PI Forum: Junior Faculty

Junior Faculty is an informal, cross-disciplinary group that serves as a voice for early-career principal investigators. It identifies shared challenges, surfaces practical concerns from day-to-day research leadership, and brings these issues forward to the leadership of the faculty and the academic senate. In this PI Forum, members of Junior Faculties from different institutions will share their experience with the founding process and first years of operation in an informal discussion.

28. 4. 2026 od 18.30 | Skautský institut, Staroměstské náměstí

Registration

WHAT?

An informal space for meeting, networking, and sharing of experience among Principal Investigators working in Czechia, open to all those who hold an independent research group leader position in any scientific field, regardless of age, experience, institution, or nationality.

WHEN AND WHERE?

28 April 2026 from 18:30, Skautský institut na Staromáku, room Minuta (Staroměstské nám. 4/1, Praha 1 – Staré Město)

OUR GUESTS

Jiří Zahradník

Vlaďka Petráková

Olga Vindušková

Karolína Korvasová

PROGRAMME

6:30–6:40 p.m.	Opening words
6:40–7:30 p.m.	Discussion Jiří Zahradník, group leader at Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine Vlaďka Petráková, group leader at J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry CAS Olga Vindušková, assistant professor at Charles University, Faculty of Science chaired by Karolína Korvasová, neuroscience research group leader at Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
From 7:30 p.m.	Open discussion, networking, drinks and refreshments