Mgr. Zuzana Svobodová, Ph.D.

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Králové (2020–present)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Králové (2019–2020)
• Researcher, Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice (2009–2018)

Research Internships & Stays

• Institute Curie, Paris, France (2009) – 3-month internship within the EC project NeuroTAS (LSH-2005-1.2.2-2).
  Worked as a junior researcher on Alzheimer’s disease biomarker detection in a microfluidic bead-based system.
• Institute Curie, Paris, France (2010–2012) – Series of 4 short-term research visits (1–3 weeks each) within the EC project CAMINEMS (N° 228980).
  Senior researcher role focused on on-chip immunocapture of rare cells from blood. Contributed to the development of microfluidic platforms for circulating tumor cell detection.
• Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (2010) – 1-month research stay in the Cell Culture Laboratory.
  Gained practical experience in cell culture methods and their integration into immunoanalytical applications.

These international and domestic stays significantly influenced the subsequent development of my research in immunoanalytical methods, magnetic immunosorbents, and microfluidic systems.

Education

• Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology (2014)
  Dissertation: Development and characterization of magnetic immunosorbents for analysis of clinically relevant biomarkers in microfluidic systems
• Master’s Degree (Mgr.) in Analysis of Biological Materials, University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology (2007)
• Erasmus Studies, Université de Nantes, France (2006, 6 months, French-language studies)

Research Focus

Immunoanalytical and separation methods using biofunctionalized micro/nanoparticles, magnetic immunosorbents, microfluidic and Lab-in-Syringe systems, low-pressure affinity chromatography, immunochemical methods (dot blot, WB, SPR, Affiblot), MALDI-MS.
Recent projects focus on pharmacotherapy of substance use disorders (opioids, stimulants, prescription drugs).

Teaching

• Lecturer and guarantor of Cell Biology (Pharmacy EN, Pharmacy CZ, Laboratory Diagnostics, Combined Studies)
• Practical classes in Cell Biology and Immunochemistry
• Author of textbooks: Practical Classes in Cell Biology (Carolinum, 2022, 2023)
• Creator of Moodle e-learning courses and modernized teaching methods (2021–2024)
• Supervised 17 bachelor’s and master’s theses, 2 rigorous theses

Selected Projects (past 5 years)

• NanoBio project (OP RDE, 2018–2022) – Research team member
• CZ and EU patents for Affiblot device (2018, 2020)
• Government project (2025) – Support for pharmacologically assisted treatment of methamphetamine users (external specialist)

Publications

• 15 peer-reviewed journal articles (h-index: 8; >200 citations, WOS, excl. self-citations)
• Key papers in ACS Omega, Microchemical Journal, Microchimica Acta, Frontiers in Medicine, Analytical Methods, among others
• Co-author of 2 textbooks on Cell Biology
• Co-investigator of patents for antibody screening devices

Professional Memberships

• Czech Society for Addictive Diseases (Společnost pro návykové nemoci ČLS JEP)
• American Chemical Society
• Czech Immunological Society

Languages

• Czech (native)
• English (C1)
• French (B1, DALF certificate)