Václav Hampl

Václav Hampl, RNDr., Dr.Sc. (born 1962) is a Czech physiologist, a former rector of Charles University in Prague, and a member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Hampl was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1962. He received his PhD from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1990. He did postgraduate work at the University of Minnesota Medical School and, since 2002, has been a professor of physiology at Charles University in Prague. His research has focused on the pulmonary circulation and its use of nitric oxide as a signaling agent. His research publications have been cited more than 2500 times, his H-index is 22.

In February 2006, Hampl became the 507th rector of Charles University. After serving two four-years terms stipulated by law, he stepped down on Jan. 31, 2014, leaving the university in the hands of his elected successor Tomáš Zima.

In 2006-2011 Hampl served in the association of rectors of public, state and private higher education institutions in the Czech Republic, the Czech Rectors Conference, as its Vice-President for public relations and foreign affairs, and Vice-President for creative activities, respectively; in 2011-2014 he served as its President.

In 2009 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Europaeum.

In 2010-2011 he served as the Chair of the Bioethical Committee of the Czech Republic.

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