Helena Illnerová

Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Physiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences

Czech Republic

Previously served as the head of the Czech Commission for UNESCO and from 2001 to 2005, Mrs. Illnerová was the president of the CAS. She is the author of more than 120 scientific articles and received many awards for her work that mainly focuses on the research of biorhythms in liv- ing organisms. In 2008 she took part in senate elections. She studied at Faculty of Science of Charles University and earned her title of professor in the year 2004.