We feature an interview in this issue with Professor Josef Michl, acclained chemist, who received his Ph.D. at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1965 but left Czechoslovakia three years later. He became a full professor in 1975 at University of Utah. Professor Michl has held nearly one hundred visiting professorships and named lectureships, delivered hundreds of invited lectures at institutions and conferences, has served on many professional and editorial boards, advisory councils, and committees, and has organized several international meetings. Since 2006, he also has held an appointment at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the ASCR. He is a laureate of Wichterle Award, the Schrödinger and Porter Medals, the J. Heyrovský Gold Medal of the ASCR and Charles University, the Czech government Patria Award for Czech scientists working abroad, and the Marinus Smith Award from the University of Colorado for his work with undergraduates. He is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science and is an honorary member of the Czech Learned Society. and Sylva Daníčková.
We feature an interview with Prof. Miroslav Verner, who is a world-known Czech Egyptologist. His book The Pyramids was translated into several languages. For seventeen years, he was the director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology and led Czech excavations at Abusir. He has also been associated with the Universities of Vienna and Hamburg as well as Charles University in Prague and the American University in Cairo. and Sylva Daníčková.
We feature an interview with Prof. Miroslav Verner, who is a world-known Czech Egyptologist. His book The Pyramids was translated into several languages. For seventeen years, he was the director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology and led Czech excavations at Abusir. He has also been associated with the Universities of Vienna and Hamburg as well as Charles University in Prague and the American University in Cairo. and Sylva Daníčková.
We highlight the interview with Czech chemist Professor Rudolf Zahradník, who used to be the president of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic from 1993-2001. He has published more than 350 papers and 10 books especially on problems related to quantum chemistry. He is a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. He was also a founding member and from 1994 to 1997 chairman of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic. and Sylva Daníčková.