Education:

2011 – PhD in Science
Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Advisor: Prof. Alan E. Rowan
Doctoral thesis on Triazole Materials: Towards Extending Aromaticity

2005 – MSc (Hons) in Organic Chemistry
Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Martin Putala
Master’s thesis on Novel Chiral Binaphthyls for Non-Linear Optics

2003 – BSc in Organic Chemistry
Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Publications:

[12]	J. C. Barnes, M. Juríček, N. L. Strutt, M. Frasconi, S. Sampath, M. A. Giesener, P. L. McGrier, J. C. Bruns, C. L. Stern, A. A. Sarjeant and J. F. Stoddart, "ExBox: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon scavenger" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 183–192. [Link] [JACS Spotlight] [C&EN] [CW]

[11]

F. J. van den Bruele, W. de Poel, H. W. M. Sturmans, S. Pintea, R. de Gelder, D. Wermeille, M. Juríček, A. E. Rowan, W. J. P. van Enckevort and E. Vlieg, "Monolayer and aggregate formation of a modified phthalocyanine on mica determined by a delicate balance of surface interactions" Surf. Sci. 2012, 606, 830–835. [Link]

[10]	M. Juríček, K. Stout, P. H. J. Kouwer and A. E. Rowan, "The trisubstituted-triazole approach to extended functional naphthalocyanines" J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 898–907. [Link]

[9]	M. Juríček, K. Stout, P. H. J. Kouwer and A. E. Rowan, "Fusing triazoles: Toward extending aromaticity" Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3494–3497. [Link]

[8]	M. Juríček, P. H. J. Kouwer and A. E. Rowan, "Triazole: A unique building block for the construction of functional materials" Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8740–8749. [Link]

[7]	M. Juríček, M. Felici, P. Contreras-Carballada, J. Lauko, S. Rodríguez Bou, P. H. J. Kouwer, A. M. Brouwer and A. E. Rowan, "Triazole–pyridine ligands: A novel approach to chromophoric iridium arrays" J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 2104–2111. [Link]

[6]	S. Albert-Seifried, C. E. Finlayson, F. Laquai, R. H. Friend, T. M. Swager, P. H. J. Kouwer, M. Juríček, H. J. Kitto, S. Valster, R. J. M. Nolte and A. E. Rowan, "Multichromophoric phthalocyanine–perylenediimide “octads”: A photophysical study" Chem.–Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10021–10029. [Link]

[5]	M. Juríček, P. H. J. Kouwer, J. Rehák, J. Sly and A. E. Rowan, "A novel modular approach to triazole-functionalized phthalocyanines using click chemistry" J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 21–25. [Link]

[4]	M. Juríček, P. Kasák, M. Stach and M. Putala, "Potential 1,1′-binaphthyl NLO-phores with extended conjugation between positions 2 and 6, and 2′ and 6′" Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 8869–8873. [Link]

[3]	M. Juríček, H. Brath, P. Kasák and M. Putala, "Study on the electronic effects on stereoconservativity of Suzuki coupling in chiral groove of binaphthyl" J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 5279–5284. [Link]

[2]	H. Brath, M. Dubovská, M. Juríček, P. Kasák and M. Putala, "Novel route to enantiopure 2,2′-diaryl-1,1′-binaphthalenes by stereoconservative Suzuki arylation at positions 2 and 2′" Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2004, 69, 1517–1536. [Link]

[1]	P. Kasák, H. Brath, M. Dubovská, M. Juríček and M. Putala, "Suzuki arylation at positions 2 and 2′ of 1,1′-binaphthyls: Stereochemical result depending on the sense of polarity of substrates" Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 791–794. [Link]

Message:

I was born in Bojnice and grew up in Prievidza, both small towns in Slovakia. From the age of four until I was fifteen, I was fascinated by antelopes and wanted to work in a zoo. Despite my passion, I eventually (with no regrets) decided to study chemistry. After I received my MSc degree from the Comenius University in 2005, I started my PhD studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen in the group of Alan Rowan. I defended my PhD thesis and moved to Chicago at the end of August 2011 and started new research on molecular flash memory devices (Rubicon Fellowship from NWO) in the Stoddart group. Outside of the lab, I enjoy playing and listening to LP records and I spend as much time as my work allows me to visit mountains. Currently, I enjoy my daily bike-ride to the lab with Sergio and Adam (and an occasional swim in the lake on our way).