email: David.Kubicka@vscht.cz phone: +420 22044 6106 |
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EDUCATION
2013 MBA University of New York Prague (UNYP), Praha
2005 Ph.D. Ǻbo Akademi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Turku, Finland
1999 Ing. University of Chemistry and Technology, Praha
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 |
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present |
scientistic worker Technopark Kralupy of University of Chemistry and Technology, Praha independent scientific-research activities |
2011 |
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2016 |
Leader of the research program RENTECH (Renewable & Environmental Technologies) of centre UniCRE Research Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (VUANCH) |
2006 |
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Research worker - senior Research Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (VUANCH) |
2005 |
post-doc position Ǻbo Akademi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Turku, Finland |
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2001 | - | 2005 |
student doktorského studijního programu Ǻbo Akademi, Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Turku, Finland |
1999 | - | 2001 |
Research worker – junior Research Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (VUANCH) |
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Membership in professional organizations
Member of the Czech Chemical Society
Member of the American Chemical Society
Member of the Czech Society of Industrial Chemistry
Member of Czech Catalysis Society (provisional chairman of the society)
Awards
2013 – Valedictorian of the MBA class at UNYP
2012 – Award of the CEO of Unipetrol, a.s. as a recognition of the active, engaged and innovative approach to work on research projects in Research Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
2012 – Best oral presentation award at Bio4SUD conference, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008 – Best poster award at Future Feedstocks for Fuels and Chemicals Conference, Berlin, Germany
2007 – Best doctoral thesis in the field of catalysis in Finland in the years 2004–2006 awarded by the Finnish Catalysis Society.
Languages
English fluent, C2
German advanced level B2/C1
Vybrané projekty 2014
1. D. Kubička, O. Kikhtyanin, „Opportunities for zeolites in biomass upgrading - lessons from the refining and petrochemical industry“, Catal. Today 243 (2015) 10-22, (prepared and accepted for publication in 2014)
2. S. Al-Khattaf, S.A. Ali, A.M. Aitani, N. Žilková, D. Kubička, J. Čejka, „Recent advances in reactions of alkylbenzenes over novel zeolites: The effect of zeolite structure and morphology“, Catal. Rev. 56 (2014) 333-402.
3. Successfuly concluded 5-year research project „Catalytic transformations of lignin to fine chemicals and monomers“ financed by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR, project number P106/10/1733). D. Kubička was the principal investigator of the project.
Publications
* Dissemination activities (please see the appendix for details)
o 7 invited lectures (keynote / plenary) at international conferences / workshops
o 9 invited lectures at other meetings
o Numerous presentations (oral / poster) at international conferences
o More than 60 scientific articles
* Editing activities
o Editor of a book “Heterogeneous Catalysis in Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels”, Research Signpost, ISBN: 978-81-308-0462-0, (Co-editor I. Kubičková)
Courses
Other activities
o CZ patents: 1 awarded, 2 under evaluation
o 1 utility model, 1 verified technology