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Prof. Karel Melzoch, PhD

Professor of Biotechnology




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Contact

Room: A182a
Phone: +420 220 44 3824
E-mail: karel.melzoch@vscht.cz

Position held

1982 MSc. degree (Ing.), ICT Prague.
1984-1989 Research Engineer at the Department of Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering, ICT Prague.
1989 Ph.D. degree in Fermentation Chemistry and Technology, ICT Prague.
1989-1997 Assistant Professor at the Department of Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering, ICT Prague.
1997 Associate Professor in the field of Biotechnology, ICT Prague.
1997-2006 Vice-dean of Faculty of Food and Biochemistry Technology, ICT Prague.
2002-2011 Head of the Department of Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering, ICT Prague.
2006-2011 Dean of Faculty of Food and Biochemistry Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
2007 Professor of Biotechnology, ICT Prague.
since 2002 Rector of ICT Prague.

Study stays abroad

1986 2 month stay at Department of Industrial Biotechnology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Moscow, USSR (Bilateral agreement).
1990 6 month stay at the Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Bilateral Agreement of Governments).
1993 6 month stay at the Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Tempus mobility).
1996 3 month stay at the INETI Lisbon, Portugal (Copernicus).

Teaching Activity

Supervisor of Bachelor, Diploma and PhD. Theses.
Lectures from Down-stream processing in Biotechnology and participation in several other subjects of Department and Faculty.

Current Research Topics

  • Bioproduction of ethanol, butanol, lactic acid, biomass, ergosterol, antibiotics etc.
  • Production of alternative biofuels
  • Biorefinery (biomass treatment)
  • Waste management, exploitation of wastes from agriculture and food processing
  • Methods of microbial cultivation, integrated fermentation systems and down-stream processing
  • Knowledge-based control and modelling of bioprocesses
  • Immobilization of microbial cells
  • Microbial physiology



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