Vojtěch Bližňák

Position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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Phone: +420 272 016 051
Room: 121
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Education:

  • 2002-2005 – Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava
  • 2005-2007 - Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague (M.S.); Diploma thesis title: “The analysis of short-term rainfalls and their relationship to orography of the Czech republic”
  • 2010 – Rigorosum (RNDr.); Diploma thesis accepted as a rigorosum thesis
  • 2007-2011 – Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague (Ph.D.); Doctoral thesis title: “The exploitation of remote sensing measurements for the analysis and development of rainfalls”.

Study and research fellowships:

  • 2006/2007 – Faculty of Geography and development, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France (study fellowship, 5 months)
  • 2009 – National Centre for Meteorological Research, Météo-France, Toulouse, France (doctoral research fellowship, 3 months)
  • 2013 – Dom Luiz Institute, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (postdoctoral research fellowship, 10 months)

Employment and academic experience:

  • 2008-present: Department of Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic

Professional interests:

Algorithms development using satellite observations for very-short range forecasting of heavy convective precipitation

Quantitative precipitation estimates derived from radar and satellite measurements


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Other:

Sport (mountain bike, in-line skates, swimming, etc.), travelling, culture, etc.