Karel Dusek
Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry
(presently University of Pardubice) 
and 
Associate Professor of Physics
(Charles University, Prague)
 
Contact Information
Department of polymer networks and mechanical properties
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
Heyrovskeho namesti 2
162 06 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Phone: +420-296 809 297
Fax: +420-296 809 410 
e-mail: dusek@imc.cas.cz
 
Career
PhD in Phys. Chemistry 1958; Research Institute for Synthetic Resins and Lacquers (now SYNPO, Inc.), Pardubice, 1957-1965; Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CSAS)  (now, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - ASCR); Head of Department of Polymer Physics, 1976-1990, Head of Department of Polymer Networks and Mechanical Properties, 1972-92, Projects Coordinator (National, NSF, EC, Industry). 
 
Major awards and honors 
Prize of CSAS and ASCR: 1971, 1981, 1995; State Prize of Czechoslovakia: 1988; Silver medal of Charles University: 1978; Silver medal of City of Paris, 1990;  Doctor Honoris Causa, Wroclaw Polytechnic University: 1997; Heyrovskı Medal for Merits in Chemical Sciences: 2000; Paul J. Flory Polymer Research Award: 2004; Founding member, Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of Polymer Networks Group; Founding member of The Learned Society of Czech Republic; 
 
Editor:
Advances in Polymer Science, Polymer Bulletin, Designed Monomers and Polymers (until 2002), Polymer Networks and Blends (until 2001), Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science (until 2002), Polymer Contents. 

About 400 original and review papers in macromolecular science, SCI without autocitations: about 4300.