Victory in this year’s national final of the prestigious international Falling Walls Lab competition, which took place on September 15 at the National Technical Library in Prague, was seized by physical chemist Veronika Šedajová from CATRIN at Palacký University. In addition to first place, she also took home the Audience Award.
“I am very happy that I succeeded. It is a reward for all our efforts put in the development this technology. I appreciate the victory all the more because all the finalists were outstanding and their research incredibly interesting,” said Veronika, who succeeded in the competition with a presentation entitled Breaking the Wall of Energy Storage in Medical Devices.
In November, she will head to the global finals in Berlin, which are regularly organized on the eve of the anniversary of the Berlin Wall fall.
Other finalists from CATRIN were Andrea Nedělníková and Tomáš Malina. Palacký University had a total of five representatives among the 14 finalists.
The Falling Walls Lab competition originated in Germany, and the Czech Republic is participating for the tenth time. Contestants always have three minutes to explain their research, which they can present on only two slides.
