Events

at the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry

Departmental Seminars

The Seminars at the Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry are back.

The Seminars will be led by guest speakers, renowned scientists from both domestic and foreign institutions, as well as the Department's Ph.D. and Master's students, all presenting unique and engaging topics.

The lectures take place on Wednesdays at 14:00 in lecture room CH3 located in the building of Chemical departments (Hlavova 8, Praha 2).

Departmental Conference Series

Upcoming seminars

Wed 18 Nov

Next seminar

Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis in an Innovation Context: Cases of Platinum-based and Zeolite Catalysts

Prof. Celine Chizallet

14:00–15:30

Heterogeneous catalysts are key players in the current energy transition. The structure of their active sites and the mechanisms they catalyze remain the subject of intense debate. Atomic-scale calculations can help decipher these aspects when combined with relevant characterization techniques and kinetic measurements. In this talk, I will illustrate recent insights gained from density functional theory calculations into the behavior of protonic zeolite catalysts and of platinum-based catalysts supported on …

Wed 25 Nov

Emissions Control Catalysis: the past, present and future

Dr. Andrew York

14:00–15:30

Emissions control catalysis is one of the most quietly transformative technologies of the modern era. In just a few decades, catalytic converters have cut toxic pollutants from vehicles and engines by more than 95%, turning once‑polluted cities into breathable environments …

Wed 16 Dec

Protein-protein pair potentials as a benchmark for protein charge prediction

Prof. Anže Božič

14:00–15:30

Protein-protein interactions in solution are often dominated by electrostatics, yet the underlying protein charge is remarkably hard to pin down. Direct experimental methods require complex setups and report only a model-dependent effective charge, so computational prediction methods are commonly used …

2026

6 Nov Functional Two-Dimensional Materials for Advanced Electrochemical Devices
4 Nov Neutron Scattering at the NIST Center for Neutron Research Prof. Paul Butler
21 Oct Dealing with difficult & hazardous waste stream (worldwide) from a Czech start-up perspective Dr. Marek Nedoma
14 Oct Zeolites at work: Monitoring, Understanding and Controlling hydroxyls by FTIR spectroscopy Dr. Francesco Dalena
7 Oct Photoredox Catalysis beyond Single-Photon and Single-Electron Transfer Dr. Indrajit Ghosh
6 Aug Seminar Invitation: 3 x 1 seminars
20 May Presentations of new PhD students and postdocs
6 May Photosensitizers doc. RNDr., Ph.D. Jiří Mosinger
29 Apr Molecular Quantum Materials from first Principles Dr. Bo Peng
22 Apr Departmental Seminar Dr. Ondřej Veselý

Events

Departmental Seminars

Departmental Conference Series

Upcoming seminars

Computational Heterogeneous Catalysis in an Innovation Context: Cases of Platinum-based and Zeolite Catalysts

Emissions Control Catalysis: the past, present and future

Protein-protein pair potentials as a benchmark for protein charge prediction

Past seminars

2026