Science and Research
on the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague

Research Groups

List of Research Groups at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague.

Biology Section


Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics

  • Laboratory of 3D Visualization and Analytical Methods - Jana Velemínská
  • Bone tissue anthropological laboratory - Vladimír Sládek
  • Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology - Pavlína Čejková


Department of Botany

  • Phycology Research Group (external web) - Pavel Škaloud
  • Evolution and diversity of land plants - Tomáš Fér, Jan Suda
  • Plant ecology - Tomáš Herben
  • Lichenology research group - David Svoboda
  • Mycology research group - Ondřej Koukol


Department of Cell Biology


Department of Ecology

  • Astacollogy - Adam Petrusek
  • Songbird Bioacoustics - Tereza Petrusková
  • Gecko Team - Reproductive Biology of Reptiles - Lukáš Kratochvíl - cooperation with the Department of Zoology


Department of Experimental Plant Biology

  • Laboratory of Plant Cell Biology and Biotechnology (external web) - Kateřina Schwarzerová, Lukáš Fischer
  • Laboratory of Cell Morphogenesis (external web) - Viktor Žárský, Fatima Cvrčková
  • Laboratory of Ecophysiological Anatomy (external web) - Jana Albrechtová
  • Laboratory of Physiological Anatomy (external web) - Aleš Soukup
  • Laboratory of Plant Morphogenesis Regulatory Factors (external web) - Helena Lipavská


Department of Physiology

  • Group of bioenergetics and mucsle physiology - Jitka Žurmanová
  • Group of physiological adaptations and biorythms - Stanislav Vybíral
  • Group of epithelial physiology and transport processes - Jiří Pácha
  • Group of membrane receptors and cell signaling - Jiří Novotný
  • Group of neurobiology of behavior and memory - Zdeňka Bendová


Department of Genetics and Microbiology

  • Laboratory of Biology of Yeast Colonies (external web) - Zdena Palková
  • Laboratory of Arachnid Cytogenetics - Jiří Král
  • Laboratory of Bacterial Physiology (external web) - Ivo Konopásek
  • Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics - Irena Lichá
  • Laboratory of Plant Genetics - Dana Holá
  • Laboratory of Virology (external web) - Jitka Forstová
  • Laboratory of RNA Biochemistry (external web) - Martin Pospíšek


Department of Parasitology

  • Laboratory of Helminthology (external web) - Petr Horák
  • Laboratory for Vector Biology - Petr Volf
  • Laboratory of Evolutionary Protistology (external web) - Vladimír Hampl
  • Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Parasitic Protists (external web) - Jan Tachezy
  • Laboratory of Protein Transport and Organelle Biogenesis - Pavel Doležal


Department of Zoology

  • Antipredatory mechanisms of prey and behaviour of predators - Alice Exnerová, Pavel Štys
  • Biology of arachnids - František Šťáhlavský, Jaroslav Smrž
  • Evolution of the Insects (external web) - Jakub Prokop
  • Integrative evolutionary biology of vertebrates - Pavel Hulva
  • Laboratory of diversity and evolution of anaerobic protists (external web) - Ivan Čepička
  • Laboratory for the study of craniofacial evolution & development (external web) - Robert Černý
  • Malacology - Lucie Juřičková
  • Population and evolutionary genetics (external web) - Pavel Munclinger, Radka Reifová

 

Chemistry Section


Department of Analytical Chemistry

  • Electrochemical Analytical Methods - Jiří Barek
  • Chromatographic Analytical Methods - Pavel Coufal
  • Spectrometric analytical methods - Petr Rychlovský


Department of Inorganic Chemistry

  • Center of molecular and crystal structures - Ivana Cisařová
  • Photochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry of Porphyrinoids (external web) - Jiří Mosinger
  • Solid State Chemistry and Nanomaterials (external web) - Ivan Němec
  • Organometallic chemistry (external web) - Petr Štěpnička
  • Group of Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry (external web) - Ivan Lukeš

Katedra biochemie


Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry

  • Biophysical Chemistry (external web) - Tomáš Obšil
  • Electromigration Separation Processes (external web) - Bohuslav Gaš
  • Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering - Prof. RNDr. Blanka Vlčková
  • Soft Matter - Karel Procházka
  • Specialty Polymers - Jiří Vohlídal
  • Computational Investigation of (Nano)Materials - Petr Nachtigall


Department of Organic Chemistry

  • Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids (external web) - Michal Hocek
  • Ecochemistry of Organic Compounds - Stanislav Smrček
  • Group of Catalysis in Organic Synthesis (external web) - Martin Kotora
  • Laboratory of Constitutional Dynamic Chemistry (external web) - Dušan Drahoňovský
  • Organic Synthesis - Aleš Machara
  • Organic synthesis and catalysis (external web) - Martin Kotora
  • Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, Joint Laboratory of IOCB ASCR and CU (external web) - Michal Hocek
  • Supramolecular Chemistry (external web) - Jindřich Jindřich
  • Research of Reaction Mechanisms (external web) - Jana Roithová

 

Geography Section


Department of Demography and Geodemography

  • Research centre of demography - Jitka Rychtaříková, Jiřina Kocourková


Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology


Department of Social Geography and Regional Development

 

Geology Section


Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources

  • Environmental Geochemistry Group (external web) - Martin Mihaljevič


Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics

  • Environmental hydrogeology - Zbyněk Hrkal
  • Geomechanics - Tomáš Fischer, Jiří Mls, Jan Boháč
  • Extra-terrestrial geophysics and geology - Gunther Kletetschka
  • Applied geophysics - Vratislav Blecha


Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology

 

Faculty-Wide Institutions


Institute for Environmental Studies

  • Ecosystem and restoration ecology - Jan Frouz
  • Ecotoxicology and decontamination - Tomáš Cajthaml
  • Environmental technology - Martin Pivokonský, Libuše Benešová
  • Air quality - Martin Braniš
  • Limnology - Evžen Stuchlík
  • Biodiversity conservation - Jiří Reif
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