CURRICULUM VITAE

Name and surname:   Michal Novotný

E-mail:                        novotnym [at] fzu [dot] cz (novotnym[at]fzu[dot]cz)

Phone:                        +420266052468

Official Address:         Department of Analysis of Functional Materials, Institute of Physics AS CR v.v.i, Na Slovance 2, 182 00, Prague, Czechia

Nationality:                 Czech

Education:

2009 – 2011       Bc. - Czech Technical University in Prague, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Specialization in Pedagogy

                          (Bc. project: “Excursion and placement in the Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i. for secondary school education”)

2002 – 2006      Ph.D. - CzechTechnical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Dep. Physical Electronics

                           (Ph.D. thesis: ”Hybrid laser deposition systems”)

1996 – 2002     M.Sc. - Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Dep. Physical Electronics

Professional career:

2017 – present    University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

                            Department of Physics and Measurements

                            (assistant professor)

2000 – present    Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences

                           Department of Analysis of Functional Materials, Group of Laser Technologies

                           (senior scientist, deputy head of department, group leader)

2012 – 2013        Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Lyon, France

                            Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Luminescents - UMR 5620

                            (Project: Preparation, laser annealing and characterizations of optically active nanostructured thin films)

2007                    Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA), Italy

                            (Project: Deposition and characterization of metal-dielectric films)

2004 – 2005        National Centre for Plasma Science & Technology, Dublin City University, Ireland, Marie Curie Host Fellowship

                            (Project: ZnO-based material systems for ICT applications - Preparation of nitrogen doped ZnO thin film using pulsed laser deposition and ECR plasma source)

2002 – 2003        Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece

                            Laboratory of Materials Structure and Laser Physics, EU Fellowship

                            (Project: Laser plasma imaging by CCD camera)

Professional skills:

• thin film deposition techniques (PLD, magnetron sputtering, ion beam sputtering, e-beam and thermal evaporation)
• hybrid laser deposition systems - combinations of PLD and discharges, magnetron sputtering, ion beam and e-beam evaporation
• preparation of nanostructured, multilayered, gradient and doped thin films
• chemical gas sensors – chemiresistors, QCM, luminescent, multivariable gas sensors
• in-situ monitoring techniques of film growth and processing – electrical and optical properties
• plasma discharges (DC, pulsed DC, RF, MW, ECR) 
• plasma diagnostics (optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy)
• material properties characterization (photoluminescence spectroscopy, spectrophotometry, ellipsometry, Hall measurements, thermally stimulated phenomena)
• laser processing and annealing
• computer automation and control

Language skills:

• English – fluently, German  – intermediate, Greek, French and Italian – basic

Other skills:

• Computers - programming: LabView, Pascal, VisualBasic, HTML, MS Office

Projects:

Principal investigator:

• Advanced techniques of visualization of dactyloscopic traces, Ministry of the Interior, VK01010022, 2023-2026
• Novel thermoelectric, thermovoltaic, and phonoelectric heat conversion systems based on nitrides semiconductors, GACR 23-07228S, 2023-2025
• Gas sensor materials with combined photoluminescent, electrical, and mass-sensitive readout, CAS Czech-Estonia, EstAV-21-08, 2021-2023
• Advanced in-situ monitoring of structural changes of optically active materials during laser annealing, GACR 18-17834S, 2018-2021
• Thin films for optoelectronics and sensors - preparation and defects investigation, CAS Czech-Latvia, LZA-19-01, 2019-2022
• Development of nanophosphors and thin films for optical gas sensing, CAS Czech-Estonia, EST-18-01, 2018-2020
• Thin films for optoelectronics - preparation and defects investigation, CAS Czech-Latvia, LZA-16-01, 2016-2018
• Growth of luminescent ceramic films doped with silver nanoparticles for the solar radiation adaptation in photovoltaic cells, MEYS 7AMB14FR010, 2014-2015
• Preparation, laser annealing and characterizations of optically active nanostructured thin films, CAS, M100101271, 2012-2013
• Rare-earth doped oxyfluoride nanostructures, MEYS Program Barrande Czech-France, 7AMB12FR034, 2012-2013
• Deposition and characterization of nanostructured hard coatings with tailored optical properties, Czech-Slovenia, MEYS MEB 091125, 2011-2012 
• Advanced system for monitoring of the growth of metal nanostructures on dielectric substrate, GACR GP202/09/P324, 2009-2011
• Characterization and influence of plasma parameters on the growth of nanostructured silver thin film by magnetron sputtering, Vakuum Praha, 2010

