in “free category”

On October 10, results of the Photogenic Science 2019 contest were announced. Pavel Lisý of the Institute of Geology CAS was awarded the first prize in “free category” with his photograph “Bílá roztahuje svoje sítě – The white spreads out its nets”. The project Photogenic Science was initiated by the collective “Fórum Věda žije!” with the aim to organize a yearly photographic contest for the staff of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The result of the project is a representative calendar with selected photographs and the Photogenic Science exhibition, which will be presented not only in Prague but also at other places in Czech Republic and abroad. The exhibition is accessible in the American Center in Lesser Town of Prague (Tržiště 366/1, Praha 1) by October 29, 2019.

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Project contributed by the Institute awarded a Czech Science Foundation prize

The prize of the chairwoman of the Czech Science Foundation 2019 was awarded to five researchers of the best basic research projects completed last year. Jiří Bruthans of the Faculty of Science, Charles University received an award for the project titled “Effect of gravity-induced stress on sandstone erosion: physical and numerical modelling”. Co-applicants of this project were Michal Filippi of the Institute of Geology of the CAS and Jana Schweigstillová of the Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics of the CAS. The winning projects were decided by the Presidium of the Czech Science Foundation among proposals by the relevant subject area commissions. This year, 5 projects were awarded (in the fields of chemistry, medicine, geology, zoology and sociology) of a total of 448 projects. The results of the awarded geological project were presented, for example, in the journals Geomorphology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Earth-Science Reviews and Geology (including the title page). Congratulations on this success!
For additional details on prize winners and projects click here.

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