About us

Tereza Leonhardt works part-time as an assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, where she tries to inspire students with the possibilities that fungi bring to our world. Her scientific career is also closely linked to fungi; she is currently focusing on the phenomenon of heavy metal accumulation in mushrooms. She noticed that her friends from UCT joined this club, so she decided to join as well. In her free time, she enjoys smashing the patriarchate and tries to be a good part-time mom.

Vilém Bartůněk is an assistant professor at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry. His professional interests are very broad—he does everything and nothing. Alongside advanced superconducting ceramics, inorganic chemistry, and nanotechnology—including biomedical and environmental research—he also engages in archaeometry. As is custom at UCT, he is a drunkard and a bit of a pervert. His personal hobbies include juvenile jokes, pubs, and business trips.

Jáchym is an assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at UCT Prague. He currently supervises students in the laboratory, trying not to get poked by a pipette while playing with microscopic critters and experimental plants. Throughout his scientific career, he has focused on various topics, all of which were somehow connected to ecology, environmental protection, and restoration. His interests and hobbies are similar—they include watching various scientific lectures and discussing them over a beer, bizarre walks through interesting natural sites searching for strange plants, insects, and other creatures, and learning about their life stories. He even keeps some of these oddities at home, such as carnivorous plants or stag and rhinoceros beetles. In addition, he enjoys reading books and listening to meditative music of all genres.

Honza Myšák studies the synthesis and production of pharmaceuticals and conducts research at the Department of Organic Chemistry. His main focus within UNIQORN is Wikipedia, which he has been editing since 2019, when he discovered it was the ideal place to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional grammar nazi. He enjoys hiking, pubs, books, and heavy metal—not necessarily in that order.

Jonáš is a Master's student of pharmacy, but he is more interested in popularization, promotion, and media activities than in medications. His hobbies include photography, which is slowly turning into a profession; rock climbing keeps him sane, and science and news podcasts fill his ears while cycling through Prague. You can find him behind the equipment at UNIQORN events or in the chemical depot assembling the next chemistry show.

Markéta is a doctoral student at UCT Prague and the initiator of the UNIQORN society. In 2019, she began organizing monthly meetings under the name PhD_Post.doc Club, where doctoral students and postdocs had the opportunity to share their research, practice presentations in a friendly environment, and get to know their colleagues. At the beginning of 2022, she decided to expand this initiative. She issued a call for others to join her, together they formed a team and introduced new activities under the umbrella of the UNIQORN society. Markéta is doing her doctorate at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, where she studies the structures of proteins and protein-DNA complexes, uncovering the molecular mechanisms of their functions. In her free time, she likes to run, go out into nature, loves theater, and flying into the worlds of her imagination.