Education:
- 1988 – Analytical chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc and
- 1989 – RNDr.
- 1992 – CSc. in Biochemistry, Masaryk University in Brno
- 1997 – Ph.D. in Bioresources Science, Tottori University, Japan
- 1998 – habilitation in Biochemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague
- 2005 – professorship in Biochemistry, the degree attained at the Charles University in Prague
Employment:
- 1988 – 1997 – research assistant, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc
- 1997 – 1999 – research assistant, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc
- 1999 – 2005 – associate professor, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc
- since 2005 – Professor in Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc
Research orientation:
- enzymology
- molecular biology and biochemistry, focus on the enzyme of plant hormone metabolism
- about 100 papers published (115 entries at the Web of Science; 1600 citations, h-index 21), over 100 conference presentations
International experience:
- 1992 – 1997 Ph.D. student in Yamaguchi, Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Japan
- 2001 – postdoc in Tübingen, Germany (6 months)
- 2003 – Free University of Berlin, Germany; visiting scientist (3 months)
- 2007 – Osaka University, Japan; visiting professor (2 months)
- short term stays in Lund, Lyngby, Groningen, Rome, Berlin, Bayreuth, Columbia (USA), Yamaguchi, Osaka (invited as visiting professor in 2007), etc.; Erasmus teaching stays in Lyngby, Lund, Covilha
Membership:
- Czech National Committee for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Czech Biotechnology Society
- American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- American Association for Advancement of Science
- European Federation of Biotechnology
Grants and projects:
- principal investigator or team member in 30 national (MEYS, GACR) and international projects (DFG/Germany, NSF/USA, JSPS/Japan); project coordinator of OP RD&I „Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research“, executive director of the centre