Michal studied chemistry at the Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, and obtained a Master degree in 2002, working on the “Synthesis of pyridinium oligomers for molecular electronics applications”.  He continued his studies at the Charles University in Prague under the supervision of Dr. Jaroslav Pecka and prof. Václav Všetečka, working on the “Synthesis of modular components for molecular electronics”.  During his PhD study, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A in the research group of prof. Josef Michl (2002-2003).  From 2003 to 2009, he served as a teaching assistant at the Charles University.  Before joining the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2010, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the group of prof. Josef Michl at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (2007-2010), working on the functionalization of carboranes.  In 2010 he joined the group of prof. Marcel Mayor at the Institute of Nanotechnology in Karlsruhe, Germany.  His current research in the Mayor’s group is focused on the synthesis of azobenzene molecular switches and development of new molecular anchoring groups for molecular electronics.

[1]      Single-Molecule Conductance in a Series of Extended Viologen Molecules.
Viliam Kolivoška, Michal Valášek, Miroslav Gál, Romana Sokolová, Jana Bulíčková, Lubomír Pospíšil, Gábor Meszáros, Magdaléna Hromadová
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 589-595. DOI:10.1021/jz302057m

 

[2]      Synthesis of Cs[1-H-CB₁₁F₁₁].
Michal Valášek, Filip Šembera, Michael J. Hughes, Ivan Stibor, Zbyněk Janoušek, Josef Michl
Efficient Preparation of Fluorine Compounds, Roesky, H. W., Ed., John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2012, 22-26. (ISBN: 978-1-1180-7856-3). ISBN:978-1-118-07856-3

 

[3]      First-principle-based MD description of azobenzene molecular rods.
Silvio Pipolo, Enrico Benassi, Giorgia Brancolini, Michal Valášek, Marcel Mayor, Stefano Corni
Theor. Chem. Acc. 2012, 131, 1-14. DOI:10.1007/s00214-012-1274-z

 

[4]      Measured and Calculated Oxidation Potentials of 1-X-12-Y-CB₁₁Me₁₀^– Anions.
Abdul Wahab, Brian Stepp, Michal Valášek, Jan Štursa, Christos Douvris, Mari-Carmen Piqueras, Raül Crespo, Jiřı́ Ludvı́k, Josef Michl
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 5128-5137. DOI:10.1021/ic2026939

 

[5]      Direct monitoring of opto-mechanical switching of self-assembled monolayer films containing the azobenzene group.
Einat Tirosh, Enrico Benassi, Silvio Pipolo, Marcel Mayor, Michal Valášek, Veronica Frydman, Stefano Corni, Sidney R. Cohen
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 834-844. DOI:10.3762/bjnano.2.93

 

[6]      Radical polymerization of 1-alkenes catalyzed by lithium salts of carboranes.
Miroslav Janata, Petr Vlček, Petra Látalová, Romana Svitáková, Jiří Kaleta, Michal Valášek, Victoria Volkis, Josef Michl
J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2011, 49, 2018-2023. DOI:10.1002/pola.24629

 

[7]     Electron dopable molecular wires based on the extended viologens.
Viliam Kolivoška, Miroslav Gál, Lubomír Pospíšil, Michal Valášek, Magdaléna Hromadová
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 11422. DOI:10.1039/C1CP20652D

 

[8]     Extended viologen as a source of electric oscillations.
Lubomír Pospíšil, Magdaléna Hromadová, Nicolangelo Fanelli, Michal Valášek, Viliam Kolivoška^, Miroslav Gál
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4365-4371. DOI:10.1039/C0CP01810D

 

[9]      On the adsorption of extended viologens at the electrode|electrolyte interface.
Magdaléna Hromadová, Viliam Kolivoška, Romana Sokolová, Miroslav Gál, Lubomír Pospíšil, Michal Valášek
Langmuir 2010, 26, 17232-17236. DOI:10.1021/la1034239

 

[10]    Lithium Salts of [1,12-Dialkyl-CB₁₁Me₁₀]⁻ Anions.
Michal Valášek, Jan Štursa, Radek Pohl, Josef Michl
Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 10255-10263. DOI:10.1021/ic101235e

 

[11]     Microwave-Assisted Alkylation of [CB₁₁H₁₂]⁻ and Related Anions.
Michal Valášek, Jan Štursa, Radek Pohl, Josef Michl
Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 10247-10254. DOI:10.1021/ic101234p

 

[12]     Salts of Dodecamethylcarba-closo-dodecaborate(-) Anion, CB₁₁Me₁₂^-, and the Radical Dodecamethylcarba-closo-dodecaboranyl, CB₁₁Me₁₂.
Joshua R. Clayton, Benjamin T. King, Ilya Zharov, Matthew G. Fete, Victoria Volkis, Christos Douvris, Michal Valášek, Josef Michl
Inorganic Synthesis, Rauchfuss, T. B., Ed., John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2010, 35, 56-62. ISBN:978-0-471-68255-4

 

[13]     One-Electron Reduction of an “Extended Viologen” p-Phenylene-bis-4,4‘-(1-aryl-2,6-diphenylpyridinium) Dication.
Alison Funston, James P. Kirby, John R. Miller, Lubomír Pospíšil, Jan Fiedler, Magdaléna Hromadová, Miroslav Gál, Jaroslav Pecka, Michal Valášek, Zbigniew Zawada, Pawel Rempala, Josef Michl
J. Phys. Chem. A. 2005, 109, 10862-10869. DOI:10.1021/jp053556n

 

[14]     Oligomers of “Extended Viologen”, p-Phenylene-bis-4,4‘-(1-aryl-2,6-diphenylpyridinium), as Candidates for Electron-Dopable Molecular Wires.
Michal Valášek, Jaroslav Pecka, Jindřich Jindřich, Gérard Calleja, Peter R. Craig, Josef Michl
J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 405-412. DOI:10.1021/jo049142s