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Global Change Research Institute, CAS
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Ing. Jan Červený, Ph.D.

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Position: Coordinator of Research Division, Head of Departments

Branch: Department of Adaptive Biotechnologies

Branch: Department of Smart Biotechnologies

Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
Bělidla 4a
Brno
603 00

Email: cerveny.j@czechglobe.cz

Phone: +420 775 171 968

Research Focus

cybernetics; process optimization; systems biology; experimental biology; artificial intelligence; machine learning; biological rhythms; microalgal biotechnology; development of bio-applications;  microalgae selection/breeding; mathematical modeling; cybernetics

  • Development of methods for characterization and effective optimization of production and adaptive properties of photosynthetic microorganisms

  • Development of reference experimental platform for validation experiments

  • Development and design of technological solutions and bio-applications for viable microalgal biotechnologies

  • Development of a computational platform for predictive (in silico) experiments (http://www.e-cyanobacterium.org/, http://www.e-photosynthesis.org)

  • Mathematical modeling and identification of oscillatory mechanisms of algae and cyanobacteria under a wide range of controlled environmental conditions

  • High-throughput fluorescence microscopic single-cell level analyses of photosynthetic cultures

  • Sorting of mixed populations and selection of subpopulations with “on-demand” properties

  • Application of controlled selective pressure (breeding) on different types of photosynthetic microorganisms for both increased adaptivity to unnatural conditions and production capacity

Education

  • 2011: Ph.D. degree in Technical Cybernetics the study field Control and Systems Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague (topic Mathematical models in algal biotechnologies, supervisor prof. P. Zítek)

  • 2004: M.Sc. degree in Process Control and Automation at Department of Process Instrumentation and Control, Czech Technical University in Prague.

Appointments

  • 2015 onward: Head of Research Domain, Domain of Adaptative and Innovative Techniques, Global Change Research Institute CAS, Drásov

  • 2013 onward: Head of Department, Department of Adaptive Biotechnologies, Global Change Research Centre CAS, Drásov

  • 2010 – 2013: Group Leader, Laboratory of Physiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology CAS, Nové Hrady

  • 2009 – 2012: R&D and Scientific Advisor, Photon Systems Instruments, spol. s r.o., Drásov

  • 2005 – 2010: Junior Research Scientist, Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology CAS, Nové Hrady

  • 2004 – 2007: Research and Lecture Assistant, Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague

  • 2002 – 2007: Junior Research Scientist, Centre of Applied Cybernetics, Prague

Awards

Doctorate Degree received with honors (cum laude)

Nominated as a Full Member in Sigma Xi – The Scientific Research Honor Society

Important research visits and fellowships

  • 2019 (3 months): Honorary Appointment Fellow at Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia (Prof. Peter Ralph)

  • 2010 (7 months): Research Associate at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA (Prof. Sabeeha S. Merchant)

  • 2008 (1 month): Visiting Scientist at Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA (Prof. Himadri B. Pakrasi)

Membership

Member of Institue board, Global Change Researh Institute CAS

Chair of Director’s board, Global Change Researh Institute CAS

Member of working group of the CAS Board for Innovations and Knowledge Transfer 

MathWorks Advisory Board Member

Member of CzechGlobe-HRS4R/HR Excellence in Research Award board

Member of Steering committee, ESFRI Center for Systems Biology – C4Sys

Member of Editorial board, Scientific Reports

Member of Editorial board, Frontiers in Photobiology

Member of Review board of journals Nature Communications, Mayo Clinic: Digital Health, PLOS ONE, Engineering in Life Sciences, Bioresource Technology, Plant and Cell Physiology, Algal Research, Photosynthetica, Journal of Advanced Research, BioProtocols

Member of Society for Experimental Biology

Science Mentor for young reviewers of Frontiers for Young Minds

Brief scientometrics

Statistics (GS [WoS]):

Publications: 102 [71] 
Sum of the Times Cited: >2 300 [1 000]
h-index: 25 [17]

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