Background
Vavra, Jiri was born on April 12, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Josef and Anna (Vysoka) Vavra.
Vavra, Jiri was born on April 12, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Josef and Anna (Vysoka) Vavra.
Doctor rerum naturalium, Charles University Prague, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1961. Doctor of Science, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1988.
Science worker Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, 1956-1978. Professor Charles University, since 1979. Assistant faculty medicine University de Rennes, France, 1964-1965.
Associate professor University Illinois, Champaign, 1967-1969.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Protozoologists, Society French Microscopie Electronique, Groupment de Protistologues de Langue French.
Married Alena Kosinova, April 14, 1956. Children: Katerina, Jiri.