Jiri Labsky

  • Office address:

    • Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

    Heyrovský Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Phone (420) 296809339, fax: (420) 296 809 410

    e-mail: labsky@imc.cas.cz

    www.imc.cas.cz/en/imc/hydrog/labsky/

  • Education:

    • MS 1959, Faculty of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

    Ph.D. 1979, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Polymer Division, Prague

  • Appointments:

    • Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic:

    1959 – 1979 Principal Research Fellow
    1979 – 1991 Senior Research Fellow
    1991 – 2006 Chief Research Fellow

    Other professional Experience:

    1986 Visiting Scientist, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York
    1992 Visiting Scientist, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, U.S.A.
    1994 Visiting Scientist, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, U.S.A.
    1994 Visiting Scientist, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.

  • Publications:

    • More than 90 original papers published in international journals

  • Research interests:

    • Polymeric nitroxides for medical purposes

    Polymeric carriers for cultivation of keratinocytes

    Preparation of hydrophilic polymers labeled with 14C for medical purposes

    Reactive polymers, influence of spacer in soluble polymer systems

    Photochromic, solvatochromic, fluorescent and 2H paramagnetic labels

    Hydrogels, new materials for contact and intraocular lenses

    UV absorbers, new photochromic materials for optoelectronics