On Monday 16 June, the Grand Auditorium of the Karolinum in Prague hosted a ceremony where new professors received their official appointment decrees. The Scientific Board of Masaryk University nominated fourteen candidates, twelve of whom work at the university. Four of the newly appointed professors are from the Faculty of Science, two are from the Faculty of Medicine.
The MU Scientific Board also nominated two Palacký University Olomouc (UPOL) candidates for appointment as professors.
Masaryk University professors nominated by the MU Scientific Board
doc. Ing. Pavel ČELEDA, Ph.D.
field: Informatics
works at: Department of Computer Systems and Communications, MU Faculty of Informatics
doc. Mgr. Olga DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Ph.D.
field: Germanic Languages and Literatures
works at: Department of English Language and Literature, MU Faculty of Education
doc. PhDr. Daniel DRÁPALA, Ph.D.
field: Ethnology
works at: Department of European Ethnology, MU Faculty of Arts
Dr. rer. nat. habil. Hans-Heiner GORRIS
field: Analytical Biochemistry
works at: Department of Biochemistry, MU Faculty of Science
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Ph.D.
field: Political Science
works at: Department of Political Science, MU Faculty of Social Studies
doc. MUDr. Igor KISS, Ph.D.
field: Oncology
works at: Comprehensive Cancer Care Department, MU Faculty of Medicine

doc. Mgr. Lukáš KUBALA, Ph.D.
field: Experimental Animal Biology
works at: fInstitute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences & Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology, MU Faculty of Science
prof. Ing. Štefan LYÓCSA, PhD.
field: Economics
works at: Department of Finance, MU Faculty of Economics and Administration
Mgr. Hynek PIKHART, PhD
field: Environmental Health Sciences
works at: Environmental Epidemiology ERA Chair, MU Faculty of Science
doc. Ing. Daniel SCHWARZ, Ph.D.
field: Neuroscience
works at: Department of Simulation Medicine, MU Faculty of Medicine
doc. JUDr. Bc. Jaromír TAUCHEN, Ph.D., LL.M. Eur.Int.
field: History of the State and Law
works at: Department of the History of the State and Law, MU Faculty of Law

doc. RNDr. Michal VESELÝ, Ph.D.
field: Mathematical Analysis
works at: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, MU Faculty of Science

Non-MU professors nominated by the MU Scientific Board
doc. RNDr. Karel BERKA, Ph.D.
field: Biomolecular Chemistry and Structural Biology
works at: Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc
doc. Mgr. David UHER, PhD
field: General and Diachronic Linguistics
works at: Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc
