
RNDr. Václav Profant, Ph.D.
Born: Nov. 24, 1983, Strakonice
E-mail: profant@karlov.mff.cuni.cz
- Affiliation: Fyzikální ústav UK, Ke Karlovu 5
- Room: F 186, 1st basement
- Phone: +420 221 911 471
- Fax: +420 224 922 797
Fields of interest and research experience:
- Raman optical activity
- Stucture and dynamical behaviour of proteins and carbohydrates
- VCD, CD, Raman scattering, IR
- Quantum mechanical calculations of molecular properties
- Teaching activities
Long term stays:
04/2013 | 2-week intership in UK, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester; Theme: “ROA study of chondroitin sulphate”. |
01/2012 | 2-month intership in UK, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester; Theme: “ROA study of chondroitin sulphate”. |
06/2011 | 1-month intership in USA, UIC Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois in Chicago; Theme: “Vibrational Circular Dichroism of proline oligomers: pH dependence study”. |
11/2010 | 3-week intership in Norway, CTCC - The Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Trosmo, Theme: “Quantum mechanical calculations of vibrational spectra”. |
07/2007 | 3-week intership in Germany at Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Institut für Physikalische Chemie; Theme: “Vibrational Spectra and Ionization Potential Study of 2-Aminoethanol Clusters”. |
Curiculum vitae:
Professional activities:
2018‐ | assistant professor at Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague |
2009‐17 | research assistant at Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague |
2006‐08 | junior research assistant at UFCHJH AV CR (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) in group of doc. Mgr. Michal Fárník, Ph.D. DSc. |
Education and courses:
2008‐17 | Ph.D., Biophysics, chemical and macromolecular physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. |
2006‐08 | MSc., Biophysics and chemical physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. |
2003‐06 | BSc., General Physics, faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. |
1999‐03 | Study at grammar school in Strakonice ended in year 2003 by leaving exam. |
06/2013 | workshop School of Biophotonics, Kosice, Slovakia |
07/2011 | workshop Introduction to Biophysical Techniques (CD, VCD, ROA, ITC), Diamond Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK |
01/2010 | workshop Quantum Chemical Winter School - Response Properties of Molecular Materials, Chamonix, France |
Awards:
- Promissing young researcher award at international conference CD 2013 (Nashville, USA, June 9 - 13, 2013)
- second price in the contest of the Spectroscopic Society of Jan Marcus Marci for the best diploma thesis in spectroscopic field in year 2008
Defended thesis:
- Doctoral's thesis: Structure and dynamics of peptides and proteins in solution: application of Raman optical activity