Education
- 1988 Ph.D. from Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague
- Ph.D. Thesis: “Application of atomic operators to the study of strongly correlated systems“
- 1982 M.Sc. from Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague
- Finished – summa cum laude, Diploma in Natural Sciences (title RNDr.)
- Diploma Thesis: ”Supergravity”
Fields of specialization
- Modelling and theory of epitaxial growth
- Nanostructures at surfaces
- Surface diffusion, surface phase transitions
- Self-organized critical phenomena
- Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
- Computer simulations
Main research activities
- Calculation of Curie temprature of thin films
- Modeling of surface nanostructures
- Kinetic roughening in growth models
- Dynamics of growth in systems with impurities
- Ordering during growth of two-component materials
- Calculations of energy barriers for diffusion on surfaces
- Methodology of kinetic Monte Carlo
Employment history
- January, 1993 — Present
Researcher, Dpt. of the Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Academy of Science of Czech Republic, Prague - January, 1992 — December, 1992
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Condensed Matter Group of INFM, University of Genova - January, 1991 — December, 1991
Researcher, Dpt. of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Prague - October, 1990 — December, 1990
post-doctoral stay in Condensed Matter Group of ICTP Trieste, Italy - October, 1989 — September, 1990
post-doctoral stay in Condensed Matter Group of SISSA, Trieste, Italy - January, 1988 — September, 1989
Research Associate, Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Prague - January, 1984 — December, 1987
Ph.D. study (formerly CSc., supervisor Dr. V. Drchal) – theory of condensed matter,
Dpt. of the Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Prague - August, 1982 — December, 1983
study stay – appointed at the Dpt. of High Energy, Institute of Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prague
Personal information
- Born December 28, 1957 in Příbram, Czechoslovakia
- Married to Jindřiška Kotrlová, two sons Jakub and Jan