prof. Ing. Filip Bureš, Ph.D.

Prof. Ing. Filip Bureš, Ph.D., completed his postgraduate and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the University of Pardubice in 2002 and 2005, respectively. During his doctoral studies he spent several months in the group of prof. P. Knochel (LMU, Munich) and conducted research in a postdoctoral fellowship program in the working group of prof. F. Diederich (ETH, Zurich). After returning to the University of Pardubice in 2010 he was appointed Associate Professor and in 2017 Professor in the field of Organic Chemistry.

Scientific interest

• Organic synthesis
• Organic conjugated systems and their modern applications
• Organic electronics
• Photoredox catalysis
• Organometallics

Scientific activities

Prof. Bureš focuses his scientific research on conjugated organic molecules and the study of their fundamental physicochemical properties. Organic molecules are designed for further use in material sciences, especially organic electronics. Application areas of his research include nonlinear optics, batteries, solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, switches, sensors, etc. Another area of interest of prof. Bureš is a photoredox catalysis utilizing pure organic catalysts. Research in this area is primarily focused on the transformation of light radiation into the energy of chemical bonds. Last but not least, he studies volatile hybrid inorganic-organic substances and their use for deposition of layered materials.

Prominent international cooperation

• Dr. Sylvain Achelle – University of Rennes, France
• prof. Julien Bachmann – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany
• prof. Santanu Bhattacharya – Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
• Dr. Jonathan P. Hill – NIMS, Japan
• prof. Frédéric Castet – University of Bordeaux, France
• Dr. Mihalis Fakis – University of Patras, Greece
• Prof. Mato Knez – CIC nanoGUNE, Spain
• Prof. Jialei Liu – Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
• Prof. Kornelius Nielsch – Leibnitz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Germany

Bibliometric indicators

Number of papers 143, H-index 32, Total number of citations > 3526

Two most important projects carried out from the position of principal investigator or co‑investigator

• THERMOS – Tellurium-Free Thermoelectric Modules by Interface Engineering, 2022 – 2025, M-ERA.NET, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TH80020009)
• ORGBAT – Organic redox couple based batteries for energetics of traditional and renewable resources, 2018 – 2022, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (EF16_025/0007445)

Two most important publications

• Bureš F.: Fundamental Aspects of Property Tuning in Push-Pull Molecules, RSC Advances, 4 (2014) 58826 - 58851
• Wang H., Zhao C., Burešová Z., Bureš F., Liu J.: Cyano-Capped Molecules: Versatile Organic Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (2023) 3753 - 3770

Awards

• Alfred Bader Prize in Organic Chemistry (2012)
• Thieme Chemistry Award (2012)