Jan Pala

Jan Pala is a specialist in microscopy with extensive experience in optical and laser scanning microscopy applications. Pala's career began as a postdoctoral fellow and Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences CR, focusing on holographic diffractive structures. Subsequent roles include serving as a Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Specialist for Central and South East Europe at Mikro, spol. s r.o., followed by a position as Product Specialist at Leica Microsystems. Pala has also contributed as a researcher and lecturer at Charles University, while providing specialist support as a freelancer in high-end optical microscopy since 2013. Additional roles include Ansys advisor at TechSoft Engineering and Customer Support Specialist at abberior, with experience in guiding trekking and skiing trips for ALPINA cestovní kancelář.