Eva Zažímalová

Eva Zažímalová (born 18 February 1955) is a Czech biochemist and since March 2017 the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences.[1]

Eva Zažímalová
President of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Assumed office
25 March 2017
Preceded byJiří Drahoš
Personal details
Born (1955-02-18) February 18, 1955
Prague, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
CitizenshipCzech
Political partyIndependent
Alma materCharles University
Occupationbiochemist

She studied biochemistry at the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague in 1974–1979. Since 1983, she has worked in the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Between 2003 and 2007, she was the deputy director of this institute, from 2007 to 2012 she led the institute as its director. At Charles University, Eva Zažímalová was habilitated in 2004 and in 2013 she was appointed professor of plant anatomy and physiology.[1] She was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.[2]

She has devoted herself to the molecular mechanisms of the effect of plant hormones. Her research work is focused predominantly on the phytohormone auxin, its metabolism and the molecular mechanisms of its activity and transport in plant cells. The results of her research have found applications for instance in agriculture.[1]

References
  1. "Professor Eva Zažímalová has been appointed President of the Czech Academy of Sciences for the period 2017–2021 - Akademie věd České republiky". www.avcr.cz. Czech Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. "Prof. RNDR. Eva Zažímalová, CSC. - Akademie věd České republiky".
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