Background
Zdeněk Matějka was born in 1937 in Teplice.
Zdeněk Matějka was born in 1937 in Teplice.
In 1955 he moved to Prague, to study chemistry at Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague. He received his master"s degree in 1960. While working in Water Research Institute of ČKD Dukla corporation, he started external doctor course at Department of Heat Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague.
In 1967 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree for his research on electrodeionization of water.
Later, in 1972, he moved from industry to university. Foreign many years he worked as assistant professor on fundamentals of ion exchange.
In 1990, after the Velvet Revolution, he was promoted to associate professor His research group worked mainly on selective removal of heavy metals via chelating ion exchangers and removal of nitrates from water.
In 1997, he became head of Department of Power Engineering.
He retired soon after in 2002 at age of 65 (mandatory retirement) but he was still leading his research group working on part-time. Zdeněk Matějka died in Prague after a long illness on October 2, 2006. During his work at Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague he supervised about 60 Master of Science and 20 Doctor of Philosophy students.
He established numerous scientific contacts worldwide namely in Japan, Germany, United States, United Kingdom and Turkey.