Rudolf Lukeš Prize
Every year the Experientia Foundation awards the Rudolf Lukeš Prize of 100,000 CZK to a single top Czech scientist.
Spotlighting the best scientists and their achievements will increase the motivation of the scientific community to achieve excellence. That is the hope behind the Rudolf Lukeš Prize, which is awarded annually to an elite scientist in the field of organic, bioorganic or medicinal chemistry by the Czech Chemical Society’s Expert Group on Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in cooperation with the Experientia Foundation for an outstanding body of original work in the field published in the last five years in prestigious international journals.
Our Laureates:
2024 Ing. RNDr. Martin Marek, Ph.D., MBA:
PřF MU Brno
2023 prof. Ing. Michal Holčapek, Ph.D.:
Univerzita Pardubice
2022 prof. Ing. Radek Cibulka, Ph.D.:
VŠCHT Praha
2021 doc. Mgr. Lukáš Trantírek, Ph.D.:
CEITEC MU Brno
2020 doc. Ing. Pavel Jelínek, Ph.D.:
Fyzikální ústav AV ČR Praha
2019 prof. Ing. Michal Hocek, DSc.:
PřF UK Praha
2018 RNDr. Ivo Starý, CSc.:
ÚOCHB AV ČR
2017 prof. RNDr. Jana Roithová, PhD.:
PřF UK Praha
2016 prof. RNDr. Petr Štěpnička, Ph.D.:
PřF UK Praha
2015 Mgr. Filip Teplý, Ph.D.:
ÚOCHB AV ČR
2014 prof. Petr Klán, Ph.D.:
PřF MU Brno
2013 prof. RNDr. Martin Kotora, CSc.:
PřF UK Praha
2012 Dr. Detlef Schröder:
ÚOCHB AV ČR
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What they said about us
“Thanks to the Cool Chemistry program, I have let my students see the mystery and beauty of chemistry, hidden in everyday parts of our lives.”
Mgr. Veronika Fialová
“To me, Yale symbolizes prestige. It’s one of the world’s leading universities. And thanks to the Experientia Foundation, I will now be able to spend a whole year there.”
Ing. Karolína Vaňková, Ph.D.
“Thanks to the Experientia Foundation grant, I have been able to work in one of the most advanced workplaces in Japan, with a team from all over the world.”
Mgr. Dominik Madea, Ph.D.
“I am delighted to be able to fulfil the underlying aim of the Experientia Foundation – bringing back experience and interesting topics from abroad and using them within Czech science.”
Mgr. Ondřej Kováč, Ph.D.