Michal Cifra, Ph.D.

Research interests:

Bioelectrodynamics, bioelectromagnetics, nanosensors, microtubules, biological electron excited states and ultraweak photon emission, biosignals.

Professional activities:

Membership:

IEEE (EMBS, MTT, Photonics), URSI, AAAS, Bioelectrochemical Society, Bioelectromagnetics Society, Biophysical Society, European Microwave Association, International Society for Bioelectromagnetism, Czechoslovak Biological Society, Optica, SPIE

International research experience:

2014-2015: visiting professor, James Franck Institute/Dept. of Chemistry - University of Chicago, USA, 8 months

2013: Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 1 month

2010: Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Scholarship, UNICAMP - Campinas, Brazil, 1 month

2006 – 2010: International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany, 3 months total

2005: Leonardo Da Vinci project Scholarship, RWTH Aachen - Institute of High Frequency Technology & ELCAT, GmbH, 3 months

2004: Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship, RWTH Aachen - Institute of High Frequency Technology, 1 semester

Education:

• PhD., 2009, Radioelectronics, Department of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia 
• Ing. (M.Sc.), 2006, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovakia

Current research projects:

• SubTHz on-chip devices for controlling protein nanomachines

Selected past projects:

• Nanosecond electric pulses for modulation of microtubule dynamics
• High-frequency microdevices for controlling protein nanomotors
• Radio-frequency characterization of microtubules using micro- and nanosensors
• Photonic biosignals: measurement and characterization
• Measurement and Analysis of Local Electric Oscillations and Optical Emission of Biomolecular Nanostructures

Awards and honors:

2019 - Best paper award for 2019 from Institute of Photonics and Electronics, CAS

2019 - Senior member of Optica (former Optical Society of America)

2016 - Otto Wichterle Award from the Czech Academy of Sciences in the field of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences

2015 - IEEE, Senior Member

2014 - European molecular biology laboratory Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme Fellowship

2009 - Diploma from Natural Sciences section of 13th International Student Conference of Electrical Engineering - POSTER

2008 - URSI Young Scientist Award

Selected publications:

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