CEC-Director Frank Neese will give the 27th Rudolf Brdička Memorial Lecture this Thursday (June 8th) at
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague. The lecture is entitled: „Analysis of complex catalytic mechanisms by High-level spectroscopy and quantum chemistry: The case of water oxidation in PSII“

Rudolf Brdička (1906-1970) was a professor of physical chemistry at Charles University, founding member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, founder and the first director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. He was an outstanding electrochemist renowned in particular by his pioneering work on kinetic polarographic current and on applications of polarography in medicine. To commemorate his work and personality, the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic has organized since 1991 annually a festive R. Brdička Lecture. Invited speakers have been eminent scientists active in some field relating to the research currently pursued in the Institute.