Scientific panel

Jiří Friml

Guarantor of the Scientific council in the field of Biology

 Jiří Friml

Professor Jiří Friml was born in 1973. He studied physical chemistry and biochemistry at Masaryk University in Brno. He got his Ph.D. in Cologne and another at his alma mater. He deals in research of auxin, a plant hormone which makes plants more resilient than people. Holder of two prestigious ERC grants, he now works at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and is one of the most frequently cited Czech scientists.