About Karolina

"The reason most goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first." 
Robert J. McKain

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." 
Christopher Waldo Emmerson

"Cheerfulness is a kind of courage" 
Ernest Hemingway

In June 2011 I successfully finished a master study programme "Pharmacy" at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové at Charles University in Prague. Later that year I started a doctoral study programme at the same faculty, at the Department of Analytical Chemistry. The research projects I have been so far involved in included environmental, food and bio- analysis and were based on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry.

In October 2012 I left for a long-term internship in Amsterdam to work under a supervision of prof. Ron Heeren at FOM-Institute AMOLF in Biomolecular Imaging Mass Spectrometry group. Since mid-March 2013 I am an official PhD student of AMOLF. I am working on a project "E-biobanking with imaging for healthcare" employing state-of-the-art mass spectrometry imaging knowledge.

I am a huge lover of science and creativity. I admire people who are real experts in their fields and those who have a broad base of knowledge. I am fully identified with the famous Einstein's quote: "Everybody is a genius. But judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid." I am keen on discussions. I appreciate everyone who has his own aim and never loses faith in it.

I am a great enthusiast of any sort of chronicles and archives. I am keen on noting down remarks and observations from trips and journeys and also from casual days. I enjoy writing personal comments on movies and literature.

I started with athletics when I was 14. My professional career is associated with a Czech athletic club TJ SG Sokol Plzeň Petřín. In 2008 I began with race walking, cooperating with the trainer Ivo Piták and his SportPit Team. At the moment, I do not train with the aim to race anymore. I run for fun and couple times a year I take part in a half-marathon race. I am a big fan of sports as it helps me to keep my head clear for the science-related part of my life.