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Mgr. Karel Doležal , Dr., DSc.

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”