Co-investigator:

• Black metals surface-decorated by MXenes as sensitive chemiresistor layers, GACR 23-05002S, 2023-2025
• Black metals for utilization in quartz crystal microbalance gas sensors, GACR 18-09347S, 2018-2020 
• Advanced materials for photovoltaics: substituted phthalocyanine organocomplexes, GACR 14-10279S, 2014-2016

Key team member:

• Sensors and Detectors for Information Society (SENDISO), task leader, MEYS CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004596, 2024-2028
• Black metals decorated with surface receptors as high-potentiality materials for gas sensing, V4+Japan, MEYS, Visegrad Funds, 2021-2024
• Lithographic ultrasonic arrays from smart materials for Industry 4.0, TACR FW01010279, 2020-2024
• Solid state physics for the 21st century, MEYS, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000760, 2018-2023
• Upscaling magnetron sputtering head for black metal coatings fabrication, GAMA2, 2022 
• Compact measuring system for chemical gas sensor substrates KBS4, GAMA2, 2022 
• Giant enhancement of Faraday rotation by combining magnetic nad plasmonic functionalities in fluoride films, GACR 20-21069S, 2020-2022
• Nanostructured heterojunctions for chemiresistors, GACR 19-02804S, 2019-2021
• Chemiresistors Based on Nanocomposite Layers for Gas Detection, MPO FV20350, 2017-2021
• Detection mechanisms on chemiresistors with a sensitive layer based on nanostructured oxides, GACR 17-13427S, 2017-2019
• Development of novel low-loss materials for plasmonic applications, GACR 17-05770S, 2017-2019
• Fluoride nanostructural thin films with outstanding optical and luminescence properties, GACR 16-22092S, 2016-2018
• Precision multifunctional coatings in vacuum and microwaves devices, TACR TA03010490, 2013-2016
• Novel materials for magneto-optical applications, GACR 13-30397S, 2013-2016
• Investigation of point defects in ZnO and their interaction with hydrogen and nitrogen, GACR P108/11/0958, 2011-2015
• Detection layers based on composites of organocomplexes and nanoparticles for chemical sensors, GACR P108/11/1298, 2011-2014
• Development of novel hybrid deposition techniques for preparation of nanostructured fluoride thin films exhibiting outstanding fluorescent properties, GAAV IAA100100729, 2007-2010
• Self-organized magnetic nanostructures, GAAV KAN400100653, 2006-2010
• Metal-dielectric nanostructures for optics, GAAV IAA100100718, 2007-2009
• New ways of magnetic nanocomposite (spinel ferrites) preparation and study of its physical properties, GACR 106/07/0949, 2007-2009
• Study of plasma formed in hybrid arrangement of pulsed laser deposition, GACR GA202/06/0216, 2006-2008
• The profit of parameters of ZrO₂ and hydroxyapatite bioceramic films and cells therapy for dental implants osseointegration, NR8512, 2005-2007
• Nanocrystalline structures in thin optical waveguides prepared by combination of pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering techniques, GAAV KJB1010417, 2004-2006
• Novel laser-based hybrid technologies for thin film deposition, GAAV IAA1010110, 2001-2005

Pedagogy:

• lecturer at University of Chemistry and Technology (Physics of thin films and surfaces, Metrology, Sensors and Sensor Systems, Technology and Properties of Sensing Layers, Measuring and Control Engineering: Laboratory) 
  • supervisor: 1 PhD student, 2 MSc. and 5 Bc. students,
  • co-supervisor – 4 PhD students
• supervisor: 4 students (The Secondary school of Telecommunication and Broadcasting Technologies, Prague)
• international and national students stays in FZU (3 students)
• consultant – Bc., MSc. and Ph.D. theses

Awards: Marie Curie Fellowship, Preciosa Foundation, Stanislav Hanzl Foundation

Conferences organization: “V4-Japan workshop on Chemical gas sensors and nanostructured materials”, 30-31 July 2024, FZU Prague

Publications: 110 publications, 101 in impacted journals, 156 conference contributions, patents: 4, h-index: 18