Jiri BajgarAssoc. Prof. Jiri Bajgar, M.D., Sc.D.is former Head of the Department of Toxicology (COL. ret), Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove. He is lecturer at the University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Social and Healt Studies. Study interests include the effects of CWA, development of new antidotes against nerve agents including clinical testing and teaching pharmacology and toxicology. He is the author of more than 240 publications and 24 books. He has won many awards including the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1967); Unilever European Fellowship of the Biochemical Society (1969/70); Award of the Czechoslovak Medical Society (1973); European Science Foundation (1993); AACT/AAPCC International Scholarship (1995); Travel Scholarship IITRI Chicago (1996); 1st Prize, Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (2005); IUTOX/SOT Astra Zeneca Award (2007); the Prize of the Rector (University of Defence) for scientific work (2007). Read More Read Less