"Make Our Planet Great Again" Award

Congratulations to Ing. Maria Plaché, Ph.D. from the group of Prof. Petr Kočí from the Department of Chemical Engineering, who with her dissertation thesis "Modelling of transport and reaction in porous catalytic filters using 3D computer reconstruction" won the 1st place in the scientific competition of the French Embassy in the category "Make Our Planet Great Again - Prize in Environmental Sciences".  The prize was accepted by her supervisor Prof. Petr Kočí (in the middle of the photo, photo: © Ondřej Besperát).

The Make Our Planet Great Again Prize for Environmental and Climate Research is organised by the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic together with BNP Paribas. This prize aims to reward the research work of Czech students in the field of climate change, environment and sustainable development. The winners will receive financial assistance and the first two will also have the opportunity to complete an internship in a research laboratory in France. The prize was awarded during a reception at the French Embassy in Prague, Buquoy Palace, chaired by Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, and the Ambassador. Make our Planet Great Again is an initiative of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, launched on 1 June 2017 following the decision of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. It is a call for researchers and teachers, entrepreneurs, associations and NGOs, students and all civil society to mobilize and join France in the fight against global warming.