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

Bc. Karolína Hašlová, haslova@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
Bc. Matěj Plecháč
Bc. Alexandra Slota slota@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
Mgr. Linda Sagapova, sagapova@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
Mgr. Jakub Šoukal
Mgr. Vojtěch Vilím, vilim@iach.cz (+420) 296 442 487
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. 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.