Our team
Václav Navrátil, Ph.D. – CEO & CTO
Václav is the main inventor of the DIANA technology and currently acts as our CEO and also leads our research and developmental activities. Václav studied biochemistry and theoretical chemistry at the Charles University in Prague and subsequently worked as a research scientist at the IOCB Prague.
Martin Dienstbier, Ph.D. – CFO & COO
Martin facilitated our transition from academia to the industry and is now responsible for our finances and operations. Martin studied molecular biology at the University of Cambridge and then worked as a research fellow at the University of Oxford, followed by the career in management consulting with Boston Consulting Group.
Jiří Schimer, Ph.D.
Head of chemistry
Jiří is our chemistry guru, synthesizing DIANA probes for new targets and leading our medicinal chemistry in drug discovery. Jiří studied biochemistry at the Charles University and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology and at IOCB Prague.
Jan Tykvart, Ph.D.
Head of development
Jan leads our laboratory operations and is also instrumental in developing our new R&D projects. Jan studied biochemistry at the Charles University, followed by PhD at IOCB Prague. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, developing diagnostic applications.
Jakub Hejdánek
Head of manufacturing
Jakub is directing manufacturing of our IVD diagnostic kits and supervising our production and QC facilities. Jakub studied biochemistry at the Charles University and IOCB Prague.
Jan Neumann
Head of business operations
Jan is facilitating our growth in business support functions. Jan studied business and management at University of Economics in Prague and Erasmus University in Rotterdam and he joined our team after serving as COO of AI startup Yieldigo and previous career in management consulting and venture capital.
Jitka Zemanová
Research Scientist
Clinical diagnostics & Method development
Petra Jakab
Office manager
Admin, finances, office operations
Anna Malinová, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Clinical diagnostics & Drug discovery
Tadeáš Bílek
Research Scientist
Drug discovery & Pharmacology
Silvie Tománková, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Clinical diagnostics & Method development
Klára Smolová
Research Scientist
Monoclonal antibodies & Method development
Ondřej Smetana, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Clinical diagnostics & Method development
Petra Klímová
Research Scientist
Clinical diagnostics & Method development
Gabriela Křiváková, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Clinical diagnostics & Method development
Katarina Vaškovičková Ph.D.
Lab administrator
Admin, procurement, logistics
Eva Mlynarčíková
Research Scientist
PCR-based diagnostics, lab operations
Barbora Habánová
Research Scientist
Manufacturing and development
Ondřej Žítek
Application Specialist
COVID-19 diagnostics, lab automation
Miroslav Smola, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Protein expression facility
Zuzana Pavlíková
Research Scientist
Antibody production and cell culture
Ilona Kalasová, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Drug discovery
Lucia Bialešová, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Drug discovery & ADME
Martin Čermák
Sales Support
Lucie Petrželková
Research Scientist
David Illéš
Lab Administrator
Otto Vacek
Logistics
Zdenka Lawson
HR Manager