Three CU scientists receive Neuron Awards












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            * Three CU scientists receive Neuron Awards
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            Eight scientists – three of them from Charles University – received Neuron Awards at an of

            at the National Museum in Prague on Wednesday.
            The Neuron Awards, founded 10 years ago by Czech business leader Karel Janeček and run by 
            Fund, recognise outstanding work by young scientists. Over 10 years, 85 individuals have r

            honour, with funding reaching an overall sum of 66 million crowns (the equivalent of aroun
            US dollars). Members of the public will be able to attend a debate with the newest recipie
            Prague at 17:00 on Thursday.


            Neuron Award recipients from Charles University:

            RNDr. Martin Balko, Ph. D., is a senior assistant professor at the Department of Applied M
            at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. He successfully focussed on several mathematica
            combinatorics that scientists has tried for years to solve.

            Ondřej Pejcha, Ph. D., is an astrophysicist and recipient last year of a prestigious ERC g
            on supernovae and interactions between binary stars that play a role in the formation of c
            such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes.

            Mgr. Petr Kohout, Ph.D., of the Faculty of Science’s Department of Experimental Plant Biol
            research into changes in the symbiotic relationship between plant life and fungi, affected
            climate change.