Professor Martin Pumera stands as a distinguished leader in advanced nanorobotics and multiscale robotics research, holding dual appointments at premier Czech research institutions. He currently serves as Full Professor and Head of the Advanced Nanorobots and Multiscale Robotics Laboratory at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava. Additionally, he leads the Future Energy and Innovation Laboratory at CEITEC, Brno University of Technology, demonstrating exceptional interdisciplinary leadership across the Czech scientific landscape. Having earned his PhD from Charles University in 2001, Professor Pumera established an impressive international career that included postdoctoral positions in the United States and Spain, followed by a decade as a tenured group leader at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science, and nearly ten years as a tenured associate professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Professor Pumera's pioneering research has fundamentally advanced nanomaterials science and microsystem engineering through groundbreaking work in electrochemistry and synthetic chemistry of 2D nanomaterials, nanotoxicity, and micro and nanomachines. His extraordinary scholarly output comprises over 900 publications with more than 77,000 citations, earning him recognition as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics from 2017-2022 and establishing him as the most cited chemist in the Czech Republic. His interdisciplinary approach has yielded innovative materials and technologies with significant applications in energy, medicine, and environmental science, as evidenced by his recent 2025 ACS Nano publication on single-atom colloidal nanorobotics for corneal injury repair. This extensive body of work demonstrates his consistent ability to bridge chemical, engineering, and biomedical disciplines to solve complex scientific challenges.
Beyond his research achievements, Professor Pumera has profoundly shaped the scientific community through his extensive mentorship of over 30 PhD students, 8 master's students, 50 undergraduate students, and 100 postdocs, with more than 25 alumni now holding leadership positions at universities worldwide. His distinctive research philosophy emphasizes connecting diverse scientific domains rather than deepening single-specialty knowledge, a strategy he likens to discovering valuable deposits between already mined areas. Having secured over 33 million euros in research funding as principal investigator, he continues to expand his laboratory's capacity to cultivate the next generation of scientists who will lead their own research groups. Professor Pumera's current work focuses on advancing the frontiers of nanorobotics, 3D printing, and energy innovation, positioning his laboratories at the forefront of developing technologies that address pressing global challenges in healthcare, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing.
