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Markéta is a PhD candidate at UCT Prague and the initiator of the UNIQORN association. In 2019, she started to organize monthly meetings known as PhD_Post.doc Club, in which PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers have had the opportunity to share their research, try to present in a friendly environment and meet their colleagues. At the beginning of 2022, she decided to broaden this initiative. She called for people to join her, they built up a team and brought new activities that they covered with the UNIQORN association. Markéta does her PhD at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Czech Academy of Science), studying structures of proteins and protein‑DNA complexes and thus revealing the molecular mechanism of their functions. In her free time, she enjoys jogging and walking in nature, loves theatre and flying to worlds of her fantasy.

Vilém Bartůněk is assistant professor in the Department of Inorganic chemistry. His professional interests are very broad, doing everything and nothing. Alongside of advanced superconducting ceramics, inorganic chemistry, and nanotechnology of course including biomedical and environmental research in this area, he is doing some archeometry stuff. As customary in UCT, he is a drunkard and bit kinky. His personal hobbies are juvenile jokes, pubs, and business trips.

Jáchym is an assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at UCT Prague. Currently, he keeps an eye on the students in the lab and tries not to stab himself with a pipet while playing around with some microscopic bugs and experimental plants. During his scientific carrier, he has tackled multiple topics, nevertheless, all of them were in some way related to ecology and environmental conservation and restoration. And such are also most of his interests and hobbies – these include watching various scientific talks and subsequently discussing them while having a glass of beer, wacky walks in exciting nature areas and searching for weird plants and various bugs and little beings, and acquainting their life histories. Consequently, he also keeps a bunch of such weirdoes at home, including carnivorous plants and stag and rhino beetles. Apart from that, he’s into reading books and listening to mindful music of all genres.

Edith is a postdoctoral researcher at UCT Prague on research mobility to the TU Berlin in Germany. After her PhD degree in Chemical and Process Engineering at UCT Prague, she received a personal grant from the European Structural and Investment Funds, within the OP RDE-funded project 'CHEMFELLS IV' which enabled her to join the Department of Chemistry at the TU Berlin. Within the framework of her postdoc, Edith combines her multidisciplinary background in Membrane Engineering, Polymer Synthesis and Colloidal Engineering to design visible light active catalysts for photocatalytic reactions i.e. water splitting and CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons. Photocatalytic processes that utilize just sunlight instead of electricity to recycle waste CO2 are promising to solve environmental pollution and facilitate the integration of clean renewable enerygy. Because sunlight is free and abundant, Edith is passionate about understanding the structure-property-function relationships of these catalysts in order to efficiently drive reactions using sunlight. In her spare time, she enjoys jogging and journalling / writing and trying out cuisine from other cultures, she is however still learning how to overcome her fear of sushi 😊.

Honza Myšák studies the synthesis and production of pharmaceuticals and conducts research at the Department of Organic Chemistry. His main focus in UNIQORN is Wikipedia, which he edits since 2019 when he discovered it to be the perfect place to pursue his dream career of professional grammar nazi. He is rather fond of hiking, pubs, books and heavy metal, not necessarily in this order.

Alžběta has educational background in Pharmacy and Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, although the latter her colleagues still find hard to believe. Her professional focus is Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, but she is interested in science in general, especially in healthcare science and pharmaceutics. Influenced by the modern scientific skepticism, she is particularly interested in in critical thinking and understanding and evaluation of scientific studies. She is of the opinion that good presentation of scientific results is at least as important as obtaining good data, if not more. She believes in Evidence-based medicine. In her free time, she enjoys seeing the world and trying her best not to be disappointed. Her best friend is a shoe.

Jonas is a masters student of pharmaceuticals, but more than drugs, his focus is on popularisation, propagation and media activities. Among his hobbies, photography is emerging as a profession, climbing keeps him sane and science + news podcast his ears occupied while biking through Prague. You can find him behind tech at UNIQORN events or in chemical depot assembling another chemistry show.

Mili has a bachelor's degree in English and American Studies from Charles University. Since she was a child, English has been a part of her life as are British history and literature. Now she is finishing her master’s degree in Anglophone studies. At UCT Prague, she works in the Research and Technology Transfer department. Apart from that, Mili has a cultural background with broad experience from sales and PR & marketing field. From 2018-2020 Mili worked as the head of sales at the National Theare. After 10 years in culture, she decided it was a high time for a change and she is about to explore the university world, which she finds very interesting.

Monika is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of polymers at UTC Prague. She received her master's degree in polymer engineering at the Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín. Her current research focuses on the recycling of waste rubber. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, reading books, walking in nature or doing absolutely nothing.

Tereza Leonhardt works part time as assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology where she tries to excite students about possibilities fungi bring to our world. Her scientific career is intertwined with fungi as well, currently delving deep into the phenomenon of heavy metal accumulation in mushrooms. She noticed her friends from UCT have joined this club, thus she decided to join it too. In her free time, she likes to smash the patriarchy and be a good part time mom.