Synthetic Nanochemistry

Petr Cígler

head of the Synthetic Nanochemistry Group

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Full list of Publications

 

Education:

2008 Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Czech Republic (supervision by Prof. Vladimir Kral)

2001 M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (supervision by Prof. Ivan Lukes).

Chronology of Employment:

2017 Senior Head of Synthetic Nanochemistry Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

2013-2017 Junior Head of Synthetic Nanochemistry Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

2009-2012 Scientist, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS 2008-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

2006-2008 Research Assistant, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry CAS

Research Fields:

synthetic chemistry and nanochemistry, macromolecular chemistry, nanosensors, surface chemistry and biointerface of nanoparticles, quantum sensing

Membership in Scientific Societies and Professional Associations:

American Chemical Society, member Materials Research Society, member International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation, and Engineering, member Czech Chemical Society, member Chemistry Olympiad of the Czech Republic, elected member of presidium National Centre for Young Chemists (Czech Republic), elected member of advisory board Czech Artists’ Union (Umělecká beseda), elected member International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC) – member of International Advisory Board (since 2017)

Honors & Scientific Recognition:

2017 Recipient of Neuron Impuls Grant in Chemistry (a prestigious grant awarded yearly to one Czech chemist younger 40 years for outstanding research project)

2016 NML Researcher Award (established to recognize research excellence in the field of nano and micro science, with special consideration for those who have continuously made outstanding contributions to the development of science in last three years; awarded by Nature Research Society and journal Nano-Micro Letters)

2013 Premium Otto Wichterle (prize for outstanding researchers of Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic younger 35 years)

2012 Scopus Awards (1st place) [the prize for a best scientific work published by a Czech scientist younger 35 years; the awarded work: Cigler et al. (2010) Nat. Mater., 9, 918.]

2012 Prize of The Learned Society of the Czech Republic for pedagogues (for mentoring of Chemistry Olympiad and for continuous work with talented high school students)

2011 Alfred Bader Prize for Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (an award for a top Czech chemist younger 35 years working in bioorganic and/or bioinorganic chemistry)

2011 Carl and Gerty Cori Prize for Chemistry (prize for the best talk at Sigma-Aldrich Conference for Young Chemists and Biologists) 2008 Unipetrol Prize for an excellent doctoral thesis (“Novel Approaches to Analysis and Resistance of HIV Protease”)

2006 Sanofi-Aventis Prize for Pharmacy (an award under the auspices of Nobel Prize winner, Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, for a top Czech Ph.D. student working in pharmaceutical sciences)

1996 Talent '95 – An award of the Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic for best scientific achievements of a high school student

1996 Expo for Young Scientists, gold medal in an international competition for best scientific project of high school students (Pretoria, Republic of South Africa)

Fellowships:

2006 Laboratory of Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage (Nobel Prize in 2016), University of Strasbourg (one month; based on Sanofi-Aventis Prize for Pharmacy)

2005 Fellowship of International Quality Network – Medicinal Chemistry (IQN-MC), University of Regensburg

2004 Erasmus Fellowship (Regensburg) 2004 Preciosa Fellowship

2003-2004 Josef Hlávka Foundation Fellowship

2002-2004 Votoček Fellowship (Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague)

Pedagogic and Scientific Community Activities:

Head mentor and mentor of Czech representation teams at the International Chemistry Olympiad.

Mentor and/or head of laboratories at Summer School for Young Chemists, Bestvina, Czech Republic (for high school students; annually from 1998 to present).

Mentor at Educational courses for secondary school teachers (Trest, Czech Republic)

Popularization of Science

Regular invited guest of radio show “Laboratory” (Czech Radio) – a discussion program, which brings listeners the latest results of international science, especially in biomedical fields.

Invited talk on nanochemistry by Science Café, Prague (November 14, 2017); public science talk show series available at Internet (in Czech; http://www.sciencecafe.cz/praha/video-science-cafe-s-petrem-ciglerem-o-nanosvete/).

Invited lectures (selected):

