Department of Trace Element Analysis

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Trace element and speciation analysis by atomic spectrometry methods. Development of methods and their application for the purposes of biomedical and environmental research.

  • new atomizers of volatile compounds based on plasma discharges
  • chemical or photochemical generation of volatile forms of elements
  • plasma-assisted generation of volatile species
  • development of instrumentation in atomic fluorescence spectrometry
  • speciation analysis of technologically critical elements
  • speciation analysis of toxicologically significant arsenic metabolites
  • preconcentration of volatile compounds
  • metallomics
  • study of the mechanisms of generation, preconcentration and atomization of volatile compounds, including the use of radioactive indicators
Staff
  • RNDr. Jan Kratzer, Ph.D. - Head of Department jkratzer@biomed.cas.cz (+420) 296 442 490
  • prof. RNDr. Jiří Dědina, CSc., DSc.  - Deputy Head dedina@biomed.cas.cz (+420) 296 442 659
  • MSc. Gilberto da Silva Coelho, PhD., coelho@iach.cz, (+420) 296 442 487
  • MSc. Adrián García Figueroa, PhD. garcia@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
  • RNDr. Tomáš Matoušek, Ph.D. matousek@biomed.cas.cz (+420) 296 442 474
  • RNDr. Stanislav Musil, Ph.D. stanomusil@biomed.cas.cz (+420) 296 442 659
  • RNDr. Milan Svoboda, Ph.D. svoboda@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
Students
  • MSc. Zhendong Lyu, lyu@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
  • Mgr. Linda Sagapova, sagapova@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
  • Mgr. Jakub Šoukal
  • Mgr. Nikol Vlčková, stadlerova@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
  • Mgr. Jaromír Vyhnanovský
Visiting scientists
  • October – November 2023: Dr. Ignacio Machado, PhD., Universidad de la República, Faculty of Chemistry, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • September – October 2023: Dr. Krzysztof Greda, PhD., Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Poland
  • July – September 2023: B.Sc. Zhendong Lyu, Shantou University, College of Science, China
  • November 2022 - December 2022: Dr. Beatrice Campanella, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Research Council of Italy, Pisa (ICCOM-CNR)
  • May 2019 - December 2020: Dr. Aline Fernandes de Oliveira, alinefo@gmail.com
  • January 2019 to March 2019 Dr. Ran Bi, Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University (STU), China.
  • Prosinec 2018 - únor 2019: Dr. Dilek Yildiz - Research Assistant Mugla Sitki Koçman University, Research Labs Centre, Mugla, Turkey.
  • April - June 2018: Adrián García Figueroa M.Sc. Ph.D. student of Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, Spain.
  • April 2018: MSc. Sebastian Burhenn Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V., Dortmund, Germany.
  • June 2017: MSc. Sebastian Burhenn Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V., Dortmund, Germany.
  • February - October 2017: Dr. Ignacio Machado, Ph.D -, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • October 2014 - October 2015: MSc. Charles Huber Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia Sul-Rio-Grandense IFSUL, Pelotas, Brazílie.
Former members
  • Mgr. Matěj Plecháč
  • Mgr. Vojtěch Vilím
  • Bc. Alexandra Slota (until 2024)
  • Bc. Karolína Hašlová, (until 2024)
  • Mgr. Barbora Štádlerová, Ph.D. (until 2024)
  • Mgr. Simona Adamová (until 2023)
  • Mgr. Karel Marschner, Ph.D.(until 2018)
  • Ing. Miloslav Vobecký, CSc.(until 2011)
  • RNDr. Vlasta Korunová (until 2010)
  • Anna Selecká (until 2010)
  • Mgr. Olga Grossová
  • Dr. Inga Petry-Podgórska (until 2021)

Projects

Current grants

  • GAČR 23-05974K, (2023-2025) Versatile plasma sources and advanced approaches to signal evaluation as novel concepts in ultratrace element analysis by atomic spectrometry. – RNDr. Jan Kratzer, Ph.D.
  • GAČR 23-06530S, (2023-2025) Unique methods of ultratrace analysis of selected technology-critical elements. - RNDr. Stanislav Musil, Ph.D
  • Strategy AV21 - Water for Life, (2023-2024) Arsenic and germanium speciation in water supply reservoirs - RNDr. Tomáš Matoušek, Ph.D.
  • Strategy AV21 - Water for Life, (2023-2024) Antimony in precipitation water from roads - RNDr. Tomáš Matoušek, Ph.D.