Education and Appointments
since 2008   Deputy Head of Department of Thermodynamics
since 2004   Head of Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer
since 1996   Institute of Thermomechanics, AS CR, v. v. i.
1994              CSc.-degree (equivalent to Ph.D.) „Coanda effect used for impinging drying“
1985-1995   SVÚSS Prague-Běchovice (National Research Institute for Machine Design) as research assistant,
                       then researcher, finally the head of Laboratory of Impingement Drying
1985             Ing. (equivalent to M.Sc.), Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Stays abroad
2000–2001 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (5 months)
1998–1999 and 2002–2003 National Taiwan University, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Taiwan R.O.C. (2 years)
1990             ITTF, Institute of Technical Thermophysics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
                      (2 months with Prof. E.P. Dyban)

Publications
185 papers in various journals and conference proceedings, 33 of them are in „impacted journals”;
42 research reports, and six Patent Certificates granted from USA (2), Taiwan R.O.C. (2) and CR(2).

Citations: Number of citations recorded by ISI Web of Knowledge (without self-citations) is 175.