Place of Birth:	Karviná
Date of Birth:	November 4, 1963
Citizenship:	Czech
Office address:	Univerzita Karlova (Charles University in Prague), Faculty of Science, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Hlavova 2030, Prague 2, CZ-12840, Czech Republic
Phone / Fax:	+420 22195 1263 / +420 22195 1253
E-mail:	petrh@natur.cuni.cz

Education
Undergraduate study at Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, 1982 – 87; Diploma work: "Synthesis and Comlexing Properties of Ethylenediamine-N,N,N',N'-tetrakis[methylene(phenylphosphinic)] acid"
Graduate study at Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, 1988 – 1993; Theses: "Phosphonodipeptides"

Employment
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Inorganic Chemistry
            Lecturer,  1992 – 2003
            Docent (Associate Professor),  2004

Research Interests

main field: inorganic chemistry – coordination chemistry

other fields: synthesis of organophosphorus compounds; spectroscopy; potentiometry

current research interest: coordination chemistry of macrocycles and aminophosphonic / aminophosphinic acids

Fellowships
Technical University, Gdansk, Poland, October 1 – December 15, 1990
guidance of Prof. J. Rachon
Synthesis of optically pure aminoalkylphosphonic acids.

University of Massachusets, Amherst, U.S.A., October 1, 1993 – February 28, 1995
guidance of Prof. L. D. Quin
Reactivity of derivatives of metaphosphoric and metathiophosphoric acids, their esters and amides. Synthesis of their precursors.

Editorial board (inorganic chemistry):
"Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications" – 1997 untill now.