Curriculum vitae

Education and academic qualification

• 2023, Prof., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Applied Mechanics

• 2011, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Applied Mechanics

• 2004, Ph.D., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Engineering Mechanics

• 2000, Ing., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, branch Applied Mechanics

Career overview

• 2023 - to date, professor, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, FEM BUT Brno, Department of Engineering Mechanics.

• 2022 - to date, head of Department of Mechanical Properties of the Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• 2011 - 2023, associate professor, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, FEM BUT Brno, Deptartment of Statics and Strength of Material.

• 2011 - 2022, head of High Cycle Fatigue Group of the Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

• 2005 - to date, research fellow, High Cycle Fatigue Group, Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

• 2005 - 2011, external lecturer, FEM BUT Brno.

• 2004 - 2005, post-doc, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Paris, France.

Pedagogic activities

• Strength of Materials II

• Limit States of Materials 

• Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

• Advanced Fracture Mechanics

• Limit States of Metal Structures

Scientific activities

• fatigue of materials and lifetime estimations

• fracture mechanics

• general singular stress concentrators

Author or co-author more than 135 papers published in reviewed journals (WoS) and more than 300 papers published in conference proceedings.

Non-University activities

• 2007 - 2012, Secretary of the Supervisory Broard, Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

• 2012 - 2017, Vice-chairman of Supervisory Board, Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

• 2017 - to date, Member of Board of the Institution, Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

• 2017 - to date, METHODOLOGY 17+, Member of the panel of evaluators in the area 2. Engineering and Technology.

• 2020 - to date, Member of the National Innovation Platform in the field of Transport for the 21st century.

• 2022 - to date, Member of the Academic Assembly of the Czech Academy of Sciencies.

Sum of citations (without self-citations) indexed within ISI Web of Knowledge

850