Prof. RNDr. Petr SKLÁDAL, CSc.H-Index: 45
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, EU
Position: Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.
Specialization: Nanobiotechnology and biosensors.
At the NANOCON´25 conference Petr Skládal will present the invited talk “Biosensors: From Glucose to Nanoworld” at the Session C – Bionanotechnology, Nanomaterials in Medicine.
Personal Background and Education: Petr Skládal (*1964) studied at the J. E. Purkyně University, Brno, the Czech Republic, where he graduated in Biochemistry in 1988 (RNDr.). He received his CSc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) degree in Biochemistry in 1992 (Thesis: “Biosensors for Determination of Toxic Compounds”) at Masaryk University (MU), Brno, where he was habilitated in Biochemistry in 1999. In the year 2022 he was appointed to a full professor of biochemistry.
He spent two research stays at the Department of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, University of Florence, Italy (1991 and 1993), where he focused on biosensors for cholinesterase-based enzyme sensors and detection of bacterial contamination in milk (with Parmalat SpA, Parma). As the visiting professor at the Institute of Chemistry, University Estadual Paulista, Araraquara, Brazil (1996, 2002, and 2009) he was engaged in biosensor detection of carbamates in food and piezoelectric sensing of hepatitis C infections. He heads the Department of Biochemistry (FSci MU) since 2019. He created the Nanobiotechnology Research Group at the Central European Institute of Technology MU, Brno and headed it from 2011 to 2023.
Research interests: Research interests of Petr Skládal and his students and co-workers are linked mainly to electrochemical and piezoelectric biosensors and immunosensors. Activities in nanobiotechnology include atomic force microscopy for bioimaging and nanomechanical biosensing, preparation and bioconjugation of nanoparticles for enzymatic and immunoanalytical methods, flow analysis, biomarkers, environmental pollutants, nerve and bioagents detection. His hobbies focus on the use of Arduino and Raspberry Pi systems and internet-of-things approaches for user-friendly bioanalysis.
Summary of publication activity: Author and co-author of 220 publications in international peer-reviewed journals; the number of total citations is near 8.000 and H-index: 45 (Web of Science); ORCID ID 