Roman Kučera: Studying at MUNI will get you ready for Oxford

Our graduate Roman Kučera studies Ph.D. in chemistry at one of the best universities in the world, Oxford University. During his bachelor's and master's studies, he worked in the Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry under the supervision of dr. Svenda.

Tomáš Šolomek: Our research contributes to innovation in molecular electronics

Tomáš Šolomek studied organic chemistry under the supervision of prof. Klán. He graduated doctoral study in the form of a joint Ph.D. at Masaryk University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. In 2014, he was awarded a grant by the Experientia Foundation thanks which led to a year-long internship at Basel University in Switzerland. Currently, he is the leader of his own research group at Basel University, and recently he obtained a prestigious ERC Starting grant.

Petra Vojáčková: Chemistry was a random choice. Now she’s studying it at Harvard.

Petra Vojáčková was accepted into a doctoral program at Harvard university after graduating from the Department of Chemistry of Masaryk University. During her bachelor and master studies, she worked in the Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry under the supervision of dr. Svenda.

Jaromíra Nováková: By choosing a chemistry study program at MU, you will definitely not go wrong

Jaromíra Nováková graduated with a master's degree in Analytical Chemistry under the supervision of prof. Preisler. Currently, she works at the company TestLine Clinical Diagnostics s.r.o. in the international distribution of laboratory human and veterinary diagnostics, where she makes the most of her experience both from studying at the university and from her stay abroad in Great Britain.

Vojtěch Kundrát: Doing science is a permanent oscillation between the ecstasy of the new and the frustration of the unfinished

Vojtěch Kundrát graduated in material chemistry under the supervision of prof. Jiří Pinkas. He is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science in the working group of prof. Reshef Tenne, the discoverer of inorganic nanotubes and fullerenes from WS2 and MoS2.

Pavel Müller: Researcher at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France

Pavel Müller graduated with a master's degree in Organic chemistry at the Faculty of Science MU under the supervision of Prof. Klan, and he completed his doctoral studies in Basel, Switzerland. Currently, he works at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France, where he researches the reaction mechanisms of natural or bio-inspired photoactive proteins using time-resolved spectroscopies.

Tomáš Slanina: Czech chemist reaches for a solution to the main problem of clean energy

Tomáš Slanina graduated in organic chemistry from the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno. He currently works as the head of the junior research group Redox Photochemistry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. He focuses on organic and physical organic chemistry and photochemistry. In 2016, he received a postdoctoral scholarship from the Experientia Foundation; in 2019, he received the Alfred Bader Prize for organic chemistry; in 2021, he received the Otto Wichterle award; and in 2022, he received a prestigious ERC grant for research of the storage of solar energy in chemical bonds.

Markéta Machálková: Application engineer - Life Science

Markéta Machálková is a graduate of a PhD in Chemistry at Masaryk University, which she completed in January 2020. At the same year, she started working at TESCAN ORSAY HOLDING a.s. an Application engineer for Life Science. TESCAN is one of the world's five largest electron microscope manufacturers, with production focused on scanning electron microscopes, focused ion beam microscopes and microtomographs. Electron microscopes also commonly have integrated analytical tools for chemical analysis, such as analyzers for energy dispersive spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, and Raman spectroscopy.

Adam Pruška: PhD student at ETH Zürich

Adam Pruška studied analytical chemistry under the supervision of prof. Preisler, currently, he is a PhD student at ETH Zürich. His research is focused on mass spectrometry and the development of new methods. Adam is also the organizer of the Slovak and Czech Scientific MeetUp, a meeting of scientists, people from the industry, and especially students from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, who work at ETH Zürich and in Switzerland.

Jiří Sekereš: Conservator at the Regional Museum in Mikulov

Jiří Sekereš graduated in Chemistry and Technology of Materials for Conservation – Restoration and currently works as a conservator at the Regional Museum in Mikulov.

Radek Matuška: Chemistry teachers have made chemistry boring. Sometimes my walls were dirty from smoke, says appreciate teacher

Our graduate Radek Matuška is a chemistry teacher at the Secondary School of Chemistry in Brno. He was voted the best chemist in the Golden Amos award and received an award from the Learned Society of the Czech Republic. He is one of the leading person of the Chemistry Olympiad and he is also a lecturer at camps for students representing the Czech Republic in the International Chemistry Olympiad.

Josef Kučera: Postdoc at the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute

Dr. Josef Kučera is a graduate of the doctoral study program of Chemistry. Currently, he works as a postdoc in the research group of prof. Lenka Hernychová from the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute. His main research focus is the study of interactions of proteins with ligands and their structure using hydrogen-deuterium exchange combined with analysis using liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry. In 2022, he was awarded Vice-rector's award for excellent results in doctoral studies.