Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 2023, Professor of Applied Physics: Brno University of Technology
• 2014, Habilitation in Applied Physics: Brno University of Technology
• 2006, Ph.D.: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Specialization: Physical and Material engineering
• 2001, Master degree in engineering: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Specialization: Physical engineering

Career overview

• 2018 - present: Research Group Leader, CEITEC BUT, Czech Republic.
• 2014 - present: associate professor, Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 2012 - 2017: Researcher, CEITEC,  Brno University of Technology
• 2008 - 2014: assistant professor, Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology
• 2010-2012: scietific post-doctoral fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany.
• 2005 - 2007: technical staff, Institute of Physical Engineering, Brno University of Technology

Pedagogic activities

• 2006-2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020-2021: Surfaces and thin films (biannually, Lectures, TA)
• 201-: Microscopy and Spectroscopy;
• 2014-: Nanostructure Diagnostics; 
• 2012 - 2020­: Theoretical and continuum mechanics (TA)
• 2005-2009, 2012-: Selected chapters from physics I, physics II, and physics for Bachelors' students
• 2005 – 2009, 2012 – Physics I, II (Mechanics, Electricity, Lectures, TA)
• 2009 Quantum and statistical physics (TA)
• 2002-2005, 2007, 2013- Physics I, II (TA)

Scientific activities

• Molecular self-assembly procesess at surfaces.
• Studies on fundamental processes taking place during surface nanostructures growth. Selective growth of metallic materials on locally modified surfaces.
• Analysis of surfaces and thin films by XPS and SR-PES. Preparation and characterisation of thin films.
• Scanning tunneling microscopy

Academic internships abroad

• 2010 - 2012: Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Marie Curie Fellowship.
• 2003, 2004: 5 and 8 weeks at Material Science Beamline, Elettra Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Trieste.
• 2000: 4 monts (ERASMUS) at University of Salford (UK).

Projects

• 2017 – 2019 Self-assembled layers of molecular nano-magnets on graphene on metal and dielectric substrates, MEYS, InterCost programme, Czech Republic (Principal Investigator, 74 kEur)

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