From 2020 onwards, the Grant Agency of Masaryk University (GAMU) awards are presented to Masaryk University researchers for their outstanding achievements. Their purpose is to increase the motivation of the University’s researchers and to spread the good name of Masaryk University in the scientific community and the general public. This year GAMU awarded 37 outstanding researchers or research teams. More than thirty researchers attended the award ceremony in the refectory of the Mendel Museum. Among the awardees were scientists from nine faculties of Masaryk University, as well as researchers from CEITEC and the Institute of Computer Science. Some of the awarded projects are interdisciplinary.
“I am glad that we are meeting here again in person, as the award ceremony was interrupted by the covid pandemic in the last few years. The Rector was also looking forward to this evening, but unfortunately had to cancel due to health reasons,” said Šárka Pospíšilová, Vice-Rector for Research and Doctoral Studies, in her welcoming speech.
Lukáš Palko, Director of the Research & Development Office, then presented interdisciplinary research projects and the rationale behind the method of project evaluation and the various levels of GAMU awards for students, PhD candidates and excellent scientists. He also summarised the opportunities for obtaining international grants and the success of individual faculties in obtaining ERC, Horizon and Teaming grants.
The evening also included the announcement of the Career Restart, in which 12 grants under 25 ongoing projects were awarded to Martina Dvořáčková, Petra Kolísková, Flavia Landucci and Anežka Sharma from the Faculty of Science, Alžběta Filipová and Pavla Vizváry from the Faculty of Arts, Petra Chovancová and Michala Moravcová from the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Alena Macková from the Faculty of Social Studies, Pavla Marečková from the Faculty of Education, Tereza Váňová from the Faculty of Medicine and Michaela Procházková from CEITEC.
MUNI SCIENTIST AWARD 2023
doc. Mgr. Markéta Šámalová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Section of Experimental Plant Biology.
doc. RNDr. Jan Hejátko, Ph.D.
CEITEC - Research Group Leader Senior – Jan Hejátko Research Group
Awarded for an article published in Plant Physiology (Oxford University Press).
Mgr. Dalibor Blažek, Ph.D.
CEITEC – Senior Research Group Leader – Dalibor Blažek Research Group
Awarded for obtaining the prestigious EXPRO grant from the Czech Science Foundation.
doc. Mgr. Lukas Blinka, PhD.
Faculty of Social Studies – Associate Professor – Psychology Research Institute
Awarded for articles published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Ing. Mgr. Lucie Coufalová, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Faculty of Economics and Administration – Assistant Professor – Department of Economics
Awarded for articles published in Public Choice and Kyklos.
doc. MUDr. Regina Demlová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine – Head of the Institute – Department of Pharmacology
Awarded for receiving the prestigious Horizon Europe Teaming grant.
Mgr. Lenka Dědková, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social Studies – Department Vice-Head – Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society
Awarded for a chapter in The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media published by Taylor & Francis, and an article published in Information, Communication & Society.
Mgr. Peter Fabian, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Assistant Professor – Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology
Awarded with prestigious ERC Starting Grant and DIOSCURI grants.
Mgr. Tomáš Glomb, Ph.D.
Faculty of Arts – Head of Centre – Centre for Digital Research of Religion
Awarded for a book published by Bloomsbury Academic.
prof. RNDr. Petr Hliněný, Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics – Professor – Department of Computer Science
Awarded for articles published in Combinatorica and Journal of Combinatorial Theory.
doc. RNDr. Mgr. Jozef Hritz, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Associate Professor – Department of Chemistry
Awarded the prestigious Excellence Hubs grant.
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Faculty of Arts – Professor – Department of History
Awarded for his book published by Harrassowitz Verlag.
doc. Mgr. Lucie Jarkovská, Ph.D.
Faculty of Education – Associate Professor – Institute for Research in Inclusive Education
Awarded for popularisation of social sciences.
doc. Mgr. Jan Křivánek, Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine – Head of Research Group – Jan Křivánek's Research Group: Dental Development and Regeneration
Awarded for an article published in Science Advances.
prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics – professor – Department of Computer Systems and Communications
Awarded for obtaining the prestigious Excellence Hubs grant.
Lisa Emily Melymuk, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Head of Department – Chemical Pollutants and Human Exposure Routes
Awarded for an article published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health.
