Background
Kopecny, Jan Son of Frantisek Kopecny and Vlasta Kopecna.
Kopecny, Jan Son of Frantisek Kopecny and Vlasta Kopecna.
Master of Science, Institute Chemical Technology, Prague, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1981. Doctor of Science, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1997.
Researcher Institute Animal Physiology and Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic, 1981—2003, head of laboratory anaerobic microbiology, since 2003, director, since 2007.
Member of Czech Society Immunology, Czech Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Czech Society Microbiology, American Society Microbiology, Czech Society Biotechnology, Academic Senate Czech Academy of Sciences.
Married Dagmar Nekolova, October 9, 1977. Children: Ondrej, Jana Kopecna, Martina Kopecna.