Josef Planeta graduated from the University of Pardubice, Czech
Republic (1993, MS thesis “Supercritical fluid extraction”). In 1993
he joined the Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the CAS, where he
completed his doctoral studies in analytical chemistry (2003, Ph.D.
thesis “Instrumentation and methodology in supercritical fluid
chromatography”). His work was focused on research and
instrumentation in the field of supercritical fluids – supercritical
fluid extraction and chromatography and separation of polymers. For
special separations, he started to develop open tubular and packed
columns for SFC and HPLC. For the study of phase equilibria in
supercritical CO2, open tubular
capillary columns with ionic liquid stationary phases were
developed. In the last decade, his research has focused on the
development of monolithic columns for high performance LC, employing
silica-based and hybrid organic materials. He performs organic
synthesis with NMR validation of stationary phases for special
separation columns. He was awarded the Otto Wichterle Award
(2006).
