Tel: 58 563 4852; E-mail: ondrej.novak@upol.cz, novako@ueb.cas.cz; Building 47, Room: 4.23
ORCID: 0000-0003-3452-0154; Researcher ID: F-7031-2014
Research interests
- Development and application of new modern analytical isolation and purification methods combined with novel analytical approaches for determination of interesting biological compounds in plants.
- Qualitative and quantitative determination of endogenous plant hormones (cytokinins, auxins, brassinosteroids, abscisic acids, gibberellins and jasmonates) and selected phenolic acids.
- Using in vivo stable isotope labelling coupled with mass spectrometry analysis to quantify biosynthetic rates for different plant hormone metabolites.
- Applying fluorescence labelling as a tool for visualisation of the subcellular plant hormone distribution and transport in plants.
Education
2022 Prof. Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, program: Plant Physiology
2018 Assoc. Prof. Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, program: Plant Physiology
2006 Ph.D. Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, program: Botany
1999 M.Sc. Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, program: Analytical Chemistry
Employment
Since 2023 Professor, Faculty of Science, Palacký University
Since 2022 Head of Laboratory of Growth Regulators, UPOL & IEB CAS, Czech Republic
2018 – 2023 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Palacký University
2014 – 2018 Leader of the research program “Metabolomics”, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, UP & IEB & Crop Research Institute
Since 2013 Leader of the group of Cytokinins & Hormonomics, Laboratory of Growth Regulators, UP & IEB CAS, Czech Republic
2010 – 2012 Postdoc Researcher, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
2008 – 2010 Postdoc Researcher, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IEB), Olomouc, Czech Republic
2004 – 2007 Research Assistant (Group of Bioanalytical Chemistry) at the Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc (UPOL), Czech Republic
International experience
- Institut für Biologie/Angewandte Genetik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (1 week, 2002)
- European Centre for Mass Spectrometry, Almere, Netherlands (1 week, 2005)
- Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain (1 week, 2008)
- Postdoctoral fellowship at Umeå Plant Science Centre (2010 – 2012)
- Visiting researcher at Umeå Plant Science Centre (2013 – 2016)
- Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (1-2 weks, 2007 and 2017, 2018)
- School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (1 week, 2014)
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (1 week, 2017)
Awards
2003 Prize for the best student scientific work awarded by the Dean of Faculty of Science, Palacký University; Section: PhD Study; Field of Study: Biology and Ecology
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 “Scientific Papers”
2017 Dean´s Award, Faculty of Science, Palacký University; Category “Scientific Papers”
2018-2023 Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics “Highly Cited Researcher”; Category “Plant & Animal Science”