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Milan Vala

Milan Vala, Ph.D.

Milan Vala
Position: Deputy team leader, Research scientist
Department: Nano Optics
+420 266 773 473
vala@ufe.cz
Location: Main building of UFE, Praha 8 - Kobylisy

Research interests:

Nano-optics, biophotonics, nanofabrication, plasmonics.

Professional activities:

2017–present: Research scientist (since 2021), Postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020), Nano Optics, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

2016–2017: Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Nanostructures and Biosensing, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA

2005–2016: Postdoctoral fellow (2015–2016), graduate student (2006–2015), research staff (2005–2006), Optical Biosensors, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Education:

2015  Ph.D., Quantum optics and optoelectronics, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

2006  MSc., Optics and optoelectronics, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics

Patents:

  • J. Homola, M. Piliarik, I. Tichý, M. Vala, P. Adam, J. Hepnar, K. Chadt. Surface Plasmon Resonance coupler and Disperser Sensor / Senzor založený na excitaci a disperzi povrchových plasmonů. USA. Patent, č. US 8094316, 1.10.2012.

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Journal papers:

M. Vala, Ch. T. Ertsgaard, N. J. Wittenberg and S.H. Oh, "Plasmonic Sensing on Symmetric Nanohole Arrays Supporting High-Q Hybrid Modes and Reflection Geometry", ACS Sensors. 4(12), 3265-3274 (2019) doi:10.1021/acssensors.9b01780
M. Vala and J. Homola, "Multiple beam interference lithography: A tool for rapid fabrication of plasmonic arrays of arbitrary shaped nanomotifs", Optics Express. 24(14), 15656-15665 (2016) doi:10.1364/OE.24.015656
H. Vaisocherová-Lísalová, F. Surman, I. Víšová, M. Vala, T. Špringer, M. Ermini, H. Šípová, P. Šedivák, M. Houska, T. Riedel, O. Pop-Georgievski, E. Brynda and J. Homola, "Copolymer Brush-Based Ultralow-Fouling Biorecognition Surface Platform for Food Safety", Analytical Chemistry. 88(21), 10533-10539 (2016) doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02617
N. Sharma, C. Petri, U. Jonas, M. Bach, G. Tovar, K. Mrkvová, M. Vala, J. Homola, W. Knoll and J. Dostálek, "Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Waveguides for Direct Optical Detection of Low-Molecular-Weight Analytes", Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 215(23), 2295-2304 (2014) doi:10.1002/macp.201400260
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