Zoran Milanovic, Ph.D.
Faculty of Sports Studies – Researcher – Incubator of Kinanthropology Research
Awarded for an article published in Sport Medicine.
Mgr. Jitka Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social Studies – Assistant Professor – Department of Social Policy and Social Work
Awarded for popularisation of social sciences.
doc. MUDr. Radka Lordick Obermannová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine – Associate Professor – Comprehensive Cancer Care Department
Awarded for an article published in the Annals of Oncology.
Mgr. Jana Obrovská, Ph.D.
Faculty of Education – Assistant Professor – Department of Education
Awarded for an article published in the Journal of Education for Teaching.
Adrien Palladino, M.A., Ph.D.
Faculty of Arts – Assistant Professor – Department of Art History
Awarded for a book published by Viella.
doc. RNDr. Petr Pařil, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Associate Professor – Hydrobiology Group
Awarded for popularisation of natural sciences and article published in Nature.
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Řezník, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Professor – Department of Geography
Awarded for receiving a prestigious Horizon Europe Cluster 6 grant.
Mgr. Karel Říha, Ph.D.
CEITEC – Research Group Leader Senior– Karel Říha Research Group
Awarded for receiving the prestigious EXPRO grant from the Czech Science Foundation.
RNDr. Jakub Řípa, Ph.D.
Faculty of Science – Researcher III – Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Awarded for his article in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics – Vice-Head of Department – Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies
For receiving the prestigious JUNIOR STAR grant from the Czech Science Foundation.
The award was accepted by Michal Schwarz (pictured), Head of the Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies.
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social Studies – Associate Professor – Department of Sociology
Awarded for receiving the prestigious EXPRO grant from the Czech Science Foundation.
Mgr. Jakub Švenda, PhD. with his team
Faculty of Science – Assistant Professor – Department of Chemistry
Awarded for an article published in the journal Angewandte Chemie.
RNDr. Petr Těšina, Ph.D.
CEITEC – Research Group Leader Junior – Petr Těšina Research Group
Awarded for receiving the prestigious ERC Starting Grant.
Ahad Zareravasan, PhD
Faculty of Economics and Administration – Assistant Professor – Department of Business Management
Awarded for an article published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
doc. JUDr. PhDr. Robert Zbíral, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law – Vice-Dean for Science and Research
Awarded for an article published in European Union Politics.
Ing. Tibor Füzik, Ph.D.
CEITEC – Deputy Research Group Leader – Pavel Plevka Research Group
Mgr. Marta Šiborová, Ph.D.
Ph.D. graduate 2022
Awarded for an article published in Nature Communications.
doc. RNDr. Petr Holub, Ph.D.
Institute of Computer Science – Department head – BioMedAI Centre
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Brázdil, Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics – Associate Professor – Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing
Awarded for a paper published in Nature Communications.
doc. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D.
Faculty of Law – Department head – Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science
Mgr. et Mgr. Katarína Šipulová, Ph.D., MSt
Faculty of Law – Head of Institute – Judicial Studies Institute
Awarded for an article published in Regulation & Governance.
doc. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D.
Faculty of Law – Head of Department – Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science
Mgr. et Mgr. Marína Urbániková, Ph.D.
Faculty of Social Studies – Assistant Professor – Department of Media Studies and Journalism
Awarded for an article published in Feminist Legal Studies.
prof. Mgr. Martin Lysák, Ph.D. DSc.
RNDr. Terezie Malík Mandáková, Ph.D.
Xinyi Guo, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Jan Sedmidubský, Ph.D.
Faculty of Informatics – Research and development staff – Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing
RNDr. Tomáš Rebok
Institute of Computer Science – Department head – Tom Rebok’s Research Group
Awarded for receiving the Best Short Article Award at the prestigious SIGIR2023 (COREA*) conference in Taipei.
prof. Mgr. Richard Štefl, Ph.D.
CEITEC – Head of Research Centre – Centre for Structural Biology
doc. Mgr. Karel Kubíček, PhD.
Faculty of Science – Associate Professor – Department of Condensed Matter Physics
Mgr. David Zapletal
CEITEC – Research Specialist – PhD student – Richard Štefl Research Group
Awarded for an article published in Molecular Cell.
