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KOVY & THE NEURON AWARD 2022 LAUREATES
We presented the Neuron Awards to the best Czech scientists on Sunday 16 October. The prestigious awards went to six promising scientists, one science transfer project and two scientists who have enriched world research through their lifelong work. Get to know them in the interviews conducted with them by Karel "Kovy" Kovář.
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
