Education
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1988 - 1991, Doctoral study at the Mathematical Institute of Charles
University, supervisor Professor Jind\v rich Ne\v cas,
the thesis ``On Non-Newtonian Fluids - mathematical theory in bounded
domains'' defended 1992, the degree CSc (Ph.D.)
- 1981 - 1986,
The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
in Prague, program Mathematical analysis, 1981
- 1986, awarded by the
degree RNDr. (Rerum Naturalium Doctor = M.S.)
Professional Experiences:
since December 1998: Associate Professor at
the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague;
January 1998 September 1998: Research Scientist at
the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A\&M University,
College Station, USA, joint research with Prof. K.R. Rajagopal;
since September 1997: Head of the Department of the Mathematical
Modeling at the Mathematical Institute of the Charles
University;
since September 1994: Assistant Professor
at the Department of Mathematical Modeling at the Mathematical Institute
of the Charles University, the responsibility for the undergraduate
program ``Mathematical Modeling in Science and Technology'';
April 1992 - August 1994: Research Assistant at
the Institute of Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Analysis,
Bonn, Germany, joint research with
Professor Jens Frehse and Dr. Michael R\accent23 u\v zi\v cka;
October 1991 - March 1992: Research Assistant at
Mathematical Institute of Charles University, Prague;
1988 - 1991: Ph.D student at the Mathematical Institute
of Charles University, Prague;
1987 - 1988: Instructor at the Mathematical Institute of
Charles University, Prague, numerical simulation of transonic flow;
1986 - 1987: Army.
Research collaborators:
J. Frehse (University of Bonn, Germany), J. Necas (Prague and
DeKalb, USA), A. Novotny (University of Toulon, France),
K.R. Rajagopal (Texas A\&M University, USA), M. Rokyta (Prague),
M. Ruzicka (Freiburg, Germany), M. Steinhauer (Bonn,
Germany), M. E. Schonbek (Santa Cruz, USA), V. Sverak
(Minnesota, USA), S. Turek (Dortmund, Germany)
Honors:
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The Award of the Bolzano Foundation} at the Charles University,
for a collection of papers on ``A class of non
- Newtonian fluids'',
November, 1995
Editorial Board membership:
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Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, member of the Advisory
Board, April 2002
- December 2004,
- Applications of Mathematics vice-editor-in-chief (fluid
mechanics section), September 2002 - August 2007
- Executive editor of Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, February
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July, 1996 and May
- September, 2000.
Research visits:
University of Bonn, Germany, August, 2002 (a month stay)
University of K\" oln, Germany, July, 2002 (a week stay, an invited lecture)
University of Parma, Italy, February, 2002 (a week stay, an invited lecture)
University of Bonn, Germany, September, 2001 (a two week stay)
University of Bonn, Germany, June, July 2001 (a four weeks stay)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, July 2001 (a week stay)
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA, February 2001 (a week stay)
University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, January 2001 (a week stay,
an invited lecture)
Texas A\&M University, College Station, USA, January 2001 (a two weeks stay)
University of Bonn, Germany, November, December 2000 (a two weeks stay)
University of Dortmund, Germany, September 2000 (a week stay)
University of Paris 7, France, March, 1999 (a month stay)
University of Bonn, Germany, October, November 1998 (a week stay)
University of Bonn, Germany, October, November 1998 (a week stay)
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota,
Mineapolis (USA), May, 1998 (a week stay)
University of Bonn, Germany, October, November 1997 (six weeks stay)
University of Lisbon, Portugal, October 1996 (a week, an invited lecture)
University of Bonn, Germany, August, September 1996 (a month stay)
University of Toulon, France, January, 1996 (a month)
University of Bonn, August 1995 (a month)
University of Toulon, May-June, 1995 (two months)
University of Zurich, Swiss, February 1995 (a week, an invited lecture)
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Pittsburgh, USA, January, 1995 (a month)
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Pittsburgh, March, 1994 (a month)
University of Toulon, June, 1993, (two weeks)
University of Heidelberg, March, 1992, (a week)
Conferences and Seminars:
International conference on NavierStokes Equations and related
topics NSEQ8, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, September 1118, 2002
(invited lecture)
Second Czech-French Conference ``Mathematical Fluid Mechanics'',
Trest (Czech Republic), July 6 11, 2002 (lecture
and organizer)
Closing Meeting of ``SFB256'', Bonn (Germany), May 1314, 2002
Workshop ``Prague-Heidelberg'', Heidelberg, December 8-9, 2001
(invited lecture)
International Conference ``Topics of Regularity in Partial
Differential Equations'', Lisboa (Portugal), November 8-10, 2001
(invited speaker)
Workshop on ``Hydrodynamical limits:results and perspecives'', Wien
(Austria), October 22-24, 2001 (invited lecture)
EQUADIFF 10, Prague, 27-31 August, 2001 (participant and organizer)
Summer School ``Simulation of fluid and structure interaction'',
Prague, 19-29 August, 2001 (participant)
Seventh Paseky School ``Mathematical Thoery in Fluid Mechanics'',
Paseky (Czech Republic), June 3-10, 2001 (short communication, organizer)
Colloqium Praha-Bratislava on evolutionary equations,
Bratislava (Slovakia), March 29-31, 2001 (invited lecture)
International Conference ``Algoritmy2002'', Podbansk\'{e} (Slovakia),
September 1016, 2000 (lecture)
Fourth Summer Conference on Numerical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics, Prague,
