Biography

Assoc. Prof. Daniel Jirák, Ph.D.

Born 14.1.1974 in Prague, Czech Republic

Address and contact:

MR Spectroscopy, MR Unit
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Vídeňská1958/9
140 21 Prague 4
Czech Republic

Email: daji@medicon.cz

Education:
1992-1999 Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electroengineering ;
Specialization: Radioelectronics, Biomedical engineering.
1999-2006 Ph.D study at the First Medical School, Charles University, Prague;
Specialization: Biophysics
2016 Associate Professor, Biophysics, 1st Faculty of Medicine,
Charles University in Prague

Employment:
1999 Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, FGU
2000-06, 2009-2011 Center for Cellular Therapy and Tissue Replacements
2000-06, 2008- Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine
2006-08 Imaging Research Labs, Robarts Research Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowship
2011- Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
2017-2020, 2023- ViceDean at Faculty of Health Studies, Technical university of Liberec

Other activities:
- Member of Czech radiology society
­ Member of the World Molecular Imaging Society
­ Member of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
- Member of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Supervisor of Ph.D. students working in the field of molecular imaging
- Teaching of Biophysics at 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague
- Teaching of Imaging systems at Faculty of Health Studies, Technical University of Liberec

Awards:
- Zavoisky Award, ISMRM, Kyoto, Japan, 2004
- The best scientist under 35years at Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in publication activity in 2004
- Zavoisky Award, ISMRM, Miami Beach, USA, 2005
- Zavoisky Award, ISMRM, Seattle, USA, 2006
- Travel Award, Imaging The Pancreatic Beta Cells Workshop, Washington D.C., USA, 2006
- Dr. Michael Boubelik Award (Best scientific paper in 2009), SVLZ, Hnanice u Znojma, 2010
- Certificate of Merit, ESMRMB, Barcelona, Spain, 2017

Patent, functional samples:
- Antitumor composition based on hyaluronic acid and inorganic nanoparticles, method of and use thereof (EU - WO/2016/000669), co-inventor
- Laditelná radiofrekvenční cívka (PS4200CZ - PV 2017-753), co-inventor
- 3 functional samples (Fluorescent glycogen-based contrast agent densely modified with poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), Fluorescent glycogen-based contrast agent sparsely modified with poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), Multimodal glycogen-based contrast agent for simultaneous imaging with magnetic resonance and fluorescence)

Publications:
Author or co-author of 82 publications (updated 1.7.2021) in international journals with impact factor, 3 chapters in books, 1 textbook (Beneš J, Jirák D, Stránský P, Vítek F. Základy lékařské biofyziky, Karolinum 2011, ISBN 9788024620343), 2 books (Beneš J, Jirák D, Vítek F. Základy lékařské fyziky. Karolinum 2015, ISBN 9788024626451; Jirák D, Vítek F. Basics of Medical Physics. Karolinum 2018, ISBN 9788024638102), H-index is 21.