Špirko Vladimír

Ing., DrSc.
Born January 12, 1942

• Theoretical chemistry, molecular spectroscopy
• Member of Learned Society since 2003

Educational and professional preparation:

• 1959-1964,  Faculty  of Technical  and  Nuclear  Physics, Czech Technical University, Prague (Ing. 1964);
• 1964-1967, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague;
• 1968, CSc; 1990, DrSc.;
• 1972-1973, Exchange Fellow, The Royal Society-CSAS (University of Aberdeen, Scotland).

Employment and academic positions:

• 1967-2003, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry CSAS (AS CR), Prague;
• 2004, Senior Scientist, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, AS CR;
• 1995, Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo (Canada);
• 1981-1982, Visiting Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa;
• 1984-2002, Visiting Professor, Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching (Germany);
• 1988-1992, Visiting Professor, University of Aarhus (Aarhus, Denmark); 1991, Visiting Professor, University of Exeter (England));
• 1992-1995, 1998, Visiting Professor, University of Waterloo (Canada);
• 1996, Visiting Professor, Bergische Universität, Wuppertal (Germany);
• 1998-9, Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, East Lansing (USA);
• 1999, 2002, Visiting Professor, Jackson State University (Michigan, USA).

Notable awards:

• 1996, Award, Markus Marci Spectroscopic Society
• 1997, Award, Learned Society
• 1998, Award, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (for science)

Selected publications:

• V. Špirko: Vibrational Anharmonicity and the Inversion Potential Function of NH₃. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 101, 30 (1983)
• V. Špirko, W. P. Kraemer, A. Čejchan: Vibrational Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonds. J. Mol. Spectrosc. 136, 340 (1989)
• V. Špirko, J. Čížek: Nonadiabatic Corrections for Coupled Oscillators Usány Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation Theory of Very Large Orders. J. Chem. Phys. 102, 8906 (1995)
• V. Špirko, J. Šponer, P. Hobza: Anharmonic and Harmonic Intermolecular Vibrational Modes of the DNA Base Pairs. J. Chem. Phys. 106, 1472 (1997)
• P. Jungwirth, V. Špirko: Double Tunneling-An Overlooked Quantum Effect in Anionic Molecular Clusters. Phys. Rev. Letters 84, 1140 (2000)
• F. Mrugala, V. Špirko, W. P. Kraemer: Radiative Association of HeH²⁺. J. Chem. Phys. 118, 10547 (2003)