PharmDr. Eliška Matoušová, Ph.D.
Department of Organic Chemistry
Charles University
Faculty of Science
Hlavova 8, 128 00 Praha 2
Curriculum Vitae
2016 - present Assistant Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2014 - 2015 Post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University (with Professor Martin Kotora)
2012 - 2014 Post-doctoral Fellow at the Research School of Chemistry, the Australian National University, Canberra (with Professor Martin Banwell)
2007 - 2011 PhD study at the Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University (supervisor Professor Milan Pour)
2002 - 2007 MSc study at Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University
Research interests
Organic synthesis, natural product synthesis, medicinal chemistry, transition metal catalysis (especially Pd, Au, Ru, Rh), asymmetric synthesis, green chemistry.
Awards
2020 Award for the best teacher in courses of chemistry "Studentský velemlok" (Faculty of Science, Charles University)
2018 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2017 The Dean's Award for a young academic (Faculty of Science, Charles University)
2011 Professor Červinka Award for the best communication (Conference “Liblice 2011”, Lázně Bělohrad, Czech Republic)
Group Members
Dr. Germán F. Giri
Post-doc, Lab No. 129
Education: PhD (2015), Rosario Institute of Chemistry, National University of Rosario, Argentina
MSc (2009), National University of Rosario, Argentina
Joined: June 2024
Kiryl Vasiutovich
PhD Student, Lab No. 129
Education: MSc (2019), Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
Joined: October 2020
Anass Ziari
PhD Student, Lab No. 129
Education: MSc (2020), Euro-Mediterranean University of Fez (UEMF), Morocco
Joined: October 2021
Pratibha Choudhary
PhD Student, Lab No. 132
Education: MSc (2022), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
(IISER Bhopal), India
Joined: October 2022
Martin Vacek
MSc Student, Lab No. 132
Joined: November 2024
Olga Martynková
Bc Student, Lab No. 129
Joined: December 2023
Jana Vonešová
Bc Student, Lab No. 129
Joined: December 2023
Aneta Alžová
Bc Student, Lab No. 129
Joined: February 2025
Benny Nemanský
Bc Student, Lab No. 132
Joined: February 2025
Former Group Members
Dr. Pratap Jagtap (Post-doc)
Education: PhD (2017), Faculty of Science, Charles University
MSc (2007), Pune Fergusson College, University of Pune, India
Member: October 2017 to October 2022
Dr. Anton Nechaev (Post-doc)
Education: PhD (2018), KU Leuven, Belgium
MSc (2010), D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia
Member: January 2018 to February 2020
Moved to: University of Jyväskylä, Finland (post-doctoral position with Professor Petri Pihko)
Dr. Jiří Mikušek (Post-doc)
Education: PhD (2016), Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University
MSc (2011), Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University
Member: January 2016 to December 2016
Moved to: Research School of Chemistry, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (post-doctoral position with Professor Martin Banwell)
Petr Jansa (PhD Student)
Education: MSc (2016), Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University
Member: October 2016 to September 2023 (defended his PhD thesis entitled "Synthesis of alkaloid-like compounds with quaternary carbon centers")
Kristýna Klanicová (MSc Student)
Education: Bc (2018), Palacký University, Olomouc
Member: October 2018 to September 2020 (defended her MSc thesis entitled "Use of alkenylboronic acids in tandem cyclisation/Suzuki cross-coupling")
Moved to: BIOCEV, Vestec
Ľubica Orlovská (MSc Student)
Education: Bc (2018), Faculty of Science, Charles University
Member: October 2018 to July 2020 (defended her MSc thesis entitled "Synthesis of all-carbon quaternary centres")
Moved to: Teva Czech Industries, Opava, Czech Republic (synthetic organic chemist)
Tomáš Vašíček (MSc Student)
Education: Bc (2016), Faculty of Science, Charles University
Member: October 2016 to May 2018 (defended his MSc thesis entitled "Synthesis of polycyclic compounds containing quaternary carbon centers")
Moved to: Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Prague (organic chemist); then Institute of Organic chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria (PhD study)
Kristýna Hubená (Bc Student)
Member: July 2023 to February 2025 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Using furfuryl alcohol in the synthesis of polycyclic compounds structurally similar to natural alkaloids")
Artur Bahramian (Bc Student)
Member: Nobember 2021 to February 2024 (defended his Bc thesis entitled "Using N-hydroxysuccinimidyl formate as a CO source in tandem reactions")
Júlia Výbošťoková (Bc Student)
Member: October 2020 to June 2022 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Synthesis of spirocyclic compounds containing quaternary carbon centres")
Benno Liška (Bc Student)
Member: September 2021 to June 2022 (defended his Bc thesis entitled "Using tandem cyclisation/Sonogashira cross-coupling in the synthesis of natural products and their derivatives")
Michaela Sádková (Bc Student)
Member: August 2020 to July 2021 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Synthesis of analogues of natural alkaloids containing quarternary carbon centres")
Ema Bažíková (Bc Student)
Member: October 2018 to July 2020 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Using Heck reaction for aromatic ring formation in the synthesis of polycyclic compounds")
Moved to: Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (MSc study)
Johana Neumannová (Bc Student)
Member: February 2019 to July 2020 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Using levoglucosenone in the synthesis of naphthoquinone containing compounds")
Zuzana Hollá (Bc Student)
Member: October 2016 to June 2019 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Synthesis of polycyclic lactones and lactams")
Pavlína Kvapilová (Bc Student)
Member: October 2016 to June 2018 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Synthesis of five-membered ring analogues of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids")
Shuhe Zheng (Visiting MSc Student)
From: KU Leuven, Belgium
Member: February 2024 to June 2024
Arthur Kaņeps (Visiting Bc Student, Erasmus)
From: Hanze University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Member: September 2022 to June 2023 (graduated based on the project entitled "Asymmetric synthesis of N-methylated intermediates from furfuryl alcohol" in Netherlands)
Paul Petri (Visiting Bc Student, Erasmus)
From: IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria
Member: September 2020 to February 2021 (defended his Bc thesis entitled "Cyclisation reactions involving C-CN bond cleavage" in Austria)
Vasiliki Andrianopoulou (Visiting Bc Student, Erasmus)
From: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Member: October 2019 to February 2020 (defended her Bc thesis entitled "Synthesis of spirocyclic compounds with all-carbon quaternary centers" in Greece)
Konstantinos Istavridis (Visiting Bc Student, Erasmus)
From: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Member: October 2018 to February 2019 (defended his Bc thesis entitled "Synthesis of Fused 5-6-5-6(aryl) Ring Polycycles with All-Carbon Quaternary Centers" in Greece)
Károly Tamás Rábai (Visiting Student, Erasmus)
From: Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Member: June 2024 to August 2024
Áron Czabán (Visiting Student, Erasmus)
From: Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Member: June 2024 to August 2024
David Aznar (Visiting Student, Erasmus)
From: University of Zaragoza, Spain
Member: October 2022 to May 2023
Beatriz Carvalho (Visiting Student, Erasmus)
From: University of Coimbra, Portugal
Member: October 2019 to June 2020
Guilherme Marangon (Visiting Student, Unigou)
From: Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Brazil
Member: January 2019 to March 2019
Letícia Oliveira de Magalhães (Visiting Student, Unigou)
From: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Member: February 2018 to April 2018