List of Mentors

Current institution:	Multinational corporation
Expertise and focus:	AI for science, drug discovery, nonequilibrium statistical physics
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Public institution
Expertise and focus:	Security/defence - European Union, NATO, emerging threats and new technologies
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	17 years in clinical psychology
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Practising neurosurgeon, 27 years of practice, subspecialization: spine surgery.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector, Career in the non-profit sector
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Current institution:	Public institution
Expertise and focus:	Previously molecular genetics, DNA/RNA analysis, gene therapy, sequencing and small RNA. For last 15 years the research policy including research proposal assesment, program management and evaluation, academics and business connection and collaboration.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector, Career in the public sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Study of all aspects of ancient Egypt (archaeology, architecture, religion, language, society) in the first millennium BC. Dissemination of research results via lectures, teaching and articles, financial support via grants
Form of mentoring meetings:	Offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	I combine expertise in pre-modern history, cultural anthropology and art history/visual and material culture. I am an early modernist (1500-1800) with overlaps with the late Middle Ages and early nineteenth century. I focus on cultural exchanges and transcultural/border-crossing phenomena, such as the history of translation, print culture, gift exchange, material culture, the history of mobilities, correspondence networks, gender history, etc.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Internationalisation, Work/life balance
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Medieval Latin studies, medieval manuscripts, medieval history, comparative literature
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	I am an Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at MacEwan University in Canada. My work is interdisciplinary, drawing on management, decision sciences, engineering, and applied analytics. My research examines how people and organizations make decisions, adapt to technological change, and develop the capabilities needed to operate effectively in complex environments. I have extensive experience in curriculum and program development, research mentoring, and academic leadership. I conceived and led the development of a new BCom minor in Business Intelligence and served as Chair of the Department of Decision Sciences for nearly a decade. I have also supervised and mentored students and early-career researchers across institutional and disciplinary boundaries. My current editorial roles include Co-Editor-in-Chief of Leadership & Organization Development Journal and Associate Editor of the Journal of Management Development and the Journal of Academic Ethics. My teaching spans statistics, business analytics, data-driven decision-making, and computational thinking. Across my research, teaching, and editorial work, I am particularly interested in helping scholars develop theoretically clear, methodologically sound, and publishable research from interdisciplinary or emerging research problems.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector, Career in the public sector, Career in the non-profit sector
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Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Writing studies, research writing, writing development at the graduate level, education (PhD in Educational policy), course development
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Career in the public sector
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Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Plant biology: plant signalling, plant hormones, second messengers Developmental biology: patterning, organogenesis, regeneration Cell biology: trafficking, endocytosis, polarity
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Slavic linguistics
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	My team works on the development of an effective HIV-1 vaccine. Our basic research deciphers what constitutes protective killer T cells against HIV-1. To tackle the extreme HIV-1 variability, our working hypothesis is to attack functionally conserved protein regions with limited escape and high commonality among global HIV-1 variants: We target HIV’s Achilles heel. In addition to a preclinical vaccine development programme, we focus mainly on human data to inform iterative design improvements of the vaccine immunogens and delivery. Our current candidate vaccines are tested alone and in combination with other cutting-edge tools for HIV-1 cure and prevention in a series of Experimental Medicine trials on five continents, including Africa, where my partners and I enhance research capacity and infrastructure.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
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Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	I have experience with immunocytochemistry, cell cultivation, and in vitro differentiation. I am able to cultivate cell cultures, apply treatments with various factors, perform immunocytochemistry and microscopy, and prepare cells for neurodifferentiation. In addition, I am skilled in Western blotting and statistical analysis.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Cell biology, cell interaction with nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanostructured surfaces of implants or sensors), stem cells, immune cells
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Scientific areas of of interest - cancer biology, molecular oncology, tumor evolution
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Public Finance, International Economics, Public Policy
Form of mentoring meetings:	Preferably offline, ideally for a lunch in the city center
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector, Career in the non-profit sector, Career in the private sector
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Current institution:	Public institution
Expertise and focus:	As an MSCA MERIT Fellow and Chartered Scientist (CSci) with over 12 years of research experience, my core expertise lies at the intersection of nanomedicine, biomaterials, and computational modeling. I specialize in the design, green/chemical synthesis, and characterization of functional nanomaterials (including metal oxide, dendrimer, and nanocellulose platforms) for therapeutic applications targeting metabolic disorders and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Additionally, I integrate machine learning models and experimental optimization (Design-Expert®) to refine formulation parameters, evaluate cell–nanoparticle interactions, and enhance drug delivery systems.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Biophysics, nanotechnology, cellular biology, and development of advanced biophysical methods. Interdisciplinary research, international academic careers, postdoctoral career development, scientific networking and collaboration, and navigating the transition towards an independent research career.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Computational materials physics and quantum chemistry. Programming of software for simulations, running simulations using High Performance Computing resources.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Entrepreneur - I started up my own company
Expertise and focus:	I'm a Czech medical doctor based in Switzerland, an international researcher, business founder and published author.
Form of mentoring meetings:	I’m happy to meet online and occasionally in person, in English or Czech – whatever works best for you.
