Background
Koutek, Bohumir was born on October 12, 1939 in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Son of Jindrich Koutek and Marie Rasochova Koutkova.
Koutek, Bohumir was born on October 12, 1939 in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Son of Jindrich Koutek and Marie Rasochova Koutkova.
Master of Science, Institute Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1966.
Postdoctoral research associate Institute Organic Chemistry & Bio-chemical, Czechoslovak Academy Science, 1968-1972; researcher, Czechoslovak Academy Science, 1973-1981; senior researcher, Czechoslovak Academy Science, since 1982; head department natural products, Czechoslovak Academy Science, since 1994. Visiting scientist Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1982, State University of New York, Stony Brook,1993. Inventor in field.
Major Czech Army, 1963-1963. Member Czech Chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Jana Trpkova Pacesova, June 12, 1965 (divorced 1971). 1 child, Tomas; married Brigita Lichenvnikova, April 9, 1974. 1 child, Veronika.