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 focus
- 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 labeling coupled with mass spectrometry analysis to quantify biosynthetic rates for different plant hormone metabolites
- Applying fluorescence labeling as a tool for visualization of the subcellular plant hormone distribution and transport in plants
Education
- 2022 – Professor, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Program: Plant Physiology
- 2018 – Associate Professor, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Program: Plant Physiology
- 2006 – Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Program: Botany
- 1999 – M.Sc., Faculty of Science, Palacký University 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 Experiences
- Since 2013–2016 – Visiting Researcher, Umeå Plant Science Centre
- 2010–2012 – Postdoctoral Fellowship at Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden
- 2017 – Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (1-2 weeks, 2007 and 2017, 2018)
- 2014 – School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (1 week)
- 2017 – Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (1 week)
- 2008 – Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain (1 week)
- 2005 – European Centre for Mass Spectrometry, Almere, Netherlands (1 week)
- 2002 – Institut für Biologie/Angewandte Genetik, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (1 week)
Awards
- 2018–2023 – Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics “Highly Cited Researcher”, Category “Plant & Animal Science”
- 2017 – Dean’s Award, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Category “Scientific Papers”
- 2015 – Director’s Awards for Excellence in Science, 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”
- 2003 – Prize for the Best Student Scientific Work, Dean of Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Section: PhD Study; Field of Study: Biology and Ecology