Ladislav Novotny
Kuwait University, Kuwait
Biography
Ladislav Novotny got his PharmD from Charles University and his PhD from Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic. He obtained his Specialization in the field of Pharmacology and Toxicology of Drugs. He received a Doctor of Sciences at Slovak Academy of Sciences. He worked at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, at Comenius University in Bratislava and at the Cancer Research Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. He spent a substantial amount of time at M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA. He served as a Dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University from 2003 to 2014. He has authored more than 120 original scientific papers, 36 reviews and 7 patents. His scientific work is in the area of anticancer agents, experimental cancer therapy and in the area of studying physico-chemical and biological properties of various natural and synthetic compounds.