Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 1981, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno
• 1994, the degree of the Candidate of Sciences (CSc.) – equivalent to PhD, defended at Comenius University, Bratislava
• 1998, Associate Professor, habilitation thesis defended at Masaryk University in Brno.
• 2005, Professor of Applied Physics at Brno University of Technology
• 2006, Director of IPE FME BUT in Brno

Career overview

• 1982-1983, Study period at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno
• 1983-1986, research worker, TESLA company in Brno
• 1986-1998, Assistant Professor IPE BUT
• 1998-2005, Associate Professor IPE BUT
• 2005- present, Full professor of Applied Physics in IPE BUT
• 1999 - present Head of Solid State Physics and Surface Science Division in IPE BUT
• 2010  - present, Member of the preparation committee forf CEITEC, MU Brno (part-time job - 0.2)

Pedagogic activities

• Courses/ Services for Students
• Advanced Physical Technologies (Master course)
• Solid State Physics (Master course)
• Surfaces and Thin Films (Master course)
• Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces (Master course)
• Advanced Laboratory Experiments I, II (Master course)
• Nanotechnology (PhD course)
• Supervisor of Diploma and PhD theses (7 PhD students at this moment)
• Coordinator of the Erasmus mobility exchange scheme at IPE BUT

Scientific activities

• Surface Science, Thin Film Physics, Nanotechnology
• Modification of surfaces and etching of microstructures/nanostructures by ion beams
• Development and application of ion beam assisted deposition technique (IBAD) for preparation of metal, oxide and nitride thin films and multilayers
• Development and application of ultravacuum (UHV) equipment for ion assisted molecular beam deposition (Ga, GaN)
• Study of interaction of microparticles (atoms, molecules and ions) with surfaces
• Application of SPM (STM/AFM) for fabrication of nanostructures
• Study of electric and photonic properties of nanostructures
• Development and application of in situ analytical and microscopic methods Study of interaction of SPM local probes with surfaces
• UHV technique

University activities

• the principal organizer of the five international summer schools held at Tři Studně (ČR): Advanced Technology Study Institute (1993), The International Summer School on Measurement and Modelling of Surfaces and Thin Films (1996) - supported by IUVSTA, the International Summer School on New Trends in Surface and Thin Films Physics and Engineering (1999), the International Summer School on the Role of Physics in Future Applications: from Nanotechnology to Macroelectronics, The International Summer School on Science and Technology at Nanoscale (2005);
• the coordinator of the two European TEMPUS projects No. JEP-02559-91 and No. JEN -02559 CZ in the field of advanced material technologies – 13 universities involved (1991-94 and 1995-96, respectively)
• the deputy coordinator of the EU COPERNICUS project: Development of In-situ Monitoring Technologies for the Control of Advanced Surface Processing System, project COPERNICUS, No. CIPA - CT94 - 0224 (1995 - 97)
• participation in the international research programmes Synthesis of GaN films by low energy ion beams (BUT – Arizona State University, 1999 – 2001), and Application of STM in a study of atomic surface structures (BUT, Vienna University of Technology, 2001 – 2002); Application of TOF-LEIS for analysis of ultrathin films (VUT, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2003 - 2004), A study of the formation of very first layers of thin films by STM and STS (BUT, Vienna University of Technology, 2004 – 2005), TOF-LEIS in analysis of ultrathin films (VUT, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 2005 – 2006.

Non-University activities

• member of the board of the Czech Vacuum Society - since 1999
• alternate councillor in IUVSTA (International Union on Vacuum Science, Technology and Applications) - since 2003
• member of the board of the Czech Nanoteam (www. fzu.cz/~nanoteam)
• member of the American Vacuum Society (since 1996)

Prizing by scientific community

• silver medal of Brno University of Technology for the significant achievements in science (2000)
• official letter appreciating the coordination of international cooperation within the EU Tempus project by the rector of Masaryk University (1994)

Projects

• Synthesis of GaN expitaxial layers, BUT and Arizona State University (1999-2001)
• Application of STM and STS for the study of atomic surface structures, BUT and Vienna University of Technology (2001-2002)
• A study of the formation of very first layers of thin films by STM and STS, BUT and Vienna University of Technology (2004-2005)
• Application of TOF-LEIS for analysis of ultrathin films, BUT and Linz University (2003-2004)
• TOF-LEIS in analysis of ultrathin films, BUT and Linz University (2005-2006)
• Depth profiling of ultrathin layered structures (2003)
• Photoemission study of Ga (GaN) ultrathin layers and nanostructures (2004)
• Photoemission study of Ga superstructures and ultrathin films (2005)
• Photoemission study of Ga superstructures and ultrathin films – the influence of hydrogen (2006)
• Application of STM and STS for the study of atomic surface structures, BUT and Vienna University of Technology (2000)
• Structures for the fundamental research – structures for nanophotonics and nanoelectronics, principle investigator Tomáš Šikola (2006-2010)
• Progressive functionally gradient and nanostructured materials, co-investigator Tomáš Šikola (2000-2004)
• Inorganic nanomaterials and nanostructures, co-investigator Tomáš Šikola (2005-2010)
• Study of ultrathin layers by photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray optical reflection (2002-2004)
• Design and construction of a UV optical instrument for in situ monitoring of surface homogenity of thin films grown by IBAD (2002-2004)
• Nanoscience and nanotechnology by probe microscopes: from atomic scale phenomena to material properties (2004-2008)
• Functional hybrid nanosystems of semiconductors and metals with organic materials (2007 - 2011)
• Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy Platform for Research and Development in Nano and Microtechnologies - AMISPEC (TACR, 2012 - 2020)

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