People

Team Leaders
Zbynek Prokop, Prof.

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
since 2000
zbynek@chemi.muni.cz
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David Bednar, Assoc. Prof.

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry
since 2009
222755@mail.muni.cz
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Martin Marek, Dr.

Molecular and Structural Biology
since 2017
martin.marek@recetox.muni.cz
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Stanislav Mazurenko, Dr.

Applied Mathematics and Informatics
since 2018, 2014-2017
stan.mazurenko@gmail.com
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Senior Mentors
Postdoctoral Fellows
Sergio Manuel Marques, Dr.

Organic and Computational Chemistry
since 2013
smar96@gmail.com
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Saltuk Mustafa Eyrilmez, Dr.

Computational Chemistry
since 2022
saltuk.eyrilmez@recetox.muni.cz
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Madhumalar Subramanian, Dr.

Biophysics
since 2022
madhumalar.subramanian@recetox.muni.cz
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Michal Vasina, Dr.

Biophysical Chemistry, Environmental Health Sciences
since 2014
437248@mail.muni.cz
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Laboratory Managers
Technicians
Karolina Sedlackova, M.Sc.

Molecular Biology and Genetics
since 2022
kajca.sedlackova@seznam.cz
Sulova Marie, Ing.

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
since 2023
marie.sulova@recetox.muni.cz
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Administrative Assistants
Martina Damborska, M.Sc.

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
since 1998
martina@chemi.muni.cz
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Tech Lead and Software Engineers
Monika Rosinska, Ing.

Information Technology
since 2022
rosinska.monika@email.cz
Petr Kabourek, Bc.

Informatics
since 2018
peta.kabourek@seznam.cz
Graduate Students
Petr Kouba, M.Sc.

Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing
since 2021
petrkouba3@gmail.com
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Faraneh Haddadi, M.Sc.

Environmental Health Sciences
since 2021
faraneh.haddadi@gmail.com
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Alan Strunga, M.Sc.

Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
since 2022
alanstrunga@mail.muni.cz
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Pavel Kohout, M.Sc.

Environmental Health Sciences
since 2019
pavel.kohout@recetox.muni.cz
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Linda Kasiarova, Ing.

Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
since 2022
lindakasiarova@gmail.com
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Hana Faldynova, M.Sc.

Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
since 2018
484081@mail.muni.cz
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Daniel Pluskal, M.Sc.

Environmental Health Sciences
since 2015
daniel.pluskal@recetox.muni.cz
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David Harding-Larsen, M.Sc.

Machine Learning in Biochemistry
since 2023
dahala@biosustain.dtu.dk
Anton Bushuiev

Informatics
since 2023
anton.bushuiev@cvut.cz
Martin Sitte, M.Sc.

Environmental Health Sciences
since 2024
martinsitte@mail.muni.cz
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Undergraduate Students
Jan Cesnek

Medicine
since 2017
honza-cesnek@email.cz
Veronika Slonkova

Medicine
since 2018
493532@mail.muni.cz
Martin Havlasek, Bc.

Biochemistry
since 2018
242740@mail.muni.cz
Karolina Snajdarova

General Medicine
since 2020
karolinasnajdarova@seznam.cz
Nikola Velatova

Physics and Chemistry with a view to Education
since 2020
velatovaniki@seznam.cz
Karen Pailozian, Bc.

Bioinformatics
since 2022
506247@mail.muni.cz
Eduard Volf

Medical Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
since 2022
eda.volf@gmail.com
Tomas Kompis

General Medicine
since 2023
533053@mail.muni.cz
Matej Bryja

Biochemistry
since 2023
533499@mail.muni.cz
Theodor Kuty

Pharmacy
since 2024
theo.kuty@seznam.cz
Linda Kapustova, Bc.

Biochemistry
since 2024
506186@mail.muni.cz
Matej Demovic

Computational Biology and Biomedicine
since 2024
529713@mail.muni.cz
Tomas Makuch

Biophysics
since 2024
534065@mail.muni.cz
Lucie Svobodova, Bc.

Bioinformatics
since 2024
Tereza Sustrova

General Medicine
since 2021
tereza.sustrova@mail.muni.cz
Martin Richter, Bc.

