doc. RNDr. Jiří Urban, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Name: Jiří Urban
• Year of birth: 1977
• Nationality: Czech
• Author identifier (Web of Science): D-1133-2014
• Orcid Number: orcid.org/0000-0002-5169-4327

Department

• Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Position

• Associate professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2001 – 2007 University of Pardubice, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Czech Republic, Postgraduate study of Analytical Chemistry, branch Chromatography, Ph.D., Supervisor Prof. Pavel Jandera
• 1999 – 2001 University of Pardubice, Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, Czech Republic, Master study Analysis of biological samples, MSc.
• 1996 – 1999 University of Pardubice, Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences Bachelor study Clinical Biology and Chemistry, BSc.
• 1992 – 1996 Secondary school Velké Meziříčí

Employment

• 2017 – now Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• 2006 – 2016 Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Scientific and Research Activities

• Preparation and characterization of organic polymer monoliths and their applications in the separation of both small and large molecules in various chromatographic modes. Application of statistical optimization in the preparation of columns and their tailored surface modification. Online hyphenation of organic polymer monoliths to various detection techniques.
  
  Research projects
  
• Comprehensive top-down-bottom-up proteomics, Czech Science Foundation, standard project 23-07581S (2023 – 2025).
• Segmented two-dimensional liquid chromatography, Czech Science Foundation, standard project 20-21903S (2020 – 2022).
• Tailoring selectivity of polymer-based monolithic stationary phases, Czech Science Foundation, standard project 17-11252S (2017 – 2019).
• Development of a multifunctional monolithic capillary column with integrated sample focusing, separation, and on-column electrochemical detection, Czech Science Foundation, standard project 14-22426S (2014 – 2016).
• Improving the performance of hypercrosslinked monolithic stationary phases and their application in separations of polar compounds, Czech Science Foundation, postdoctoral project P206/12/P049 (2012 – 2014).

Research Stays

• University of California at Berkeley, California, USA, Department of Chemistry, 12. 1. 2009 – 14. 1. 2011
• Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles, paris, France, Laboratoire Environnement et Chimie Analytique, 1.10. 2005 – 30. 6. 2006
• University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Polymer-Analysis Group, 1. 9. – 31. 12. 2003, 16. 7. – 1. 10. 2004
• Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, 6. 3. – 31. 8. 2002, 15. 1. – 15. 7. 2004
• University of London, Royal Holloway, Great Britain, Center for Chemical Sciences, 20. 6. – 6. 9. 2001

Memberships & Awards

• 2019 Special prize for Poster presentation, ISSS 2019, Lodz, Poland
• 2012 The best poster award at HPLC 2012, Anaheim, California, USA
• 2010 CASSS Discussion Group Committee member
• 2006 Travel Award, HPLC 2006, San Francisco, California, USA
• 2004 – 2005 member of Academic senate of Faculty of Chemical Technology University of Pardubice, member of presidium
• 1999 – 2003 member of Academic senate of University of Pardubice

Team Members’ Awards
• Kateřina Hrůzová - Brno Ph.D. Talent, 2023
• Kateřina Hrůzová - Committee Award at Karel Štulík Prize, February 2022
• Martina Nechvátalová - Vice-rector award for excellent PhD study, Masaryk University, 2021
• Martina Nechvátalová (nee Komendová) - Dean award for PhD thesis, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 2021
• Martina Komendová – 2nd place in Students flash talk competition, ISSS 2019, Poland
• Lukáš Hekerle – Committee Award at Karel Štulík Prize, February 2019
• Martina Komendová – Shimadzu Prize, 1st place, 2016
• Radovan Metelka – Selected amongst the best 20 posters presented at HPLC 2015
• Martina Komendová – Dean award for the best master thesis, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, 2015
• Veronika Škeříková – Awarded amongst the six best posters presented at ISSS 2014
  
• Simona Janků – 1st place “Merck Prize 2014”, February 5 – 6, 2014

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