Curriculum vitae

Brigadier General prof. RNDr. Zuzana Kročová, Ph.D., graduated from physical chemistry at the Faculty of Science of today Masaryk University. In 1993, she joined the Military Medical Academy, which transformed into the Faculty of Military Health Studies under the University of Defence in 2004. She has been appointed the head of the Department of molecular pathology and biology focusing on highly infectious biological agents. She is an expert in the protection against biological substances.

She completed doctoral studies in clinical immunology at the Palacky University’s Medical Faculty in 2001 and her habilitation procedures in infection biology programme at the Faculty of Military Health Sciences of the University of Defence in 2013. On 10 April 2021, she was appointed professor degree in Infectious Biology by the President of the Czech Republic based on the proposal presented by the Scientific Committee of the University of Defence and received the Letter of Professor Degree Appointment from the Deputy Minister of Defence on 20 April 2021.

She became military professional in 2006 and completed General Staff Course in 2015. The Academic Senate of the University of Defence elected her candidate rector at the session on 16 June. President of the Republic appointed her the rector-commandant of the University of Defence on 29 July 2020 for the period in office from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2024. As of 8 May 2021, the President of the Czech Republic promoted her to Brigadier General rank.