Born:                1946, Kolin, Czechoslovakia

Education and carrier:

1964-1969    Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Specialization: Electronics and Vacuum Physics.
1970-1982    Assistant Scientist, Institute of Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CSAS), Prague
1982                CSc (Equivalent to PhD), Thesis: Spin-wave resonance in thin metallic films excited by inhomogeneous field.
1982                Junior Scientist, Department of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, CSAS, Prague
1990                Senior scientist, Department of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, CSAS, Prague
1999                Head of the Group of relaxations and Time-Dependent Effects, Department of Magnetism, Institute of Physics, CSAS, Prague
2005                DSc, Thesis: Magnetic properties of high temperature superconductors.
2009                Head of the Department of Magnetism and Low Temperatures, Institute of Physics, ASCR, v.v.i., Prague

Stays abroad:

1992                 Institute of Thin Films and Ion Technique in Jülich, Germany (2 months)
1993                 Free University of Amsterdam (3 months)
1998                 Superconductivity Research Laboratory ISTEC, Tokyo, Japan (3 months)
2000                 Superconductivity Research Laboratory ISTEC and Iwate University, Morioka, Japan (4 months)
2001-2003     Institute for Material Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (3x 1 month)
2006                 Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (1 month)