On June 23th and 24th 2025, the first meeting of scientists from the Department of Nuclear Chemistry CTU, PSI/ETH Zurich and the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS took place for the joint international project ELCHOR (ELectroChemistry with HOmologs of Roentgenium), which was accepted in the SNSF and GA CR Lead Agency call within the Weave initiative. On the first day, the team visited all the sites relevant to the project, i.e., the Laboratory of Chemistry of Superheavy Element Homologues, the U–120M cyclotron and the laboratories of the JH Institute and the DNC CTU, and then sat down for an informal dinner together. On the second day, a Kick–off meeting was held to further coordinate the research team before the actual start of the project, which will last for 3 years starting July 1st 2025. The project teams include 5 scientific staff, 1 postdoc, 1 technical staff and 3 PhD students. The principal investigators of the project are Pavel Bartl (DNC CTU) for the Czech side and Patrick Steinegger (PSI/ETH) for the Swiss side.
Our Department welcomed a visit from the Japanese QST
From December 9 to 12, 2024, a delegation from QST (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan) visited the Department of Nuclear Chemistry at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. The delegation included Dr. Kotaro Nagatsu, Dr. Tatsuya Higashi, and Mr. Jun Ichinose. During their visit, joint interests in the fields of nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy were discussed, and mutual interest in future collaboration was expressed. The main topic of discussions was the preparation of the isotope 225Ac, a significant medical radionuclide used in advanced cancer therapy.
This contact was established through the efforts of the IAEA to support research, development, and international cooperation in nuclear sciences and their applications, in which Associate Professor Kozempel from the Department of Nuclear Chemistry at the Czech Technical University in Prague has been actively involved.
International cooperation in superheavy elements research
As part of research focused on the study of the chemistry of superheavy elements and their homologues, the staff of the Department of Nuclear Chemistry (KJCH) of the CTU in Prague organized this year’s second international experimental campaign on the cyclotron U-120M (IJF, CAS) in Řež near Prague, where they deepened their cooperation with the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway, Texas A&M University (TAMU), USA, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, and the GSI Darmstadt research institute (GSI), Germany. Representatives from all of these institutes met at the U-120M cyclotron laboratory during the November campaign.
ENEN2plus 14C workshop
Nuclear Physics Institute (The Czech Academy of Sciences) is organizing a five-day 14C workshop for Master degree’s students. The event takes place on 15-19 June 2024 in Řež. The deadline for scientific proposals submission scientific proposals is 11 February 2024.
More information can be found on the event website.
New PostDoc position in aqueous chemistry of SHE homologues
A new postdoc position in aqueous chemistry of SHE homologues is now available at the Czech Technical University in Prague. The expected starting date is 01/01/2022, application deadline is 31/08/2021. More details are available at https://www.euraxess.cz/jobs/662427.
New PhD positions in Nuclear Chemistry starting in 2021/2022
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the CTU in collaboration with the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences offer a PhD position in Nuclear Chemistry.
Topic: Synthesis and characterization of thin film scintillators based on tellurides or selenides
More information about position: Topic 1
Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the CTU offer a PhD position in Nuclear Chemistry.
Topic: Design, synthesis and characterization of multimodal nanostructures for biomedical application
More information about position: Topic 2
Project CEBAMA
The european project CEBAMA, in which Group of migration of radionuclides and toxic substances in the environment headed by assistant professor Vopálka has participated , is ending. Do you want to know more? See the newsletter. More information here.
Summer school SÚRAO
SÚRAO Summer school for students of bachelor and master programs will be held from 22th to 26th July 2019 . The motivation letter and CV need to be sent to the organizers till 30th June 2019 to the address novotna@surao.cz. Participation in summer school is free of charge. More information can be found here.
Decommissioning Summer School Ispra 2019
Nugenia – Enen Award 2019
NUGENIA Forum 2019 will be the occasion to award selected Master’s students or PhD, or post-docs candidates planning to pursue a career in the nuclear field. The awards are attributed by the NUGENIA and ENEN Associations with the joint aim to promote interactions between the established nuclear R&D and industrial actors and the young generation of engineers and researchers. More information is available here.