Milan Šípek, founder of our group celebrates his 90th birthday!

We are honored to announce that today, August 12, 2026, the founder of our working group and a very important academic person in the history of UCT Prague, Associate Professor Milan Šípek, celebrates a significant life anniversary – his 90th birthday!
The domestic and foreign academic community (not only) in the field of Membrane Separation Processes is indebted to the birthday for his contribution, energy, and ideas, with which he significantly influenced the education and research of many generations of students, graduate students, colleagues from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Institute of Chemical Technology, as well as other domestic and foreign scientists.
Moreover, Milan is also the co-founder of the legendary carnival Kachekran.
Since 1959, he has carried on a more than fifty-year tradition of carnival festivities, masquerade balls, humorous musical performances, as well as figure roller-skating competitions, in which academic staff and students not only from our university were and are widely involved. Currently, students at all faculties of UCT Prague have been competing for the Šípek Cup every year for more than 10 years.
We congratulate you on your 90th birthday and wish you good health, unwavering optimism, good luck, and well-being.
 
Milan, thank you so much and enjoy!

There is a new member in our group!

Welcome Dr. Pradeep Prajapati, our newest postdoc who joined our group in August 2026 as he was awarded with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions CZ (MSCA-CZ) OP JAK postdoc Fellowship.

Triple success from ICOM 2026 – Jana and Josef are on a roll!

Two members of our researcher team participated at ICOM2026, the biggest membrane conference on the worlds, which was hosted this year in the USA, San Antonio – Texas.

Allow us to share that both of them: Jana and Josef (Pepa) returned with 3 prices!

Jana got rewarded by the Elias Klein Travel Supplement Award and the Best Poster Price in the section of Gas Separation, while Pepa also got rewarded with the Best Poster Price in the section of CO2 capture!

After the conference they spent a few extra days travelling, testing new food and enjoying the hospitality of the local people.

Such news are truly outstanding, congratulations to both of you! Proud to have such amazing young talents in our researcher team!

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The membrane separation processes (MSPs) belong to modern technologically important separation methods. In comparison with conventional separation techniques, MSPs constitute a low-cost, less energy-consuming and environmentally friendly alternative.