Eva Zažímalová#
| Membership Number: | 6597 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.avcr.cz/en/about-us/cas-structure/president-of-the-cas/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8325-7092 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017, 03 - present President, the Czech Academy of Sciences (CzAS)
- 2013 - 2017 Member of the Academy Council of the CzAS
- 2007 - 2012 Directress, the Institute of Experimental Botany of the CzAS (IEB)
- 2004 - 2016 Head, the Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants of the IEB
- 2003 - 2007 Deputy Directress, IEB
- 2001 - 2012 Scientist, Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague (part-time)
- 1985 - present Scientist, IEB (since 2013 part-time)
- 1983 - 1984 and 1987 - 1989 Maternity leaves
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular mechanisms of auxin signalling
- Regulation of auxin homeostasis
- Co-operation of auxins and cytokinins in regulation of plant cell development
- Molecular mechanisms of auxin transport, auxin transporters
- Plant biochemistry and plant molecular physiology, particularly plant hormones
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Decorated as „Chevalier dans L’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur“
- 2022 Honorary doctorate (Dr. hc.) - technical sciences, awarded from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague
- 2019 Honorary Member - Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2017 The Learned Society of the Czech Republic, fellow