  1. Designing nanoparticles for biological environments. International Czech–Japanese Symposium on Advanced MultiScale Materials, September 26-28, 2024, Prague, Czechia
  2. On the optimal chemical interface of diamond for quantum biosensing. 9th Workshop on Nanocarbon Photonics and Optoelectronics (NPO2024), August 4-9, 2024, Kuopio, Finland.
  3. On the optimal chemical interface of diamond for quantum biosensing. 17th International Conference New Diamond & Nano Carbons (NDNC), May 27-30, 2024, Sydney, Australia.
  4. Designing nanoparticles for biological environments: from quantum sensing to gene medicine. Weizmann Institute of Science, Invited Colloquium, May 20, 2024, Rehovot, Israel.
  5. On the optimal chemical interface of diamond for quantum biosensing. MRS Spring Meeting, April 22-26, 2024, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  6. Designing the interface of nanoprobes operating in biological environments. 23rd Joint meeting of Biophysical Chemists and Electrochemists, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, November 1-2, 2023, Prague, Czechia.
  7. Chemical tools providing selectivity to diamond quantum nanosensors. Quantum 2023, September 10-15, 2023, Torino, Italy.
  8. On the optimal chemical interface of diamond for quantum biosensing. Quantum Sensing – Gordon Research Conference, July 23-28, 2023, Les Diablerets, Switzerland (a lecture invited on-site by the Conference Chair as a substitute for an absent speaker).
  9. Nanodiamonds as artificial proteins for regulation of cell signalling. Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2023 (SBDD XXVII), March 15-17, 2023, Hasselt, Belgium.
  10. Designing the interface of nanoparticles operating in biological environments. Innate sensors & inflammation. InnaSCo-FrontInov Joint symposium II, September 5-7, 2023, Lyon, France.
  11. Plenary lecture: Designing the interface of nanoprobes operating in biological environments. PhysChemCell 2022, October 17-19, Paris-Saclay, France.
  12. On the optimal chemical interface of diamond for quantum biosensing. Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2022 (SBDD XXVI), March 9-11, 2022, Hasselt, Belgium.
  13. Cellular delivery of nucleic acids using nanoparticles: critical comparison of the current approaches. IRN FrontInnov, 1st International Meeting (virtual). September 30, 2020.
  14. Molecular transducers for spin-sensitive optical sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers. Virtual Lecture Series on Nanodiamond. Adamas Nanotechnologies, September 24, 2020.
  15. Keynote speaker: Nanodiamonds in Biological Environment—From Selective Cell Targeting to Control of Cell Signalling. Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting, November 27 – December 4, 2020, Boston, USA.
  16. Molecular Transducers for Spin-Sensitive Optical Sensing Using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers. Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting, November 27 – December 4, 2020, Boston, USA.
  17. Keynote speaker: How the cell “sees” the nanoworld. 66. Conference on chemical and process engineering (CHISA 2019), October 21-24, 2019, Sec, Czech Republic.
  18. Nanodiamonds in biological environment: from nanosensors to control of cell signalling. International Conference on Functional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices (NANOMAT 2019). September 11-13 2019, Prague, Czech Republic.
  19. Fluorescent nanodiamonds with molecularly programmed interface for quantum sensing. 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), Singapore, June 23-28, 2019.
  20. Nanoscale monitoring of chemical processes using nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers. 3rd Sensors & Actuators Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, September 3-6, 2018.
  21. Nanoscale monitoring of chemical processes using nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers. E-MRS Fall Meeting, Warszaw, Poland, September 18-21, 2017.
  22. Nanoscale monitoring of chemical processes using nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers. 13th International Conference “Advanced Carbon NanoStructures” (ACNS’2017), Saint-Petersburg, Russia, July 3-7, 2017.
  23. Nanoscale monitoring of chemical processes using nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centers. New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC) Conference, Cairns, Australia, May 28-June 1, 2017.
  24. On approaches to mass production of nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy color centers. MRS Spring meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, April 17-21, 2017.
  25. Fluorescent nanodiamond probes coated in biocompatible polymer shells. International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials, Montpellier, France, September 4-8, 2016.
  26. Fluorescent nanodiamonds as non-photobleachable responsive probes. 68th meeting of the Czech and Slovak Chemical Societies, Prague, Czech Republic, September 4-7, 2016.
  27. Synthetic Nanotechnology: Molecular Design of Nanoparticles and their Functional Applications. Conference “Nanoscale diagnostic methods in biology and medicine 2016”, Kladno, Czech Republic, September 22-24, 2016.
  28. Fluorescent nanodiamonds as non-photobleachable responsive probes. E-MRS 2016 Spring Meeting, Lille, France, May 2-6, 2016.
  29. Polymer Coating of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds: Tuning the Functional Nanobiointerface. MRS Spring meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, March 28-April 1, 2016.
  30. Synthetic Nanotechnology: Molecular Design of Nanoparticles and their Functional Applications. Conference “Nanoscale diagnostic methods in biology and medicine 2015”, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, September 21-23, 2015.
  31. Fluorescent Nanodiamonds: The View from Chemistry and Physics Sides. 6th French-Czech “Vltava” Chemistry Meeting, Brno, Czech Republic, August 27-28, 2015.
  32. Controlling the Properties of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds: The View from Chemistry and Physics Sides. Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA, April 6-10, 2015.
  33. Controlling the Properties of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds: The View from Chemistry and Physics Sides. SBDD XX (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2015), Hasselt, Belgium, February 25-27, 2015.
  34. Nanodiamonds as Fluorescent Probes with Unlimited Photostability. Nanocon – 6th International Conference on Nanomaterials, Brno, Czech Republic, November 5-7, 2014.
  35. Biocompatible Monodisperse Nanodiamonds as Fluorescent Probes. World Congress of Advanced Materials, Chongquing, China, June 6-9, 2014.
  36. The Pathway to Biocompatible Monodisperse Fluorescent Nanodiamonds. E-MRS spring meeting, Lille, France, May 26-30, 2014.
  37. Fluorescent nanodiamonds in chemists' hands. Workshop on Diamond – Spintronics, Photonics, Bio-applications. Hong Kong, April 27-29, 2013.
  38. Nanoarchitectonics: how to teach the old materials to new tricks. TEDx Znojmo, Czech Republic, February 16, 2013
  39. Lessons from Nanodiamonds - Uniquely Photostable, but Chemically Capricious Fluorescent Tools. Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, November 25 – 30, 2012.
  40. Photoluminiscent Diamond Nanoparticles – New Diagnostic and Visualization Probes. 9th International Interdisciplinary Meeting on Bioanalysis (CECE 2012), Brno, Czech Republic, October 31 – November 2, 2012.
  41. Keynote speaker:Lessons from Fluorescent Nanodiamonds. Prague Nobel Get Together, Prague, Czech Republic, May 30 – 31, 2012.
  42. From Carbon to Boron: Current Approaches to Construction of Enzyme Inhibitors. Czech Technology Day at MassBio, Boston, MA, USA, March 23, 2011.
  43. Nanodiamond Fluorescent Probes for Bioimaging and Diagnostics. Czech Technology Day at MassBio, Boston, MA, USA, March 23, 2011.

