Kovy & the Neuron Award 2022 laureates

Get to know the Neuron Award 2022 laureates in a series of interviews conducted with them by the host and YouTuber Karel Kovář / Kovy. And come and meet these outstanding scientists in person on 30 January 2023 at the Opero coworking centre, Španělská 8, Prague 1, where we will welcome them to a discussion from 6:30 p.m. Admission is free; please reserve a place by email at rsvp@nfneuron.cz. We look forward to seeing you.

Jan Starý

A physician and the saviour of thousands of lives, he is a pioneer of paediatric haematology and oncology and was there at the birth of the bone marrow transplantation programme.

Online profile: /person/jan-stary

Pavel Hobza

A world authority in computational chemistry, a significant discoverer and one of the most cited Czech scientists.

Online profile: /person/pavel-hobza

Martina Živná

A physician who works on hereditary kidney disease and is looking for a treatment for ADTKD patients.

Online profile: /person/martina-zivna

Gabriel Demo

A biologist who studies bacteria and virus-infected cells and looks for ways to treat them.

Online profile: /person/gabriel-demo

Anežka Kuzmičová

A specialist in literacy who studies the reading experience and connects the humanities and social sciences in an original way.

Online profile: /person/anezka-kuzmicova

Jan Kynčl

A mathematician who has discovered new solutions and improved important algorithms.

Online profile: /person/jan-kyncl

Martin Setvín

A physicist who has refined microscopy and is looking for new materials and their applications.

Online profile: /person/martin-setvin

Maryia Shamzhy

A chemist who works on research into new types of zeolites and looks for practical applications of new materials.

Online profile: /person/mariya-shamzhy