Computational Biology and Biomedicine
since 2024
521655@mail.muni.cz
Sara Egersdorfova

Medical Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
since 2024
562380@mail.muni.cz
Secondary School Students
Amalie Stekla

Grammar School of Brno-Bystrc
since 2024
stekla.amalie@gyby.cz
Monika Dlouha

Matyas Lerch Grammar School
since 2024
xdlouha@gml.cz
Alumni
1994-1995
Immunology and Microbiology Laboratory, RNDR. Zdenek Cechacek, s.r.o, Brno - Head of Laboratory
1994-1995
Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Masaryk University, Brno - Professor
1995-2000
Analytical Laboratory, Centropen, Dacice - Researcher
1996-1999
Institute of Physical Biology, South Bohemian University, Ceske Budejovice - Assistant Professor
1997-1998
Biochemical and Hematology Diagnostics, Biochemicka a hematologicka diagnostika s.r.o., Frydek Mistek - Head of Laboratory
1998-1999
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture, Havlickuv Brod - Plant Expert
1999-2001
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno - Researcher
1999-2001
Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Molecular Genetics and Reproduction Biology, Praha - Researcher
1999-2002
CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno - Junior Staff Scientist
1999-2003
Department of Biology at Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University - Assistant Professor
2000-2003
Walfsdorf School Brno - Director
2001-2002
CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno - Deputy Director for Administration
2001-2003
Children´s Hospital, Brno - Researcher
1999-2003
Institute of Computer Science, Masaryk University, Brno - Researcher
1999-2003
Department of Food and Safety, Research Veterinary Institute, Brno - Researcher
2004
University of Vienna, Vienna - Head of Research Project
2005-2015
JIC - Business Consultant
1997-2004
TriLAB Group s.r.o., Brno - Sales Director
2002-2007
Charles University, Praha - Assistant Professor
1999-2007
Private College, Manchester, UK - Assistant
2004
Nagahama Institute of Bio-science and Technology, Nagahama - Assistant Professor
2006-2008
Covance, Bratislava, Slovakia - Clinical Research Associate
2007-2008
Department of Molecular Biology, Masaryk University, Brno - Ph.D. Student
2006-2009
Cytiva, Praha - Biopharma Account Manager
2002-2009
Department of Chemistry, Layola University Chicago, Chicago - Ph.D. Student
2001-2009
R&D Biotechnology, FAVEA Ltd., Koprivnice - Director
2008-2009
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2008-2009
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2008-2009
Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology - Student
2008-2009
Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology - Student
2009-2010
Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology - Student
2008-2010
MANZES, Brno - Software Engineer
2009-2010
Genentech, South San Francisco, California, United States - Postdoctoral Researcher
2004-2010
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice - Research Project Manager
2009-2011
Institute of Biotechnology - BIOCEV, Praha - Researcher
2009-2011
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2010-2011
Chief HR Officer on-demand
2009-2011
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University - Researcher
1995-2012
Veterinary Research Institute, Brno - Researcher
2007-2012
University Bandung, Indonesia - Assistant Professor
2009-2012
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Tenure-track Assistant Professor
2010-2012
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2011-2012
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University - Student
2010-2013
Maternity Leave
2010-2013
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Science - Researcher
2010-2013
Biotechnology Centre, Silesian University of Technology - Assistant Professor
2012-2013
CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno - Technician
2005-2013
Maternity Leave
2012-2013
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University - Student
2011-2013
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University - Student
2004-2013
Red Hat - Software Quality Engineer
2009-2013
Software Development Europe, s.r.o - Software Developer
2011-2013
Lygos, Berkeley, California - Metabolic Engineer - Scientist
2012-2014
Metrohm Česká republika, s.r.o. - Technician
2012-2014
Department of Transcriptional Regulation, Institute of Molecular Genetics - Technician
2006-2014
San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego - Postdoctoral Fellow
2006-2015
Masaryk University, Brno - Associate Professor
2013-2015
First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague - Student
2014-2015
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University - Student
2013-2015
Centre for Industrial Biotechnology, Ghent University - Assistant Professor
2012-2015
Biyani Group of Colleges, Affiliated to University of Rajasthan - Assistant Professor
2005-2016
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan - Group Leader
2011-2016
Functional Neurogenomics Lab, Mount Sinai, New York - Assistant Professor
2004-2012, 2015-2016
Enantis, s.r.o. - Researcher
2008-2016
Roche, Praha - Application Specialist
2017
VUVel, Department of Immunology - Researcher
2016-2017
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Community Development Manager
2015-2017
Gymnazium Slapanice
2015-2017
Faculty of Medicine, MU - Student
2015-2017
Department of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University - Student
2014-2017
Keboola Asia - Data Analyst
2015-2017
University of Turku, Finland - Doctoral Researcher
2009-2017
Univit, Olomouc - Head of Quality Control
2015-2017
Reprofit International, Brno - Embryologist
2016-2017
Flowmon, Brno - Developer
2011-2017
Laboratory of Ligand Engineering, Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences - Postdoc Fellow
2001-2018
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University - Researcher
2014-2018
Botany, Olomouc - Research Assistant
2014-2018
Institute of Science and Technology, Austria - PhD Candidate
2015-2018
Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien
2010-2018
University Hospital Brno - Cytogeneticist
2012-2018
CEITEC - Laboratory Technician
