Name and title                       Jitka Petrlova, PhD., Associate Professor

Nationality                             Swedish and Czech citizen

Address (work)                       Dermatology and Venereology

                                             BMC floor B14, Sölvegatan 19

                                             221 84 Lund

Phone (work)                          046-2223315

Email-address  jitka.petrlova@med.lu.se

1. Higher education degree

M.Sc., Science Faculty of Masaryk University, Czech Republic, January 2003, Biochemistry

Thesis theme: The Detection of surface-active components (detergents), (working with ELISA).

2. Doctoral degree

Ph.D., Mendel University, Czech Republic, May 2006, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Title of Ph.D. thesis: The Detection of proteins and DNA using electrochemical and chromatographic techniques, (working with HPLC-ED, HPLC-MS, HPLC-UV, AUTOLAB-potentiostat/galvanostat, fluorescence spectrometry).

3. Docent-ship

In Experimental Structural Biology, Lund University, Medical faculty, October 2016

4. Positions

Laboratorieforskare, Lund University, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, 2014 – current.

Biträdande forskare, Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, 2012 – 2014.

Wenner-Gren research fellow, Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, 2010 – 2012.

Post-doctoral fellow, University of California, Davis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, 2007-2010.

Post-doctorate researcher, University of California, Davis, Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, 2006-2007.

5. Teaching 

Cell Biology: (Fall-Spring 2011-current)

Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis (Fall-Spring 2015-current)

Molecular Medicine (Fall 2015-Spring 2016)

Summer project: (Summer 2015-2016)

6. Previous positions and periods of appointment

Teaching assistant, Practicum of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic, January 2005- May 2006.

7. Honors

Recipient, Prize of Deane for publication activity, Mendel University, Czech Republic, Brno. 2006.

Recipient, Award for excellence in research on Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders: The Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada. 2010.

Recipient, Poster prize at Bioimaging Day Symposium in Lund, 2010.

Sensors: Best Paper Award 2011, 2^nd prize for paper Phytochelatine Modified Electrode Surface as a Sensitive Heavy-Metal Ion Biosensor. 2005, Authors: V.Adam, J. Zehnalek and J. Petrlova et al.

8. Publications

Total number of publications is 60 and 1 book chapter.