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President appoints new professors

On the proposal of the scientific and artistic councils of universities, President Petr Pavel appointed 78 new professors today. Ten of them are from Masaryk University.

Novým profesorkám a profesorům předali jmenovací dekrety v pražském Karolinu prezident republiky Petr Pavel a ministr školství Mikuláš Bek.


The Scientific Board of Masaryk University has nominated twelve candidates for appointment as professors, eight of whom are work at MU. The other two new Masaryk University professors were proposed by the Research Board of Charles University and the Scientific Board of the University of Defence. The Faculty of Science has the highest number of new professors (five), followed by the Faculty of Arts with three new professors.

In addition to people from Masaryk University, the MU Scientific Board has proposed four candidates from Hradec Králové University, Charles University, the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice and Palacký University Olomouc.

The ceremony was held in the Karolinum Great Hall in the presence of Minister of Education Mikuláš Bek.

MU professors nominated by the MU Scientific Board

doc. Mgr. Petr BENEŠ, Ph.D.
field of study: Molecular Biology and Genetics
MU Faculty of Science, Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology

MUDr. Martin BOBÁK, Ph.D.
field of study: Environment and Health
MU Faculty of Science; University College London

doc. RNDr. Marcela BUCHTOVÁ, Ph.D.
field of study: Experimental Animal Biology
MU Faculty of Science; Czech Academy of Sciences, Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology

doc. JUDr. Josef KOTÁSEK, Ph.D.
field of study: Law
MU Faculty of Law

doc. PhDr. Klára OSOLSOBĚ, Dr.
field of study: Czech Language
MU Faculty of Arts

doc. RNDr. Petra URBANOVÁ, Ph.D.
field of study: Anthropology
MU Faculty of Science, Department of Anthropology

MUDr. Vít WEINBERGER, Ph.D.
field of study: Gynaecology and Obstetrics
MU Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

doc. PhDr. David ZBÍRAL, Ph.D.
field of study: History – General History
MU Faculty of Arts, Department for the Study of Religions

Professors outside MU nominated by the MU Scientific Board

doc. Anton GALAEV, Dr. rer. nat.
field of study: Mathematics – Geometry
University of Hradec Králové, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics

doc. PhDr. Jan ŠIŠKA, Ph.D.
field of study: Special Education
Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Special Education

doc. Mgr. Radmila ŠVAŘÍČKOVÁ SLABÁKOVÁ, Ph.D.
field of study: History – General History
Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts, Department of History

doc. Ing. Vladimír ŽLÁBEK, Ph.D.
field of study: Environment and Health
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters

MU Professor nominated by the Scientific Council of Charles University

doc. PhDr. Dalibor HAVEL, Ph.D.
field of study: Auxiliary Historical Sciences
MU Faculty of Arts, Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies

MU professor nominated by the Scientific Board of the University of Defence

doc. RNDR. Ivo RUDOLF, Ph.D.
field of study: Medical Microbiology
Faculty of Science MU, Section of Microbiology