2009-2018
Zimmer Biomet, Switzerland - Project Microbiologist
2017-2018
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Wien, Austria - Researcher
2014-2019
National Cell and Tissue Centre, Brno
2013-2019
Maternity Leave
2017-2019
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University - Researcher
2016-2019
FIT VUT
2015-2020
University of Eastern Finland - Postdoctoral Researcher
2014-2020
Maternity Leave
2020
Leave
2019
Department of Experimental Biology, Masaryk University - Student
2019
Biochemistry, University College, University of Oxford - Undergraduate
2019 - 2020
Maternity Leave
2018-2020
ifb SE - consultant for digital transformation
2017-2020
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University - Assistant Professor
2018-2020
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University - Student
2018-2020
Leave
2017-2021
Cortex Discovery, Munich, Germany - Senior Research Scientist
2017-2021
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague - Postdoctoral Fellow
2015-2021
Technical University of Munich, Germany - Ph.D. student
2016-2021
Profinit - Junior Consultant
2021
Leave
2019-2021
Software Engineer
2018-2021
Nexars, Brno - Researcher
2014-2022
Researcher in furniture industry
2020-2022
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice - Researcher
2021-2022
Thermo Fisher Scientific - Application Engineer
2013-2022
Technical University of Denmark - Postdoctoral Fellow
2020-2022
Leave
2020-2022
Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2020-2022
Maternity Leave
2021-2022
Inuits, Brno - Linux System Engineer
2021-2022
Honeywell, Brno - Software Engineer
2016-2022
University of Basel, Switzerland - Ph.D. student
2009-2022
DNAnexus - Software Engineer
2021-2022
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University - Student
2019-2022
Seacomp s.r.o. - C++ Developer
2021-2023
ATNT, Brno - Junior Software Engineer
2022-2023
Enantis, s.r.o. - Senior Scientist
2021-2023
Brno University of Technology - Student
2015-2023
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation research (IRC), Ghent, Belgium - Postdoctoral Fellow
2013-2023
Enantis, s.r.o. - Senior Bioinformatician
2019-2023
2020-2023
Software Developer
2020-2023
Masaryk University, Brno - MSc Student
2021-2023
Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2021-2023
King's College London, United Kingdom - PhD Student
2022-2023
University of Sherbrooke, Canada - MSc student
2022-2023
Wichterlovo gymnazium, Ostrava - Student
2023
Gymnazium Brno, Slovanske namesti - Student
2020-2023
Maternity leave
2023
National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia
2020-2024
Maternity Leave
2022-2024
Maternity Leave
2020-2024
Brno University of Technology - Student
2020-2024
YMCA, Colombia - Volunteer
2022-2024
IDC - Software Engineer
2021-2024
Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University - Student
2021-2024
Masaryk University, Brno - Student
2022-2024
Brno University of Technology - Student
2022-2024
Institute of Science and Technology, Vienna, Austria - PhD student
2022-2024
Veeam - Junior Developer in QA
2019-2024
Visiting Students and Researchers
2003
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2004
Colorado State University, Fort Colins, USA
2004
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
2005
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
2005
University of Alcala, Alcala, Spain
2005
University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
2005
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
2006
Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
2006
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
2010
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2010
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2012
University Bandung, Indonesia
2013
University Greifswald, Germany
2015
Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
2015
University Greifswald, Germany
2015
KTH Stockholm, Sweden
2015
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2016
Charlemagne College, The Netherlands
2016
Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
2016
Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
2017
University of Greifswald, Germany
2017
ETH Zurich
2017
University of Greifswald, Germany
2018
Gymnazium Kosice, Slovakia
2018
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand
2018
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand
2018
University of Greifswald, Germany
2018
Gymnazium Krompachy, Slovakia
2019
University of Greifswald, Germany
2019
University Munster, Germany
2019
University of Stuttgart, Germany
2020
CompBioLab, University of Girona, Spain
2021
Gymnazium Jozefa Miloslava Hurbana, Slovakia
2021
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2021
Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
2022
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2022
University of Greifswald, Germany
2022
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
2022
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
2022
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
2023
University of Crete, Greece
2023
Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
2023
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
2023
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong, Thailand
2023
Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, Germany
2023
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
2023
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
2023
Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia
2023
BME György Oláh Doctoral School, Hungary
2023
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Spain
2023
Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
2024
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
2024
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
2024
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2024
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
2024
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2024
Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB NOVA), Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal
2024
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2025
Université de Montréal, Canada