• Department of Biomedical Subjects
• University teacher

Work activities

• 2002 - present Institute of Physiology of the CAS, Department of Developmental Epileptology, Deputy Head.
• 2019 - till now 2nd Medical Faculty of Charles University, Technology Transfer Scout
• 2018 - present VŠTVS Palestra, Department of Biomedical Sciences
• 2003 - 2018 Department of Functional Anatomy - Head, FTVS UK.
• 2010 - 2015 Deputy Director, Institute of Physiology of the CAS v.v.i,
• 2004 - 2005 post-doc, Charité - Universitats Medizin Berlin, Institute of Physiology, prof. Uwe Heinemann
• 1995 - 2001 Department of Functional Anatomy, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University - assistant, assistant professor

Education

• 1993 - 2000 M.D., Charles University - 3rd Faculty of Medicine, General Medicine with preventive focus
• 2000 - 2003 Ph.D., Charles University - FTVS, major in Biomechanics
• 2012 habilitation in Biomechanics, Charles University - FTVS

Significant activities

• Science & Research - epilepsy development, diagnostic methods, personalized medicine
• Popularization activities
• Member of the Committee of the Czech Physiological Society, Czech Society for Biomechanics, Czech League against Epilepsy
• Member of elected professional councils and bodies - Scientific Council of FTVS UK, Academic Assembly of the CAS, etc..
• Organisation of scientific congresses

Reviewer

- Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Brain Research, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Physiological Research, Československá fyziologie, Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie, European Journal of Neuroscience,

Publication activity

• Researcher ID: B-5833-2012
• ORCID: 0000-0001-5944-5803
• Total number of citations: 767 (WoS)
• Total number of citations (without self-citations): 700 (WoS)
• H-index: 16

Most cited work:

Kann O, Kovacs R, Njunting M, Behrens CJ, Otahal J, Lehmann TN, Gabriel S, Heinemann U. Metabolic dysfunction during neuronal activation in the ex vivo hippocampus from chronic epileptic rats and humans. Brain. 2005, EPub Jun 15, Oct;128(Pt 10):2396-407., Citation (WoS) - 100

Work in a journal with the highest impact factor:

Wei-Chih Chang, Jaroslav Hlinka, Andrew D. Powell, Milan Palus, Jakub Otahal, Jan Kudlacek, Vojtech Kumpost, John G.R. Jefferys, Premysl Jiruska. Critical slowing and loss of neuronal network stability underlie the transition to seizure and determine the response to interictal synaptic perturbations. Nature Neuroscience, Vol21, pp1742-1752 (2018). Imapkt Factor (JCR) 19.912