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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 focus

  • 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 the Czech Republic, Awarded Research Professorship (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, Palacký University, Olomouc
  • 2013–2020 – Head of the Department of Chemical Biology and Genetics, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University & Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Olomouc
  • 1997–1998 – Postdoc, Swedish Agricultural University, Umeå, Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology (Prof. Göran Sandberg)
  • 1996 – Postdoc, Bayreuth University, Dept. of Plant Physiology (Prof. Erwin Beck)
  • Since 1996 – Researcher, Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký 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, focusing on biochemical markers in breeding and in-vitro cultures of grasses

International Experience

  • 1997–1998 – Swedish Agricultural University, Umeå, Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Sweden (1 year)
  • 1996 – Bayreuth University, Dept. of Plant Physiology, Germany (6 months)
  • 2007 – Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (1 month)
  • 1994 – Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University, England (3 months)

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”