J. Cempírek wants to maintain a friendly working environment at the department, in an atmosphere of mutual respect. You can read more about this geologist, whose research is closely related to deposits of technologically key elements, in the summary below.
*18. 1. 1979 in Nové Město na Moravě
J. Cempírek completed his Master’s and Doctoral studies at Masaryk University’s (MU) Faculty of Science in 2003 and 2010, respectively. From 1999 to 2015, he worked as a mineralogist at the Moravian Regional Museum, during which time he completed a three-year post-doctoral internship (2012–2014) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he had the opportunity to undertake research on mineral deposits in British Columbia, the Yukon and Uganda. Jan has been employed at MU since 2015 and completed his habilitation in 2017.
In July 2023, Jan became the Director of the Department of Geological Sciences. While there, he wants to continue developing the excellent examples set by his predecessors, especially as regards instrumentation and top-level research, interdisciplinary and international cooperation, commissioned research and cooperation with industry and, of course, high-quality teaching work. At the workplace, he wants to maintain a friendly working environment in an atmosphere of mutual respect and good personal relationships. As Director, he wants to focus primarily on the Department’s involvement in international projects, increasing the international mobility of students and teachers and developing the Department’s teaching activities.
J. Cempírek’s research topics are closely related to deposits of key technological elements such as lithium, beryllium, niobium, tantalum, tin, tungsten, scandium and the rare earth metals. His research is centred on the geological processes behind the formation of these deposits and their mineral raw materials, along with research into the composition and structure of minerals and trace elements, with an emphasis on boron-rich rocks and borosilicates, especially tourmaline, dumortierite and the boron-rich mullite groups. He is currently studying, with the support of European grants from the ERA-MIN and Horizon EU programs, the conditions and processes involved in the formation of European lithium deposits and other critical raw materials necessary for the development of modern economies.
By its very nature, research on mineral deposits tends to be multi-instrumental, typically making use of advanced analytical, imaging and modelling methods. Consequently, Jan has established fruitful research agreements with several companies and many leading scientists from the Czech Republic and abroad, especially Canada, Italy, the USA and Germany. During his studies and work at MU, he has helped organise several international scientific conferences (LERM 2003, IMA 2010, CEMC 2014, PEG 2015, Tourmaline 2017, CEMC 2018, ECMS 2019). In addition, he serves on the editorial boards of two prestigious journals, Canadian Mineralogist and the Journal of Geosciences, as well as publishing Czech articles and undertaking science popularisation activities.
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