Since March 2011	Post-doctoral Scholar at Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany (Dpt. of Biogeochemistry/Dpt. of Microbiology)
September 2006 - February 2011	Ph. D. in Microbiology at Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany (Dpt. of Microbiology) Thesis title: Dissimilatory sulfur metabolism coupled to anaerobic oxidation of methane Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Widdel
June 2003 - June 2006	M.Sc. in Molecular biology at Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Thesis title: Analysis of molecular determinants responsible for subcellular localisation of nuclear DNA helicase II
October 2001 - June 2003	Undergraduate studies at Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic