Hana Dvořáková

Dr Hana Dvořáková is a co-founder of the Experientia Foundation, which she finances from her share of the licensing royalties she receives from the antiviral compounds she developed with Professor Antonín Holý at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. After obtaining an MSc in organic chemistry from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Hana Dvořáková went on to receive a PhD from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry for her dissertation on the topic “Acyclic Analogues of Nucleosides and Nucleotides with Modified Purine Bases“. Today, she teaches at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. The subject of her research is the application of NMR spectroscopy in the field of calixarenes, resorcinarenes, and natural compounds; the study of conformational and dynamic properties of molecules and the kinetics and thermodynamics of chemical reactions.

Dalimil Dvořák

Professor Ing. Dalimil Dvořák, CSc. Is a co-founder of the Experientia Foundation. After obtaining an MSc in organic chemistry from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Dalimil Dvořák went on to receive a PhD in the area of the chemistry of methylene malonic aldehydes from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. In 1990, Dalimil Dvořák started teaching organic chemistry at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague. The subject of his research is the use of transition metal complexes in organic synthesis; the study of the characteristics of Fischer carbene complexes, and the synthesis of purine derivatives with potential biological activity. In 2005, the President of the Czech Republic appointed Dalimil Dvořák as a professor.