Ing. Jitka Čejková, Ph.D.
Jitka Čejková, Ph.D. studied chemical engineering at University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, where she successfully defended her doctoral degree in 2010. She currently works as Assistant Professor in the Chemical Robotics Laboratory at UCT Prague. She has the postdoctoral experience from University of Trento and the University of Tokyo.
Jan Macák
Dr. Jan M. Macak is a Senior Researcher and a group leader at the Central European Institute of Technology of the Brno University of Technology and at Center of Materials and Nanotechnologies of the University of Pardubice (both in Czech Republic). His main research focuses on the development, characterization and applications of low-dimensional nanomaterials, such as nanotubes, nanofibers, nanoparticles. He counts among most cited Czech scientists of his generation (h-index 57, more than 14k citations).
Lenka Mynářová
Lenka has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and commercialization of science and research across all market segments . Besides operating in NAFIGATE Corporation since 2011, she is also the author of Hydal brand strategy and of awarded business strategy of Biotechnology Hydal. This unique technology can upcycle a waste into biopolymers. In 2018 she won the title of Manager of the Year for the management of the Hydal project.
Prof. Matthew Rampley
Prof. Matthew Rampley is the principal investigator of the European Research Council-funded project Continuity / Rupture: Art and Architecture in Central Europe 1918-1939. Based at Masaryk University, he is the author of numerous books on art history and criticism, including: The Seductions of Darwin: Art, Evolution and Neuroscience (2017), The Vienna School of Art History (2013) and Heritage, Ideology and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe (2012).
Adéla Vinczeova
Adela Vinczeova (Banášová) graduated from Culture Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava. She focuses on healthy lifestyle and personal development in the context of gratitude and humility.
Markus Dettenhofer, Ph.D.
Head of Jury
Markus Dettenhofer, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC). CEITEC is a scientific consortium of 6 universities and research institutes in Brno, Czech Republic, which has up to 550 scientists working in the fields of life sciences, advanced materials and technologies.
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