Tel: 58 563 4940; E-mail: karel.dolezal@upol.cz; Building 52, Room: 2.11
ORCID: 0000-0003-4938-0350; Researcher ID: H-2436-2014
Research interests
- Development and application of new modern analytical isolation and purification methods combined with novel analytical approaches for determination of phytohormones in plants.
- Organic synthesis and analytical chemistry of purine derivatives, including compounds isotopically/fluorescently labelled
Education
2014 Res. Prof. (DSc.) Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic Awarded Research Profesorship (DSc.)
1996 Ph.D. Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University in Olomouc, program: Molecular biology
1990 M.Sc. Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, program: Inorganic Chemistry
Employment
Since 2021 Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc
2013 – 2020 Head of the Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, – Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacky University& Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Olomouc
1997 – 1998 PostDoc Swedish Agriculture University Umeå, Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (Prof. Goran Sandberg)
1996 PostDoc 6 months – Bayreuth University, Dept. of Plant Physiology (prof. Erwin Beck)
Since 1996 Researcher – Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacky University & Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR
Since 1992 Researcher – Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR
1990-1992 Junior researcher – Research Institute for Fodder Crops, Troubsko u Brna, Research Station Zubří. Biochemical markers in breeding and in-vitro cultures of grasses.
International experience
- Swedish Agriculture University Umeå, Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Sweden (1 year, 1997-1998)
- Bayreuth University, Dept. of Plant Physiology, Germany (6 months, 1996)
- Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (one month, 2007)
- Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University, England (3 months, 1994)
Awards
2003 Otto Wichterle Award, AS CR
2015 Director’s Awards for Excellence in Science, the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University in Olomouc & Crop Research Institute & Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR; Category “Patents”