MARTIN SRNEC
Curriculum Vitae
A. Personal Details
| Name | Martin Srnec |
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| Date of birth | November 17, 1980 |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Office address | J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, AS CR, v.v.i. |
B. Research Interest And Skills
Applied quantum chemistry, theoretical bioinorganic chemistry and electrochemistry, metalloenzymatic and inorganic catalysis, C-H bond activation, good knowledge of quantum chemical programs (TURBOMOLE, Gaussian, Molpro, MOLCAS, ORCA, NWChem), QM/MM approaches, experience with bioinorganic spectroscopy (and analysis of spectroscopic data).
C. Education
| 2005 - 2010 |
PhD degree: Department of Modeling of Properties of Bio- and Nanostructures at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague. Dissertation thesis: "Catalytic and Electronic Properties of Redox-Active and Transition-Metal Complexes: Insights from Computational Chemistry", supervised by Dr. L. Rulíšek (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB) AS CR, Prague). |
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| 2000 - 2005 |
MSc. degree: Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague Diploma thesis: "IIa-VIa Diatomics and Their Oligomers: Theoretical Study" supervised by Prof. Rudolf Zahradník (Institute of Physical Chemistry (JH-IPC) AS CR, Prague) |
D. List Of Professional Activities
| since 2019 | head of the Department of Computational Chemistry JH-IPC, AC CR |
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| 2013-present | researcher at JH-IPC, AS CR |
| 2005-present | researcher at IOCB, AS CR (from 2013: 12% part-time job) |
| 2002-2005 | technical assistant at IPCH, AS CR |
| 2019 | stay in group of Prof. Ryan G. Hadt (Caltech, USA) |
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| 2011-2013 | postdoctoral stay in the group of Prof. E. I. Solomon (Stanford University, USA); both experimental and theoretical experiences in bioinorganic spectroscopy and reactivity |
| 2011-2012 | beam time in Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA |
| 2010 | stay in the group of Prof. E. I. Solomon (Stanford University, USA) |
| 2008 | stay in the group of Prof. U. Ryde (Lund University, Sweden) |
| 2008 | stay in the group of Prof. E. I. Solomon (Stanford University, USA) |
| 2007 | European Summerschool in Quantum Chemistry (Sicily) |
| 2004 | stay in the group of Prof. J.-M. Lehn (Strasbourg, France) |
| 2004 | School in Spectroscopic Methods and Their Applications (JH-IPC, Prague) |
| 2019 | Quantum Bioinorganic Chemistry (QBIC-V), Marseille, France (Invited) |
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| 2019 | Student seminar, Caltech, USA (Invited) |
| 2018 | Quantum Bioinorganic Chemistry (QBIC-IV), Bath, UK |
| 2018 | 7th Japan-CzechoSlovak Symposium of Theoretical Chemistry, Prague, CZ |
| 2017 | ACS Meeting, Washington DC, USA (Invited) |
| 2017 | ECOSTBio conference, Lisbon Portugal (Invited) |
| 2016 | ACS Meeting, San Diego USA (Invited) |
| 2014 | Central European Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Nagyborzsony Hungary (Invited) |
| 2013 | 5th Japan-CzechoSlovak Symposium of Theoretical Chemistry, Nara Japan (Invited) |
| 2009 | 3rd Japan-Czech-Slovak Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Bratislava (Invited) |
| 2018 | Collaborations bridging Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: Dreams and Reality (A joint seminar between IOCB and JH-IPC); co-organized with Prof. P. Španěl. |
| 2018 | Guest editor of a special issue of Chemické listy prepared in the occasion of 90th birthday of Prof. Rudolf Zahradník. |
E. Teaching
| Since 2019 | A member of master/PhD study board for the program Modeling of chemical properties of nano- and biostructures at Faculty of Science, Charles University. |
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| 2019 | Lecturer in School on molecular computational biochemistry, Krakow, Poland. |
| 2015-present | Faculty of Science, Charles University: Master/PhD course on Computational modeling of chemical reactions and enzymatic catalysis (in English. |
| 2016-present | Bachelor course at Charles University “Chemical Structure B” on quantum chemistry and molecular spectroscopy (in Czech). |
F. Awards
| 2009 | Scopus Award 2009 |
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| 2010 | Participant of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2010 |
| 2014-2018 | The J. E. Purkyně Fellowship provided by the Academy of Science CR |
| 2015 | O. Wichterle Premium |
G. Grants
| 2015-2017 | Junior project supported by Czech Grant Agency: Redox Properties and Reactivities of Nonheme Iron Active Sites. |
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| 2018-2020 | Senior project supported by Czech Grant Agency: Radical catalysis of enzymatic and biomimetic polynuclear transition-metal active sites. |
H. Publications
40 peer-reviewed publications in international journals with more than 607 citations (Scopus; excluding self-citations: 529). H-index 14 (Scopus).
13 representative publications:
- Bím D., Srnec M.* et al: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2018, 115, E10287-E10294.
- Srnec M.*, Roithová J. et al: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 17053-17057.
- Andris E., Srnec M.*, Roithová J. et al.: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2757-2765.
- Srnec M.*, Solomon, E. I.: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 2396-2407.
- Srnec M., Wong S. D., Solomon E. I. et al.: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 5110-5122.
- Rokob T. A., Srnec M.*, Rulíšek et al.: J. Biol, Inorg. Chem. 2016, 21, 619-644.
- Bím D., Rulíšek L., Srnec M.*: J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 7-13.
- Chalupský J., Rokob T. A., Rulíšek L., Srnec M.* et al.: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15977-15991.
- Wong S. D., Srnec M., Solomon E. I. et al.: Nature 2013, 499, 320. shared first co-authorship.
- Solomon E. I., Liu V. L., Light K. M., Srnec, M., Wong, S. D. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 2725.
- Srnec M., Wong S. D., Solomon, E. I. et al.: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2012, 109, 14326.
- Srnec M., Rokob T.A., Rulíšek L., Solomon, E. I. et al.: Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 2806.
- Srnec M., Chalupský J., Kývala M., Rulíšek L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10947-10954.
* Corresponding or co-corresponding author