Spotlighting the top scientific personalities in Czech chemistry. Every year the Experientia Foundation awards the Rudolf Lukeš Prize of 100,000 CZK to a single top Czech scientist.

Charles University became a grant holder of the COST Action titled Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability. Associate Professor Jiřina Kocourková from the Department of Demography and Geodemography at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, assumed the role of scientific representative for the project in January. In April, she will take over as the chair of the entire action, which began in 2022 and will continue until October 2026.

Join our seminar on 'Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) from basics to applications in Earth Observation' with our special guest Prof. Fabio Del Frate from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy.

The book Thaddaeus Hagecius, or Hájek (1526–1600): Bohemian Polymath of the Rudolfine Era is being published by Amsterdam University Press. The book was co-authored by Vojtěch Hladký and Lucie Strnadová from the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, who have a long standing collaboration with the book's editor, Martin Žemla. The book was created as part of a project by the Department of Philosophy at Palacký University in Olomouc. A Czech version of the publication is currently in preparation.

On Sunday, January 19, during a gala evening at the National Museum, the Neuron Foundation celebrated top Czech scientists. Among the honorees were four prominent researchers affiliated with the Faculty of Science, Charles University. Professor Jan Černý received the newly introduced award for fostering a love for science. Promising scientist awards were presented to Dr. Klára Hlouchová, Dr. Tomáš Pluskal, and Dr. Martina Benešová-Schäfer.

The Faculty of Science at Charles University proudly celebrated the opening of a state-of-the-art AFM/SEM laboratory. The event, held as part of the Techscale project, was attended by a number of distinguished guests who underscored the importance of local and international partnerships in research and innovation. These new advances will reinforce the well- established Czech-British scientific collaboration, among others.