Head of Compound Management and Lab Automation
Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, V.V.I., Czech Republic
RNDr. Martin Popr, PhD.
Martin Popr is Head of Compound Management and Laboratory Automation at CZ-OPENSCREEN: National Infrastructure for Chemical Biology, which operates under the Institute of Molecular Genetics (IMG, Prague). He received his Master’s degree from Toxicology and Analytical chemistry at Charles University in Prague in 2010. In 2017 he finished his PhD. in Organic chemistry at Charles University in Prague by defending his thesis on Synthesis of cyclodextrin derivatives for practical applications. Since 2014, he is responsible for the maintenance (purchasing, storing, liquid handling and quality control) of CZ-OPENSCREEN’s chemical collections, now exceeding 180,000 of individual chemical samples.