Radomír Pánek appointed president of the Czech Academy of Sciences

President Petr Pavel has appointed Radomír Pánek as the new president of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He will replace biochemist Eva Zažímalová, whose second four-year term in office will end on 24 March. Pánek served as director of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences for ten years. He specialises in the field of thermonuclear plasmas and advanced technologies for fusion reactors.