Has experience in:	Building an academic career Working in the private sector / pharma industry / with government institutions Starting and running my own company and working with biotech and medtech startups
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Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Contemporary European history, Holocaust Studies, Memory Studies, Greece
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Atmospheric science, environmental science, climate
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Project management and coordination, management of research institutions, career development, funding, business development
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector, Career in the non-profit sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Computation physiology, structural bioinformatics, software architecture and development
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Entrepreneur - I started up my own company
Expertise and focus:	Statistics and computing; applications in healthcare, clinical medicine (neonatal, paediatric in particular), epidemiology and government statistics. Causal analysis, missing data and small-area estimation.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	My research interests are in reconstructing the dynamics of past glaciers and ice sheets through the tools of glacial geomorphology and Quaternary geology. In particular, I am interested in the deglaciation dynamics of the North American Ice Sheet Complex and the linkages to global climate during the Late Glacial. I use both remote sensing and field based methods. Geographically, my research focuses on North America but I have also published studies from Europe, Siberia and Antarctica.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Plant population ecology, rare and invasive species, plant adaptations to novel climate, plant-soil interaction, plant-herbivore interactions
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Fish, evolution, genetics, sensory systems
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	I have experience in a range of scientific fields like DNA replication/repair, molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, chemistry and next generation sequencing.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Multinational corporation
Expertise and focus:	Clinical Development of medicine - preparation of clinical and preclinical strategies, including study design of preclinical and clinical trials in collaboration with the statisticians and other relevant experts, scientific advice (contact with Health Authorities), conduct and project management of clinical trials, GCP oversigth, audits, medical writing of study documents, training programme development.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Ecology of forest ecosystems, tropical ecology, plant-insect interactions, biodiversity conservation.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the non-profit sector, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Multinational corporation
Expertise and focus:	As an applied statistician, I collaborate with chemists, biologists and engineers within cross-functional team environment. I help them to design experiments, analyse resulting data to translate the results into an answer to scientific question of interest. In methods development, I collaborate with external research institutions.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Apart from teaching, I have experience with supervision of students, Bc., Mgr. and Ph.D., as well as postdocs. I am a professional in mathematical, physical, and partly chemical sciences (mathematical modeling).
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Neuroscience, electrophysiology, glial cells, myelination, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy models + teaching general physiology and neurophysiology
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	I focus on science education, specifically on chemistry education research.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Engineering geology and geotechnical engineering. Specifically: soil mechanics, landslides.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	My expertise lies in educational technology, teacher education, and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning. I specialise in developing digital literacy and AI literacy frameworks for pre-service and in-service teachers. My research focuses on technology-enhanced learning, collaborative writing in foreign language education, and policy analysis related to teacher certification and qualification systems. I have coordinated and contributed to several Erasmus+ projects and published internationally on AI in education, inclusive pedagogy, and computational thinking integration in language learning contexts.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the public sector, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Multinational corporation
Expertise and focus:	Business and marketing management, international business, strategic marketing, operational marketing, digital marketing, management of diverse teams, cross-cultural people leadership, Salesforce coaching
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Career in the private sector, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Theoretical chemistry, Physical and Inorganic, Molecular Electronics, Coordination Chemistry, Fullerenes, Actinides, Molecular Electronics, Spectroscopy.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Freelance (supporting primarily academic sector)
Expertise and focus:	Knowledge and technology transfer (unique expertise in supporting social sciences and humanities), Impact management, project and grant support (TAČR, EU funding) and management (HR, PR, Public procurement, Finance management), Innovation ecosystem, sharing good practice from foreign partners (e.g. Oxford, Cambridge, Amsterdam, Cologne, Vienna, 4EU+ alliance), management of collaborations with external partners (companies, public sector, non-profit).
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Career in private and public sector, Academic career, Freelance
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Software engineering, prediction models, and machine learning. Designing research in software engineering - basic and applied research.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	I am a literary translator and for 22 years I have run the non-profit Association for iLiteratura, z.s. (published by iLiteratura.cz magazine, podcast, mobility projects, etc.) – annual turnover within various subsidy programs is around 3 million CZK. For these projects, I am always the main investigator fully responsible for the entire financing. I have experience with subsidy programs, planning and project management, organization of personal time.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the non-profit sector, Career in the public sector, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Algorithms for particle accelerators.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career, Starting my own company, startup
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Soft matter physics, computational modeling, nucleic acid nanotechnology
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Most of my research and teaching include different aspects of taxation and social security. I am especially interested in international taxation of individuals, social security and its relation to international migration, and taxation of corporations. My previous experience in both business and tax administration has provided me with a unique opportunity to connect my research and teaching activities with practice.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Renáta Tichá received her PhD in Special Education at the University of Minnesota in 2008. She has extensive experience in the development, implementation and conducting research on assessments and interventions for individuals with intellectual and developmental (IDD) and related disabilities. She has been an investigator on multiple grants, including a Project of National Significance focused on effective transition services for youth with IDD. Dr. Tichá is an adjunct faculty member in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Her publications cover the topics of inclusion, transition to adulthood, employment and social inclusion of youth and adults with disabilities.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the non-profit sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Multinational corporation
Expertise and focus:	Pharmaceutical Industry, Medical Affairs, Health Policy, Evidence based medicine implementation, Bussiness, Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Career in the private sector, Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	DNA transcription, DNA damage, cell metabolism, molecular biology, microscopy, RNA sequencing, molecular motors, actin cytoskeleton, cell nucleus
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Sustainable transportation, renewable energy, emissions, air quality, instrumentation, effects of emissions on human health
Form of mentoring meetings:	Offline
Has experience in:	Academic career, Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Small and medium enterprise
Expertise and focus:	MDR 745/2017, developing medical devices from idea to final product
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Career in the private sector
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Probabilistic graphical models, Bayesian networks, artificial intelligence, machine learning, applications of Bayesian networks
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Microbial ecology with focus on soil microorganisms. Structure and function of fungal and bacterial communities in soil ecosystems. Climate change and the response of microbes to predicted environmental shifts.
Form of mentoring meetings:	Either way, online or offline
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here

Current institution:	Academic institution
Expertise and focus:	Developmental biology, Stem cell biology, Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration
Form of mentoring meetings:	Online
Has experience in:	Academic career
More information:	here