Jana Poltierová Vejpravová Received the Scopus Award












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            * Jana Poltierová Vejpravová Received the Scopus Award
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            On April 27, 2010, RNDr. Jana Poltierová Vejpravová, Ph.D., received the prestigious Scopu

            scientists for her work which is a major contribution to experimental and theoretical desc
            states in solid-state matters. The awards were handed out for the first time in the Czech 
            largest publisher of scientific journals and databases, Elsevier Science.


            What were your feelings, when you found out that you received such a prestigious award?
            I have to admit I was a little surprised when the organizers told me I was among the recip

            expect it and was surprised that my research, which I consider steady and standard work, w
            the end, I was very happy.
                                                                                                      
            You set a rather high standard for yourself...                                            
            The article I published focuses on the co-existence of superconductivity and magnetism, wh
            The article describes the fact that under certain conditions, it is possible in some mater
                                                                                                      
            not possible with common superconductors. This has implications for descriptions of electr
            are viewed with high hopes in electronics, such as graphene or so-called spintronic materi
            and once you get a general grasp of what is going on in the matter you can expand your fin
                                                                                                      
            allow building of fast computers, amazing mobile phones and cars. Without solid-state phys
                                                                                                      
            116 works spanning from medicine to social sciences were nominated for the award. Did any 

            your attention?
            Except for the quantum gate by Michal Mičuda from Olomouc and the work by Martin Srnec fro
            of Sciences, there wasn't anything among the winning works that I could understand. Still,

            find out that many people who work in bigger teams were in the competition too, like profe
            team. These are top teams coordinated so that each member works on one particular aspect o
            brings really outstanding results. It's great to get among people like this.


            You mentioned that you had already shifted your focus to another topic...
            For some time now, I have worked with colleagues from the Faculty of Science on nanomateri

            magnetic nanoparticles in matrices. We secured grants in this field for projects aimed at 
            therapeutics for cancerous tumors consisting of magnetic particles and other substances. I
            to the roots, focusing more on chemistry. We'll do a lot of synthetic work and then, of co

            interpretation. We must keep in mind the future commercial application of our materials. M
            the Faculty of Science Daniel Nižňanský introduced me to this kind of research and I am ve
            it. It is a very interesting field and offers opportunity for direct application, which is


            Working this hard, you don't seem to get any sleep. What is your normal work schedule?
            I do research ten hours a day, but the best time for measurements is on the weekend or at 

            you are not distracted by teaching, students or office work. At our department, we have ex
            top-notch facilities for diffraction methods and professor Václav Holý is a world-renowned
            field. We have excellent equipment for magnetic measurement, too. However, now I'm doing i

            research and many methods are not available here. I have a great team of three Master's st
            cannot compare to the large teams at the Academy of Sciences, for example in genetics.
            Thank you

            P.K.

            Translation: Jaroslav Švelch