Mgr. Petr Kukučka, Ph.D.

Výzkumný pracovník II, Trace Analytical Laboratories


Office: bldg. D29/235
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

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Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information
  • Petr Kukučka, Ph.D.
Department
  • RECETOX, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
Employment - Position
  • Researcher
Education and Academic Qualifications
  • 2012 - Ph.D. Environmental Chemistry, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2006 - MSc. Environmental Chemistry, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Employment
  • 2017-onwards - Specialist, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 2016-2016 - Postdoctoral research fellow, MTM Research Centre, Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden
  • 2007-2016 - Researcher, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Scientific and Research Activities
  • Environmental analytical chemistry of persistent organic pollutants (dioxin-likePOPs) and other organic pollutants (flame retardants, PAHs and their derivates, volatile organic compounds – BTEX, perfluorinated compounds – PFAS); air, soil, water sampling techniques, sample preparation techniques (extraction methods for both solid and liquid samples, clean-up techniques), chromatographic techniques (preparative LC, GPC, HPLC-MS, GC-MS).
Internship
  • 2008 (5 months) - Institute for Environmental Systems Research, Universität Osnabrück, Germany (local supervisor Elke Fries) – analysis of PAHs in low volume ice and snow samples using automated SPME-GC-MS technique, analysis of volatile compounds (BTEX) in low volume ice and snow samples using automated Purge and Trap-GC-MS technique.
  • 2012 (2 months) - Ron Hites’ laboratory, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA (local supervisor Marta Venier) – analysis of brominated flame retardants in precipitation samples using GC-NCI-MS, data analysis of long term temporal trend of PAHs in ambient air in Europe and North America.
  • 2014 (4 months) - MTM Research Centre, Örebro Universitet, Örebro, Sweden (local supervisor Bert van Bavel) – development of multiresidue method for analysis of POPs in small amount of blood plasma using GC-HRMS, set-up of large volume injection method, method development for PBDEs and other flame retardants on APGC-MS/MS.
Awards Related to Science and Research
  • 2009 - Academic Dean’s Award (Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno)
  • 2010 - Otto Hutzinger’s Students Award (best student’s presentation, DIOXIN 2010, San Antonio, TX, USA)
  • 2011 - Academic Dean’s Award (Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno)

2021/06/08

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