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President Petr Pavel presented appointment decrees to the newly appointed professors of Charles University.

President Petr Pavel presented appointment decrees to the newly appointed professors of Charles University.

Published: Tuesday 17.6.2025

President Petr Pavel presented appointment decrees to 20 newly appointed professors of Charles University in the Great Hall of the Carolinum. Among them are representatives of our faculty: Prof. RNDr. Svatava Janoušková, Ph.D., from the Department of Chemistry Education and Didactics; Prof. RNDr. Jiřina Kocourková, Ph.D., from the Department of Demography and Geodemography; and Prof. RNDr. Kryštof Verner, Ph.D., from the Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology. Congratulations!

Three-Dimensional Time: A New Perspective on the Origin of Electric Charge

Three-Dimensional Time: A New Perspective on the Origin of Electric Charge

Published: Tuesday 17.6.2025

Günther Kletetschka from the Institute of Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology and Applied Geophysics from the Faculty of Science, Charles University, proposed a revolutionary theory of three-dimensional time, which presents electric charge as a topological property of temporal space. This approach explains charge quantization and conservation from a purely geometric perspective.

20 years of Field practices in human etology

20 years of Field practices in human etology

Published: Tuesday 17.6.2025

On June 12, 2025, the 20th anniversary of the Field practices in human etology was celebrated in the amphitheatre on the Albertov steps. Teachers, former students, and also Romani residents from a village near the locality where the field course takes place gathered to celebrate this anniversary together.

Conference Report: Mini Conference for Third-Year PhD Students

Conference Report: Mini Conference for Third-Year PhD Students

Published: Monday 16.6.2025

On June 5, 2025, the Organic Chemistry Department at the Faculty of Science, Charles University held a Mini Conference, showing the research of third-year PhD students. The event began at 3:00 PM with an inspiring presentation by Dr. Martina Benešová Schaefer, a distinguished alumna, in Lecture Hall CH1.

An Evolutionary Leap Without Rules: What Environments Are Colonized by Plants with a Doubled Genome?

An Evolutionary Leap Without Rules: What Environments Are Colonized by Plants with a Doubled Genome?

Published: Friday 13.6.2025

A study by Filip Kolář from the Faculty of Science, Charles University, and Patrick Meirmans from the University of Amsterdam has just been published in the prestigious journal PNAS. The research shows that genome duplication significantly affects the ecological niche of plants—but in a difficult-to-predict way.

Junior Fund: Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Junior Fund: Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Published: Friday 13.6.2025

As part of Charles University’s long-term strategy to strengthen its research profile, the Faculty of Science is pleased to announce the opening of seven postdoctoral fellowship positions. These roles are designed to attract exceptional early-career scientists from abroad to join the faculty’s leading research teams and contribute to cutting-edge scientific discovery.

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