August, 2000
EVEQ 2000, international summer school on evolutionary equations,
Prague, July, 2000
First Czech-French Conference ``Mathematical Fluid Mechanics'',
Marseille (France), March 20 24, 2000 (invited lecture)
International Workshop ``Fluid Mechanics 2000'',
Chennai (India), January 11-15, 2000 (series of lectures)
International Conference on Partial Differential Equations and
Applications, Palacky University of Olomouc, December 1317, 1999
(invited lecture)
International Conference on Differential Equations and Nonlinear
Mechanics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, March 1719, 1999
(invited lecture)
Minisemester on Nonlinear PDE's: existence, regularity and singularity
of solutions, Banach Center,
Warsaw (Poland), September, 1998, (invited lecture)
PDE Prague 98, international conference, Prague, August, 1998
(lecture)
Lefschetz Center for Dynamical Systems Seminar, Brown University,
Providence (USA), March 9, 1998 (invited lecture)
Equadiff 9, Brno (Czech Republic), August 25 29, 1997
(plenary lecture\footnotemark[(*)])
Workshop ``Stability for Classical and
non-Newtonian fluids'', Oberwolfach, Germany, August 10 - 16, 1997
Third European Conference on Elliptic and Parabolic Problems,
Pont-a-Mou\-sson (France), June 16-20, 1997 (lecture)
International Confererence on ``Applied Analysis'', Lisabon
(Portugal), February 26 - March 1, 1997 (invited lecture)
International Conference on Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations in
unbounded domains, Nantes (France), September 5-7, 1996 (invited lecture)
International Conference on Euler and Navier-Stokes Equations in
unbounded domains, Nantes (France), September 5-7, 1996 (invited lecture)
The Second World Congress of Nonlinear Analysts, Athens (Greece),
July, 1996 (invited lecture in the Session: Nonlinear Analysis of
Continuous Media)
the Second Seminar: ``Euler and Navier-Stokes equations (Theory,
Numerical solution, Applications), Prague, (Czech Republic),
April 3-5, 1996 (lecture)
Fourth International Conference on Navier-Stokes Equations and Related
Nonlinear Problems, Toulon (France), May, 1995 (invited lecture)
International Conference on Recent Advances in Non-Linear Fluid
Dynamics and Related Topics, Pittsburgh (USA), February 6-8, 1995
(invited lecture)
Minisemester on Nonlinear PDE's and their applications, Banach Center,
Warsaw (Poland), November, 1994, (3 invited lectures)
STAMM 94, Lisboa (Portugal), July, 1994 (invited lecture)
The Navier-Stokes Equations: Theory and Numerical Methods,
Oberwolfach (Germany), June, 1994 (invited lecture)
Third International Conference on Navier-Stokes Equations and Related
Nonlinear Problems, Madeira (Portugal), May, 1994 (invited lecture)
EQUADIFF 8, Bratislava (Slovakia), August, 1993 (short communication)
School on Stability and Wave Propagation in Fluids and Solids, Udine,
(Italy), May, 1993 (participation)
International Workshop on Navier-Stokes Equations, Cento (Italy),
February, 1993 (invited lecture)
International Summer School on Evolution equations EVEQ 92, Prague,
June, 1992 (participation)
International Workshop on Navier-Stokes Equations and Unbounded
Do\-mains, Ferrara, January, 1992 (invited lecture)
Winter School on Navier-Stokes Equations, Paseky, December, 1991
(two lectures)
Fourth Summer School on Dynamical systems, Bratislava, June, 1991
(participation)
Summer Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics, Prague,
August, 1990 (poster session)
EQUADIFF 7, Prague, 1989 (participation)
Other Relevant Experience:
Manager of the undergraduate program
Mathematical Modeling in
Science and Technology, 1991 -- 1992, 1994 --
The member of Organizing Committee:
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Mechanics, Eighth School,
Paseky, June, 2003
Mathematical Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Czech-French Conference, July,
T\v{r}e\v{s}\v{t}, 2002
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Mechanics, Seventh School,
Paseky, June, 2001
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Mechanics, Sixth School,
Paseky, September 1999
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Mechanics, Fifth Winter School,
Paseky, December 1997
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Winter School,
Paseky, December 1995
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Mechanics, Third Winter School,
Paseky, December 1993
Mathematical Theory in Fluid Dynamics, Second Winter School,
Paseky, December 1992
Navier-Stokes Equations, Winter School
Paseky, December 1991
Second Summer Conference on Numerical Modeling in
Continuum Mechanics, Prague, August 1994
Summer Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics, Prague,
August 1990
ItalianCzechoslovak Colloquium on Finite Elasticity, Plasticity and
Calculus of Variations, Dob\v richovice, October 1991
Teaching Experience:
Courses presented regularly at the
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague:
- Calculus
- Linear Algebra
- Mathematical Analysis for Physicists (four semester course)
- Modern Theory of Partial Differential equations
- Classical Methods in Partial Differential Equations
- Ordinary Differential Equations
- Navier-Stokes Equations
- Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Hyperbolic Systems (analysis of
nonlinear systems of partial differential equations)
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{\bf Thesis supervised:}
- Dalibor Prazak (Ph.D.,mathematical analysis, 2001)
- Jaroslav Hron (Ph.D., mathematical modelling, 2001)
- Petr Castulik (Ph.D., mathematical modelling, in progress)
- Jakub Skrobanek (Ph.D., mathematical modelling, in progress)
- Jaroslav Hron (M.S., 1996)
- Dalibor Prazak (M.S., 1997)
- Petr Castulik (M.S., 1999)
- Petr Jurus (M.S., 1999)
- Marek Kobera (M.S., 1999)
- Michal Franta (M.S., 2002)
- Martin Lanzendorfer (M.S., in progress)
- Miroslav Bulicek (M.S., in progress)