Prof. Pavel Jungwirth

Academic Training: 

• M.Sc. in Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep. 1989.
• PhD. in Computational Chemistry at J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Acad. Sci. of the Czech Rep. and Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., 1993. Thesis title “Ab initio molecular dynamics: Dreams and reality“ (advisor Prof. R. Zahradník). 

Present Position: 

• Senior Team Leader at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Acad. Sci. of the Czech Rep., Prague, Czech Republic (2003 - ). Distinguished Chair from 2016.
• Professor (External Faculty) at the Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Associate Professor 2000 - 2011, Full Professor 2011 - ). 

Academic Experience and Previous Positions:

• Research associate at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (with Prof. J. Weber), 1991.
• Research associate at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland (with Prof. T. Bally), 1992.
• Golda Meir Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (with Prof. R. B. Gerber), 1994-5.
• Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Irvine (with Prof. R. B. Gerber), 1995.
• Research group head at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, 1995-2003.
• Visiting researcher at the University of California, Irvine, 1998.
• Visiting professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2001.
• Schonbrunn visiting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2001.
• Visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine, 2004.
• Visiting professor at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2007.
• Visiting professor at the École Normale Superiéure, Paris, 2010.
• Visiting professor at the Rush University, Chicago, 2012.
• Finland Distinguished Professor at the Tampere Institute of Technology (2013 - 2017). 

• Hlavka Foundation Prize (1993).
• Golda Meir Postdoctoral Fellowship (1994).
• Learned Society of the Czech Republic Prize (1996).
• NATO Senior Science Fellowship (2001).
• Schonbrunn Visiting Professor (Lady Davis Fellowship) (2001).
• Annual Medal of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2001).
• Otto Wichterle Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2002).
• Spiers Memorial Prize of the Royal Society for Chemistry (2008).
• Doctor of Sciences from the Czech Academy of Sciences (2009).
• Elected member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (2009), president (2020-2).
• Praemium Academie Prize from the Czech Academy of Sciences (2010).
• Jaroslav Heyrovsky Medal of the Czech Academy of Sciences (2015).
• Humboldt Research Award (2020).
• Elected Member of Academia Europeae (2021).
• Award of the Neuron Foundation for lifelong contribution to science (2024).

More than 300 research and review papers in international journals (including Science, Nature, Nature Chemistry, JACS, PRL, JPCL, etc.) with more than 17 000 citations (excluding self-citations), H-index 72. Several book chapters. Over 100 invited lectures at international conferences (including GRC) and numerous departmental seminars at universities and research laboratories in Europe, USA, Japan, China, and Israel.

5 selected recent publications:

1. Nemirovich T., Young B., Březina K., Mason P.E., Seidel R., Stemer D., Winter B., Jungwirth P., Bradforth S.E., Schewe H.Ch.:  Stability and Reactivity of Aromatic Radical Anions in Solution with Relevance to Birch Reduction.  Journal of the American Chemical Society146 (2024) 8043.

2. Ticháček O., Mistrík P., Jungwirth P.: From the outer ear to the nerve: A complete computer model of the peripheral auditory system. Hearing Research440 (2023) 108900.

3. Mason P.E., Schewe Ch.H., Buttersack T., Košťál V., Vitek M., McMullen R.S., Ali H., Trinter F., Lee Ch., Neumark D.M., Thürmer S., Seidel R., Winter B., Bradforth S.E., Jungwirth P.^*: Spectroscopic Evidence for a Gold-Coloured Metallic Water Solution. Nature 595 (2021) 673.

4. Buttersack T., Mason P.E., McMullen R.S., Schewe C., Martínek T., Březina K., Crhan M., Gomez A., Hein D., Wartner G., Seidel R., Ali H., Thurmer S., Maršálek O.^*, Winter B.^*, Bradforth S.E.^*, Jungwirth P^*.: Photoelectron spectra of alkali metal–ammonia microjets: From blue electrolyte to bronze metal. Science 368 (2020) 1086.

5. Allolio C., Magarkar A., Jurkiewicz P., Baxová K., Javanainen M., Mason P.E., Sachl R., Cebecauer M., Hof M., Horinek D., Heinz V., Rachel R., Zieglerg C.M., Schrofel A., Jungwirth P.^*: Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides induce membrane multilamellarity and subsequently enter via formation of a fusion pore. PNAS 115 (2018) 11923.