Jitka Cejkova
jcejkova@binghamton.eduBiography
- Since May 2020: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- February 2014 – April 2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- February 2015 – January 2016: Postdoctoral Research fellow, Laboratory for Artificial Biology, University of Trento, Italy
- January 2010 – January 2014: Research Associate, Chemical Robotics Laboratory, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Education
- 2010: PhD in chemical engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- 2006 MSc in chemical engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Research Interests
- Droplets
- Artificial life (protocells, origin of life)
- Unconventional robotics (liquid robots, chemical robotics)
- System decanol/decanoate/salt
- Non-linear dynamics and pattern formation (Dictyostelium discoideum)
- Chemotaxis (oriented movement in concentration gradients) – biological and artificial
- Chemobrionics (chemical gardens)
- Cell encapsulation
- Etymology of the word "ROBOT"
Honors and Awards
- 2026 ISAL Exceptional Service Award
- Fulbright–Masaryk Scholarship for Academic Year 2026/2027
- Selected for Forbes Top Women in Czech Science 2025
- 2022 Medal of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering
- 2021 ISAL Distinguished Early-Career Investigator Award
- Finalist in the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme, 2020
- 2018 ISAL Award for Outstanding Paper of 2017 in the field of Artificial Life
- Crytur Award 2017, 1st place, for supervision of the best diploma thesis (student Petra Janská)
- 2017 Canon Foundation Research Fellowship
- Best Poster Award, ALIFE 2016 (4. - 8. 7. 2016, Cancún, México)
- Crytur Award 2016, 2nd place, for supervision of the best diploma thesis (student Ondřej Rychecký)
- Finalist in the Czech final of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme, 2016
- Rector’s Award, 2016, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- Rector’s Award, 2014, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
- Best Poster Award, 1st place, The 7th Young Researchers’ Retreat (29. - 31. 7. 2013, Kyoto, Japan), selected out of over 70 participants
- Finalist in FameLab 2011
- Rhodia Award for Chemistry, 4th place (2010)
- Best Poster Award, 1st place, World Student Conference on Particle Technology (22. - 25. 4. 2010, Delft, Netherland), selected out of over 50 PhD students world-wide
- Chemical Engineering section of SVK University Science Competition, 2nd place (2005)