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President appoints new professors

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel officially appointed 87 new professors on the nomination of the scientific and artistic boards of universities.

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

Pavel Čeleda


doc. Mgr. Olga DONTCHEVA-NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Ph.D.
field: Germanic Languages and Literatures
works at: Department of English Language and Literature, MU Faculty of Education

Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová


doc. PhDr. Daniel DRÁPALA, Ph.D.
field: Ethnology
works at: Department of European Ethnology, MU Faculty of Arts

Daniel Drápala


Dr. rer. nat. habil. Hans-Heiner GORRIS
field: Analytical Biochemistry
works at: Department of Biochemistry, MU Faculty of Science

Hans-Heiner Gorris

doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Ph.D.
field: Political Science
works at: Department of Political Science, MU Faculty of Social Studies

Vlastimil Havlík

doc. MUDr. Igor KISS, Ph.D.
field: Oncology
works at: Comprehensive Cancer Care Department, MU Faculty of Medicine

Igor Kiss

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

Lukáš Kubala

prof. Ing. Štefan LYÓCSA, PhD.
field: Economics
works at: Department of Finance, MU Faculty of Economics and Administration

Štefan Lyócsa

Mgr. Hynek PIKHART, PhD
field: Environmental Health Sciences
works at: Environmental Epidemiology ERA Chair, MU Faculty of Science

Hynek Pikhart

doc. Ing. Daniel SCHWARZ, Ph.D.
field: Neuroscience
works at: Department of Simulation Medicine, MU Faculty of Medicine

Daniel Schwarz

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

Jaromír Tauchen

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

Michal Veselý

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