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19 Dec 2022

Prof. Vratislav Chromý has passed away

It is with sadness that we announce that Professor Vratislav Chromý, who worked at the Department of Analytical Chemistry (later at the Department of Chemistry) of Masaryk University’s Faculty of Science from 1999, has left us forever, having died at the premature age of 86.

News

18 Dec 2022

Summer Science Internships

Call for proposals for prospective supervisors to join the Summer Science Internships programme for international students, focused on scientific research and laboratory work, organized by the MU Centre for International Cooperation. Update: The deadline has been extended to the end of January 2023!

13 Dec 2022

Vítězslav Otruba receives the Bronze Medal of MU

Yesterday, the Masaryk University Bronze Medal for Lifetime Achievement was officially presented to Professor Emeritus Vítězslav Otruba by the Dean of the Faculty Tomáš Kašparovský.

Research achievements and awardsAlumni

5 Dec 2022

Vice-rector's award for excellent results in doctoral studies 2022

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. He was awarded Vice-rector's award for excellent results in doctoral studies. With his supervisor doc. Petr Táborský from our Department of Chemistry received the award from Vice-rector prof. Pospíšilová.

Research achievements and awards

2 Dec 2022

MUNI Scientist award 2022

The grant agency of Masaryk University held its annual conference on 30th November, in the Augustinian Abbey. MUNI Scientist awards were presented for the third time as part of the program. Among the winners were also our scientists doc. Kamil Paruch, prof. Petr Klán, and prof. Radek Marek.

Alumni

24 Nov 2022

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.