On 16 December, the President of the Republic, Petr Pavel, presented appointment decrees to 69 newly appointed professors at the Great Hall of the Carolinum. Among them are three male scientists and one female scientist from our faculty. We warmly congratulate all those named.
The ceremony was also attended by the new Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports, Robert Plaga, and one of the representatives of MU was our dean, Tomáš Kašparovský, who is also the chairman of the Council of Higher Education Institutions. The appointments were made on the basis of nominations submitted by the scientific and artistic councils of higher education institutions.
Based on a proposal from the Scientific Board of Masaryk University, ten professors were appointed, nine of whom are also actively affiliated with Masaryk University.
The highest academic rank of professor was awarded to individuals who met all the prescribed professional and qualification requirements. The appointment represents recognition of their long-term scholarly work, their significant contribution to the development of their respective disciplines, and their active role in the higher education environment.
The newly appointed professors thus join the leading figures of the academic sphere who contribute to the development of education, science, and research in the Czech Republic.
Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Jan Hejátko, Ph.D.
Field: Genomics and Proteomics
Affiliation: CEITEC MU, Head of Research Group (Jan Hejátko Research Group), NCBR
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Tomáš Hoder, Ph.D.
Field: Plasma Physics
Affiliation: Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Department of Plasma Physics and Technology
Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Jiří Urban, Ph.D.
Field: Analytical Chemistry
Affiliation: Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Department of Chemistry
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Monika Vítězová, Ph.D.
Field: Microbiology
Affiliation: Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology
Photo: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Miriam Kánová, a student at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno, won second place in the prestigious SAS Prize 2025 competition for her thesis focused on data standardization and statistical reporting in clinical studies.
Pavel Špaček received an honourable mention in the Crytur 2025 Awards for his thesis entitled ‘The Use of Photon Upconversion Nanoparticles in Single-Molecule Immunoassays’ (Supervisor: doc. Zdeněk Farka, Department of Biochemistry).
