Curriculum Vitae

Education

2007       Dr. rer. nat. (Chemistry), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU), Erlangen, Germany

2005       Bc. (Theology), Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

2003       Dipl.-Ing. (Chemistry), Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic

1995       Gymnasium Rumburk, Czech Republic

Professional Experience

Since 10/2015  Professor (W3 o.L.), Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Germany

05/06 2019       Visiting Professor (Jagiellonian University Kraków, Poland)

05/06 2014       Visiting Lecturer (University College London, UK)

2013 -2015        Coordinator of the EU project 4G-PHOTOCAT

2010 -2015        Junior Professor & NRW Research Group Leader, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

2007 - 2010       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, FAU, Erlangen, Germany (with Prof. K. Meyer)

2003 - 2007       Research Assistant, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, FAU, Erlangen, Germany (with Prof. H. Kisch)

2001 - 2002       Visiting Scientist, Chair for Surface Science and Corrosion, FAU, Erlangen, Germany (with Prof. P. Schmuki)

Awards

2011 - 2013        Member of the Global Young Faculty (Stiftung Mercator)

2008                  Research Award for Young European Scientists of The European Society for Quantum Solar Energy Conversion

2004                  Scholarship of the Bavarian State

2001 - 2002       Erasmus-Socrates Scholarship

Publications

Reviewer for Scientific Journals:  

Science, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Catalysis, Nature Communications, Chemistry – A European Journal, Journal of Physical Chemistry, ChemPhysChem, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Chemistry of Materials, Chemical Communications, ACS Catalysis, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Materials Chemistry, ChemSusChem, ChemCatChem, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Photonics for Energy, Solar Energy, Energy & Environmental Science, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, Nanoscale, Dalton Transactions, New Journal of Chemistry, Electrochimica Acta, Electrochemistry Communications, Catalysis Today, Catalysis Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, CrystEngComm, Current Physical Chemistry, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials Science and Engineering B, BioSystems, Europhysics Letters, Crystal Research and Technology

Reviewer for Funding Agencies:

DFG (German Science Foundation), European Research Council, Czech Science Foundation, National Science Centre (Poland), Humboldt Foundation