Research interests:
Bioelectromagnetics, microwaves, micro-/nanosensors, proteins, microtubules, cytoskeleton, biological electron excited states, chemiexcitation, biochemiluminescence, ultraweak photon emission, biosignals.
Professional activities:
Membership:
BioEM Society, International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments, IEEE (EMBS, MTT, Photonics), URSI, Optica, Bioelectrochemical Society, Biophysical Society, European Microwave Association, International Society for Bioelectromagnetism, SPIE
International research experience:
2014–2015: visiting professor, James Franck Institute/Dept. of Chemistry – University of Chicago, USA, 8 months
2013: Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 1 month
2010: Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Scholarship, UNICAMP – Campinas, Brazil, 1 month
2006–2010: International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany, 3 months total
2005: Leonardo Da Vinci project Scholarship, RWTH Aachen – Institute of High Frequency Technology & ELCAT, GmbH, 3 months
2004: Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship, RWTH Aachen – Institute of High Frequency Technology, 1 semester
Education:
2009 Ph.D., Radioelectronics, Department of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia
2006 Ing. (M.Sc.), Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovakia
Awards and honors:
2022 Justin Teissié Award from the International Society for Electroporation-based Technology and Treatment
2021 Best Paper Award (2nd place) from IEEE Sensors 2021 Conference
2019 Best paper award for 2019 from Institute of Photonics and Electronics, CAS
2019 Senior member of Optica
2016 Otto Wichterle Award from the Czech Academy of Sciences in the field of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences
2015 IEEE, Senior Member
2014 European molecular biology laboratory Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme Fellowship
2009 Diploma from Natural Sciences section of 13th International Student Conference of Electrical Engineering – POSTER
2008 URSI Young Scientist Award
Patents:
- M. Cifra, P. Kůrka, D. Havelka, J. Havlíček. Způsob stanovení komplexní permitivity. Česká republika. Patent, č. 309946, 9.6.2022.