Mgr. Tomáš Šilha, Ph.D.

Qualification

2004–2007	Bc., Chemistry, Palacký University in Olomouc
2007–2009	Mgr., Inorganic Chemistry, Palacký University in Olomouc
2009–2010	Teaching of Chemistry for a secondary school, Palacký University in Olomouc
2009–2014	Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Palacký University in Olomouc
from 2011	Researcher, Dept. Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc

Research interests

• Transition metal complexes (Au, Ag, Mn, Fe, Pt atd.)
• Biological (anti-inflammatory, etc.) activity of gold complexes
• Study of magnetic measurements of selected transition metals (Mn, Fe, etc.)

Pedagogical activity

• Basic course in laboratory work (AFC/LABT, AFC/ZPL)
• Practice in inorganic chemistry (AFC/AGCC)
• General Chemistry seminar (AFC/OBC1)
• Chemical Nomenclature (AFC/CHN1)

Publication activity

• Publications (WoS): 5
• Citations (WoS): 25
• H-index: 2
• Patents:  1 national utility model (CZ 22616 U1) and 1 national patent (CZ 303649 B6)

Foreign research stays

• From March to May 2008 – Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, USA (study of guanine-N-oxides and their transition metal, especially iron(III) and silver(I), complexes)
• From May to July 2013 – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, SK (study of 2,2’-bipyridine or 1,10-phenanthroline and their transition metal, especially copper(II), complexes)

Selected publications

I. Nemec, T. Šilha, R. Herchel, Z. Trávníček, Towards a better understanding of magnetic exchange mediated by hydrogen bonds in Mn(III)/Fe(III) salen-type supramolecular dimers, Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 15602-15616.

T. Šilha, M. Čajan, Z. Trávníček, Investigation of Ag(I) complexes involving 6-(benzylamino)purine derivatives, Monatsh. Chem. 2013, 144, 1797-1806.

I. Nemec, T. Šilha, R. Herchel, Z. Trávníček, Investigation of magnetic exchange pathways in heterotrinuclear manganese(III) Schiff base complexes involving tetrathiocyanidoplatinate(II) bridge, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 5781-5789

T. Šilha, I. Nemec, R. Herchel, Z. Trávníček, Structural and magnetic characterizations of the first manganese(III) Schiff base complexes involving hexathiocyanidoplatinate(IV) bridges, CrystEngComm 2013, 15, 5351-5358.

Z. Trávníček, P. Štarha, J. Vančo, T. Šilha, J. Hošek, P. Suchý Jr., G. Pražanová, Anti-inflammatory active gold(I) complexes involving 6‑substituted-purine derivatives, J. Med. Chem. 2012, 55, 4568–4579.