Prof. Anna Strunecka

1961– 1966 – Faculty of Sciences, biology and chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 1970 – Ph.D. in normal and pathological physiology 1988 – D.Sc. in physiology Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 1989 – Professor of Physiology 1981–199O Head of the Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague 2007 retired 2007–2012 Laboratory of Biochemical Neuropharmacology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague Strunecka has over 30 years´ experience teaching biologists, biochemists, toxicologists, and biophysicists. She is the author of five textbooks. She was the supervisor of 47 gradual students and 15 postgraduate students, and the chairman of the Board for doctoral thesis in physiology. Her scientific work has been focused on the physiological role of inositol lipids and calcium. She has urged the health risks of fluoridated drinking water and several food additives. She published 14 scientific-popular books in the Czech, three of them became bestsellers (www.strunecka.cz). In the years 2002–2003 she was the coordinator of the proposal for grant of the EC EU European Fluoride and Aluminium Network of Excellence (EFANE) to priority Food Quality and Safety. The EFANE consortium consisted of 357 participants from 17 countries. The objective of EFANE was to integrate health risks exposure to fluoride and aluminum from environmental sources.