Charles University Rector Václav Hampl Hands Out Bolzano Awards












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            * Charles University Rector Václav Hampl Hands Out Bolzano Awards
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            On February 24th, five Charles University students were awarded the annual Bolzano Awards 

            creative works in interdisciplinary research. “The decisive factor is the quality of the w
            the most part, the recipients of the Bolzano Awards have been doctoral students, as is the
            Charles University Rector, Professor Václav Hampl said at the 17th annual award ceremony.

            The diplomas were handed out during a ceremonial session of the Charles University Researc
            In the social science category, PhDr. Vojtěch Bellig, Ph.D. was awarded for his thesis tit
            of Legitimacy of the National and Supranational Political System in Theory and Practice“. 

            concentrates on the issue of relevance of the concepts of legitimacy and sovereignty in th
            development of contemporary society in an era of supranational integration processes. It a

            issues of the crisis of statehood as well as the “discourse” of the crisis of statehood an
            and its significance in contemporary political and legal theory. In the same category, Mgr
            Ph.D. was awarded for his work “The Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas: From the Conce

            Unity to the Concept of Whole and Part“. His work is centred around Aquinas’ teachings on 
            part (known as mereology). Mereology is presented as an inspiring key to understanding Aqu
            From left to right: Mgr. Lenka Krčmová, Ph.D., Mgr. David Svoboda, Ph.D., Mgr. Lucie Duchá
                                                                                        




            From among the 14 entrants in the natural science category, Mgr. Lucie Ducháčková and Mgr.
            Ph.D. were selected for their respective works “Properties of Bipyridine N,N'-Dioxides in 
            and „Identification of Microbial Pigments in Evaporites Using Raman Spectroscopy: Implicat

            Astrobiology“. Mgr. Vítek says his main motivation was to find the possibilities of identi
            traces of potential life in evaporite sediments on the planet Mars.
            In the category of medicine, Mgr. Lenka Krčmová, Ph.D. was awarded for her thesis “Develop

            Validation of Novel HPLC Methods for the Determination of Specific Analytes in Biological 
            The developed methods presented in the dissertation have helped to broaden the spectrum of
            used examination methods as well as contributed to the implementation of novel approaches 

            preparation of large sequences of samples of biological material. According to Mgr. Krčmov
            significance of her work is the possibility to apply the methods both in clinical research
            not only by the personnel of the Research Laboratory of the Department of Gerontology and 

            the doctors of the clinic at the University Hospital in Hradec Králové, but also oncologis
            Departments at the Hradec Králové and Olomouc University Hospitals.
            Named after the distinguished mathematician and philosopher Bernard Bolzano who taught at 

            at the beginning of the 19th century, the Bolzano Award seeks to promote scientific educat
            training among Charles University students.
            The competing works, submitted by the students themselves, are assessed by a special commi

            the Rector. 186 awards have been handed out so far in the 17-year history of the award whi
            by a monetary prize.
            P.K.

            Translation: Pavla Horáková