 Invited seminars at universities/research institutes:

  1. The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) (2024), Melbourne, Australia. Hosted by Prof. Brant Gibson.
  2. University of Melbourne (2024), Melbourne, Australia. Hosted by Prof. David Simpson.
  3. University of Eastern Finland (2024), Advanced Biomedical Optics course for Photonics international master students and Photonics for Security Reliability and Safety (PSRS) for Erasmus Mundi master students. Kuopio, Finland (online). Hosted by Prof. Polina Kuzhyr.
  4. Gdansk University of Technology (2022), Poland. Hosted by Prof. Robert Bogdanowicz.
  5. Kolff-Bridge Lecture Series, University of Groningen (2021), Netherland. Hosted by Prof. Romana Schirhagl (online).
  6. “Physical Thursdays” Series, Faculty of electrical engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague (2021), Czechia. Hosted by Dr. Vratislav Fabián.
  7. Hong Kong University,Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (2019), Hong Kong. Hosted by Dr. Zhiqin Chu.
  8. National University of Singapore, Singapore (2019). Hosted by Prof. Dean Ho.
  9. Yale-NUS College, Division of Science, Singapore (2018). Hosted by Dr. Stanislav Presolski.
  10. University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Norway (2018). Hosted by Prof. Bodil Holst.
  11. University of Bergen, Department of Department of Clinical Dentistry, Norway (2018). Hosted by Dr. Mihaela Roxana Cimpan.
  12. Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic (2018). Hosted by Dr. Pavel Matějíček.
  13. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Surface and Plasma Science. Hosted by Dr. Pavel Kocán.
  14. “Collaborations Bridging Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: Dreams and Reality.” A joint seminar between Institute of Organic Chemistry and J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry (November 13, 2018). Hosted by Prof. M. Hof.
  15. Korean Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea (2017) – invitation to Dr. Cigler + 4 members of his group to present a broader overview of our research (KIST-IOCB workshop), hosted by Dr. So-Hye Cho
  16. Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Montpellier, France (2017) – hosted by Dr. Nadine Laguette
  17. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic (2017) – hosted by Dr. Pavel Jelinek
  18. University of Montpellier, Laboratory of Charles Coulomb, France (2016) – hosted by Prof. Csilla Gergelly
  19. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (2016) – hosted by Dr. Frantisek Sanda
  20. San Jose State University, San Jose, USA (2016) – hosted by Prof. Abraham Wolcott
  21. First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (2016) – hosted by Dr. Stanislav Kmoch
  22. University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (2015) – hosted by Prof. Petr Kral
  23. Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany (2015) – hosted by Prof. Ales Svatos
  24. Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic (2014) – hosted by Prof. Vladimir Cech
  25. „Quo Vadis Medicinal Chemistry?” seminar series of MedChemBio cluster, IOCB, Czech Republic (2013) – hosted by Prof. M. Hajduch and Prof. M. Fusek
  26. Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic (2013) – hosted by Prof. Radek Zboril
  27. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2013) – hosted by Prof. Hung Cheng-Chang
  28. Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia, USA (2013) – hosted by Prof. M. G. Finn

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Total number of citations: >4,000 (>3,500 without self-citations), H-index: 37 (WoS), total number of peer reviewed papers: 103, patents: 12, book chapters: 6. Researcher ID: B-1142-2012. ORCID: 0000-0003-0283-647X.

 

 

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