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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 and J. Homola, "Flexible method based on four-beam interference lithography for fabrication of large areas of perfectly periodic plasmonic arrays", Optics Express. 22(15), 18778-18789 (2014) doi:10.1364/OE.22.018778
K. Toma, M. Vala, P. Adam, J. Homola, W. Knoll and J. Dostálek, "Compact surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence biochip", Optics Express. 21(8), 10121-10132 (2013) doi:10.1364/OE.21.010121
M. Vala, R. Roberek, M. Bocková, J. Wegener and J. Homola, "Real-time label-free monitoring of the cellular response to osmotic stress using conventional and long-range surface plasmons", Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 40(1), 417-421 (2013) doi:10.1016/j.bios.2012.07.020
H. Vaisocherová, A. D. Taylor, S. Jiang, K. Hegnerová, M. Vala, J. Homola, B. Yakes, J. Deeds and S. DeGrasse, "Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for Determination of Tetrodotoxin: Prevalidation Study", Journal of Aoac International. 94(2), 596-604 (2011) doi:
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