Professor Jiří Dědina kindly gave an interview to BrJAC

After obtaining his PhD in Physical Organic Chemistry in 1975, Prof. Jiří Dědina's research has focused on trace element analysis. His current research interests include: (a) Generation, collection, and atomization of volatile compounds for trace and ultratrace element analysis and for speciation by atomic absorption and atomic fluorescence spectrometry; (b) Mechanism of hydride atomization in flames and quartz tube atomizers. He is the author of a monograph on hydride generation, several book chapters in the field, and over 100 papers in impacted journals, most of them involving atomic spectrometry. He has presented over 30 invited lectures at prestigious international conferences. Prof. Dědina has received recognition for his work, including the Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal from the Spectroscopic Society of Ioannes Marcus Marci, Prague, and the Nicolaus Konkoly – Thege Medal from the Slovak Spectroscopic Society. He also received a tribute from the 20th ENQA in 2022 and was honored by the 16th RSAS and the Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil in 2023. He is a full professor of analytical chemistry at Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science. Until his partial retirement in 2020, he was the Head of the Department of Trace Element Analysis at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the Council of Sciences of the Czech Academy of Sciences and chairman of the Commission for the Defense of the Research Professor Degree in the Field of Analytical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences. Presently, Prof. Dědina continues his activities as a researcher.