Professional activities:
2008–today: Senior research fellow at the Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences
2006–2007: Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences. Concerned with research on preparation of special optical fibers for sensors and communications.
April 2003–December 2005: Postdoctoral fellow in Institute of Chemical Processes Fundamentals of Czech Academy of Sciences. Concerned with optical biosensors and monitoring of microorganisms by intrinsic fluorescence.
September 2001–March 2002: Research assistant, Institute of Chemical Processes Fundamentals of Czech Academy of Sciences
Scientific internship:
February–August 1999: Socrates/Erasmus stage at École des Mines d’Albi (France). The stage was oriented to an analysis of soil polluted by heavy metals
Education:
1998–2003 Ph.D., Doctoral study at Department of Environmental Chemistry of ICT Prague in cooperation with Institute of Chemical Processes Fundamentals of Czech Academy of Sciences
Doctoral thesis: Monitoring of Environmental Influence on Model Microorganism Cultures by Optical Methods
1993–1998 MSc., Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Faculty of Environmental Technology, Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering.
Diploma thesis: Removal of Heavy Metals from Water Solutions by Means of Special Sorbents
Awards:
2010: The Visegrad Group Academies Young Researcher Award
Patents and utility models:
- P. Peterka, P. Koška, O. Podrazký, V. Matějec, I. Kašík. Zesilovací modul, způsob jeho výroby a pláštěm čerpané optické zařízení jej obsahující. Česká republika. Patent, č. 305888, 9.3.2016.
- O. Podrazký, J. Mrázek, I. Kašík, L. Šašek, R. Schilhart. Optický pH metr s mikroskopickou sondou. Česká republika. Užitný vzor, č. 30867, 31.7.2017.