Tomáš Čajka


Research activities

Professional experience

• since 04/2018: Head, Laboratory of Translational Metabolism, Institute of Physiology (IPHYS) of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prague, Czech Republic
• since 12/2017: Head, Laboratory of Metabolomics, Institute of Physiology (IPHYS) of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prague, Czech Republic
• 07/2015–11/2017: Specialist at Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
• 10/2012–06/2015: Associate Specialist at Genome Center, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
• 9/2012–10/2014: Associate Professor (part-time) in the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition, Prague, Czech Republic
• 6/2010–8/2012: Associate Professor in the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition (Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis), Prague, Czech Republic
• 4/2009–5/2010: Assistant Professor in the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic
• 9/2005–3/2009: Assistant in the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic
• 4/2004–8/2012: Analyst of the Metrological and Testing Laboratory of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
  

Education

• 6/2010: Habilitation Thesis: Mass Spectrometry for the Effective Assessment of Food Quality and Safety
• 7/2002–2/2009: PhD study in Food Chemistry and Analysis, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic; PhD Thesis: Novel approaches to streamlining gas chromatographic analysis of food and environmental contaminants
• 9/1999–6/2002: BSc study in Teaching of Technical Subjects, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Department of Social Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• 9/1997–6/2002: MSc study in Food Chemistry and Analysis, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Prague, Czech Republic

Foreign research stays

• 4/2007: Chemisches Labor Dr. Wirts und Partner, Sachverständigen GmbH, Hanover, Germany
• 8–9/2004: United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, PA, USA
• 8/2003: Central Science Laboratory, York, UK
• 8/2001: The Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research, IJmuiden, The Netherlands