Condensed matter theory and statistical physics

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2007)
Advisor: Prof. Vaclav Vitek
Thesis: Development of physically based plastic flow rules for body-centered cubic metals with temperature and strain rate dependencies

Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, Brno University of Technology and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic (2003)
Advisor: Prof. Zdenek Knesl
Thesis: Characterization of fracture-mechanical behavior of bimaterial V-notches using BEM

M.S. (Hons.) in Engineering Mechanics, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic (1999)
Advisor: Dr. Zdenek Florian
Thesis: Two-parameter fracture mechanics: Calculation of the Q-factor using FEM

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Construction and Architecture, Slovakia (2001)
Visiting scholar
Advisor: Prof. Jan Sladek, Prof. Vladimir Sladek
Field: Fundamentals of the Boundary Element Methods, Singular integrals and methods of regularization of hypersingular kernels, Contour integrals for calculation of the stress intensity factors and T-stresses in linear-elastic fracture mechanics.

Tampere University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Finland (1998)
Internship within the Tempus project of EU
Advisor: Prof. Juhani Koski
Field: The Finite Element Method, Fracture Mechanics, Simulations in Matlab

Postdoctoral research associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division (2007-09)
Theoretical Physics and Complex Systems, Center for Nonlinear Studies

Seaborg postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory (2007-09)

Teaching assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2004, 2006)
Course: MSE-460: Computational Materials Science

Research associate, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics of Materials (2000-02)
Group of high cycle fatigue, Advisor: Prof. Zdenek Knesl

Lecturer, Brno University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic (2000-02)
Course: Strength of Materials II. (rings, cylinders and shells)

Military service, Air Forces of the Czech Republic (1999-2000)

Otto Wichterle prize "for outstanding young researchers of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic", Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (2010)

S.J.Stein prize "for superior achievement in the field of new or unique materials or applications for materials in electronics", University of Pennsylvania (2007)

Rector's prize "for excellence in Ph.D. research", Brno University of Technology (2003)

Dean's prize, Graduate research competition, Brno University of Technology (2001)

Rector's prize "for outstanding Master's thesis", Brno University of Technology (1999)

American Physical Society, member (since 2005)
Division of Materials Physics
Four Corners Section (Colorado-New Mexico-Arizona-Utah)

International Advisory Committee, member (2012)
International Symposium on Plasticity

Languages: Czech (native), English (fluent), Russian (intermediate)
Operating systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows XP
Programming: Fortran 77/90, C/C++ (Qt), Matlab, Perl, awk, Ansys APDL, HTML, LaTeX
Personal interests: Classical black & white photography, history of mathematics and physics, literature, software development, hiking, traveling