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ORCID: 0000-0002-1314-2249 | Researcher ID: D-4488-2018

Research interests

  • Development of methods for isolation and profiling of phytohormone metabolites in various plant species with tissue-, cell- and organelle resolution
  • Development of new approaches for organelle isolation, mapping phytohormone distribution within plant cell
  • Studying of phytohormone biosynthesis and metabolism using in vivo stable isotope labelling and mass spectrometry

 

Education

2005-2010     Doctoral studies at the Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Laboratory of Growth regulators

2000-2005      Master studies at the Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science; study program – Systemic Biology – Botany

 

Employment

Since 2017          Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Senior Postdoc

Palacký University in Olomouc, Faculty of Science, LecturerSince 2022 Head of Laboratory of Growth Regulators, UPOL & IEB CAS, Czech Republic

2014 – 2016       Junior Researcher at the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural research, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics

2012 – 2014       PostDoc at the Umea Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden

2010 – 2012       Junior Researcher at the Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural research, Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics

 

International experience

  • Technische Universität Dresden, Institute for Botany, Dresden, Germany (three months 2009)
  • Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden (two years, 2012-2014)

 

Professional activities

  • Teaching – Lecturer and course coordinator at Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Supervision of students – Ph.D. / Master / Bachelor Students
  • Member of the committee of The Czech Society of Experimental Plant Biology (CSEPB).