doc. Ing. Kateřina Valentová, Ph.D.

Kateřina Valentová graduated in general and applied biochemistry, biomedical engineering at the Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, UCT Prague (2000), where she completed a concurrent program of teaching chemistry (1999). She completed her PhD in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of Palacký University in Olomouc (2004), where she then worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry and where she habilitated (2013). Since 2013, she works in the Laboratory of Biotransformation of the Institute of Microbiology of the CAS; she was the head of the Laboratory in 2021-2024; in 2017-2021 and currently is the deputy head. Since 2023 she is a member of the attestation committee of the Institute. She has gained international experience at University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand; INSERM U541, Paris; National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana; INSERM U490, Paris; Université de Lille 2; University of Colorado; ITQB NOVA, Oeiras, PI; CNR Milano. She is a member of the Academic Assembly of the CAS since 2018 and was elected to the Scientific Council in 2025.

Kateřina Valentová conducts interdisciplinary research focusing on chemistry, (metabolic) biotransformations, use of enzymes for preparation of metabolites and biological activity of natural and semi-synthetic substances, especially polyphenols, flavonoids and flavonolignans, their derivatives and metabolites. She has published > 100 papers cited > 3900 times, her h-index is 33; she is (co)author of five textbooks, two Czech patents and one utility model.

During her time at Palacký University, K. Valentová was intensively involved in teaching students of general medicine and dentistry in both Czech and English (practical classes, seminars and lectures in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry). She leads Bc, MSc and PhD students and is a member of the PhD board of Medical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry at Palacký University.

Kateřina Valentová is a successful PI of national grants and a member of MCs of COST Actions. Her per-review activities are significant, she regularly reviews publications and grants, including European ones, she was/is a member of panels P303 and P306 of GAČR (2019-2023), expert advisory bodies of INTER-INFORM (since 2016) and INTER-ACTION (since 2019). In 2023 she organized the 4th International Conference on Food Bioactives & Health in Prague.