| Education |
| 1993 | Ph.D. degree (in Czech nomenclature CSc.) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Thermomechanics, Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics |
| 1988 | MSc. degree (in Czech nomenclature Ing.) Czech Technical University in Prague, Mechanical Engineering |
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| Experience |
| 2006 | head of the National Committee of the IAPWS (International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam) |
| 2005 | head of the Department of Thermodynamics of the Institute of Thermomechanics |
| 1998–2004 | deputy head of the Department of Thermodynamics of the Institute of Thermomechanics |
| 1997 | head of the Laboratory of Kinetics of Phase Transitions of the Institute of Thermomechanics |
| 1995 | researcher at the Institute of Thermomechanics, Department of Thermodynamics |
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| Stays abroad |
| 1999–2000 | Technical University Eindhoven, Dept. of Applied Physics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Theoretical and experimental investigation of multi-component nucleation at high pressures, application to natural gas processing (14 months). |
| 1998 | University of Cologne, Institute for Physical Chemistry: Experimental determination of binary nucleation rates (2 months). |
| 1994–1995 | Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Abt. Kinetik der Keimbildung (Dept. Kinetics of Nucleation), Göttingen, Germany: Experimental determination of nucleation rates using an expansion chamber (18 months). |
| 1993 | Max-Planck-Institut für Strömungsforschung, Göttingen, Germany: Optical methods in fluid dynamics (2 months). |