Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
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Ing. Patrycja Bober, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

Position

Since 2019

Head of the Department of Functional Electroactive Materials, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences.

2009–2019

Research Fellow, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences.

Institutional responsibilities

Since 2025

Member of the Director’s Advisory Board for strategic development

Education

2009–2013

Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Polymer Chemistry at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Conducting Polymers and Charles University Prague, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Republic.

PhD Thesis: Materials combining conducting polymers and noble metals.

Supervisor: Jaroslav Stejskal, Ph.D.

2003–2008

Master of Science and Engineer (MSc Eng) at Rzeszów University of Technology, The Faculty of Chemistry, Subject: Technical Technology, Specialty: Polymer Technology.

Fellowships

09.2013–04.2014

Post doc, Johan Gadolin Scholarship – The Process Chemistry Centre at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Advisor: Docent Tom Lindfors, Ph.D.

09–12.2012

Johan Gadolin Scholarship for PhD student – The Process Chemistry Centre at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
Advisor: Docent Tom Lindfors, Ph.D.

10.2008–07.2009

UNESCO/IUPAC Postgraduate Course in Polymer Science – Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

Professional Activities

2011

Member of the Organizing Committee of the 75th Prague Meeting on Macromolecules 10–14 July 2011, Czech Republic, “Conducting Polymers”.

2022

Member of the Organizing Committee of the European Polymer Federation Congress (EPF 2022), 26 June –1 July 2022, Prague, Czech Republic.

2025

Member of the Organizing Committee of the 16th Polymer Meeting, 1– 4 September 2025, Prague, Czech Republic.

Awards

2018

Otto Wichterle Award for most promising young scientists from the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Research grants

01.2025-12.2027

Czech Science Foundation 25-15806S (with the budget 3567 ths. Kc).
Project title: Biocompatible and flexible scaffolds with bio-origin.

01.2025-12.2027

Czech Science Foundation 25-15541S (with the budget 5916 ths. Kc).
Project title: Nanostructured composites for energy conversion and storage.

07.2022–03.2026

M-ERA.NET Call 2021 (with the budget 248 625 €); project partners: Czech Republic, Austria and Taiwan.
Project title: Development of novel Li ion battery solid electrolyte separators based on metal organic frameworks (BATMAN).

04.2021–03.2024

Czech Science Foundation (with the budget 4905 ths. Kc).
Project title: Innovative conducting polymer composites for water purification.

01.2019–12.2021

Czech Academy of Sciences - Mobility Project with the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of the Arab Republic of Egypt (ASRT).
Project title: Controlled adsorption of water pollutants by conducting polymer composites.

01.2018–12.2020

Czech Science Foundation (with the budget 4552 ths. Kc).
Project title: Nanostructured conducting polymer composites.

01.2017–12.2018

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (with the budget 300 ths. Kc) - Programme for Funding Multilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation Projects in the Danube Region 2017–2018.
Project title: Conducting polymer composites.

01.2014–12.2016

Czech Science Foundation (with the budget 1773 ths. Kc).
Project title: Conducting inks based on hybrid colloidal composites.

Teaching activity

  • Supervisor of PhD students in the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (2 PhD students)
  • Supervisor of students of IUPAC/UNESCO Postgraduate Course in Macromolecular Science organized by Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic (5 students; 2015/2016, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021).