RNDr. Jiří Pospíšil, Ph.D. | Laboratory of growth regulators

2002 – Master of Science, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech republic.
2005 – Diplome d’études approfondies (D.E.A. – equivalent of Master of Science degree), Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
2006 – Ph.D. in organic chemistry. Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

2002-2006 – Rhodia Organics Ph.D. research fellow, UClouvain, Belgium.
2006-2008 – Postdoctoral fellow. Max-Planck Institute für Kohlforschung, Germany.
2008-2012 – F.S.R.-FNRS research fellow, independent researcher at Institute of condensed matter and nanoscience. UCLouvain, Belgium
2009-2012 – head of NMR-department (part of ASM platform), Institute of condensed matter and nanoscience. UCLouvain, Belgium.
2012-2013 – CNRS research fellow, Laboratory of Organic synthesis, École polytechnique, France.
Since 2013 – Researcher at Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech republic.
Since 2014 – Junior researcher at Department of Metabolomics, Center of the Region Haná for Agricultural and Biotechnological research (joint research center of Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany, ASCR), Olomouc, Czech republic.
Since 2014 – Researcher at Institute of Experimental Botany, ASCR, Olomouc, Czech republic.

2001 – Socrates-Erasmus fellow (3 months) at Université catholique de Louvain, Prof. I. E. Markó, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
2001 – Stevenson fellow (3 months) at University of Missouri, Prof. Kent S. Gates, Columbia (MO), USA.
2002-2006 – Researcher (4 years) at Université catholique de Louvain, Prof. I. E. Markó (Ph.D. supervisor), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
2006-2008 – post-doctoral researcher (2 years) at Max-Planck Institute für Kohlforschung, Prof. Dr. Alois Fürstner, Mülheim-an-der-Ruhr, Germany.
2008-2012 – S.R.-FNRS research fellow (4 years) at UClouvain, Institute of condensed matter and nanoscience, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
2012-2013 – CNRS research fellow (10 months) at École polytechnique, Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Prof. Samir Z. Zard, Paris, France.
2014 – Visiting researcher (1 months) at Australian National University, Research School of Chemistry, Prof. Lewis N. Mander, Canberra, Australia.

synthesis of (un)natural products
medicinal chemistry
synthesis and identification of secondary metabolites
development of new synthetic methods and methodologies
27 papers (21/01/2015) and 2 book chapters published (297 citations, h-index 10), over 20 invited talks

2014 – Alfred Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry, Czech Chemical Society, Czech republic.
2014 – Outstanding Reviewer Award from journal Tetrahedron Letters (Elsevier)
2012 – Incentive Award of the C.G.B.-C.B.B. (intermediate committee between the two Belgian chemical societies), Belgium.
2012 – JSP Fellow (Junior Scientific Program) at the Bürgenstock Conference, Switzerland.
2009 – Henkel fellow in the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates dedicated to Chemistry, Lindau, Germany.
2008 and 2011 – F.R.S.-FNRS research fellow, Belgium.
2006 – Max-Planck Postdoctoral fellow, Germany.
2002 – Rhodia Organics Ph.D. fellow, France
2001 – Stevenson award, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
2000 and 2001 – The Dean prize (twice), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech republic
1999 – Chemical Section prize, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech republic.