Born: 1968 in Opava, Czech Republic
Married, 2 children.
Education:
• 1996 - 1999: postdoc at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA;
mentor: Prof. Edward Odell.
• 1996: Spring program on geometry of banach spaces, Mathematical
Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California, USA.
• 1992 - 1996: Ph.D. in Mathematics (August 1996), University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Thesis: Hereditary properties of infinite-dimensional
Banach spaces; supervisor: Prof. Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann.
• 1987 - 1992: Diploma in Mathematics (M.Sc., May 1992), Charles
University in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Thesis: Stationary incompressible bipolar fluids;
supervisor: Prof. Jindrich Necas.
• 1983 - 1987: Grammar school of Nicolas Copernicus (with extended
program in mathematics and physics) in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia.
• 1975 - 1983: elementary school of T.G. Masaryk, Opava.
Employment, work experiences:
• since 2004: Associated Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University (CVUT) in
Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1999 - 2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University (CVUT) in
Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1999 - 2001: Instructor, English Language, Estela (private language
school).
• 1996 - 1999: Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of
Texas, Austin, USA.
• august 1997: "Young Investigator" at NSF Workshop in Linear
Analysis and Probability, Texas A&M University, College Station,
Texas, USA.
• 1992 - 1995: Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
• 1991: part-time programming and computer skills teacher at an
elementary school.
Publications:
• Math Tutor,
on-line math tutoring site.
• Banach Space Theory; The Foundation of Linear and Nonlinear
Analysis (with M Fabian, P. Hajek, V. Montesinos & V. Zizler), CMS
Books in Mathematics XIV, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2010.
• Functional Analysis And Infinite-Dimensional Geometry (with
M Fabian, P. Hajek, V. Montesinos, K. Pelant & V. Zizler), CMS Books in
Mathematics 8, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001.
• Finite Representability of \ell_p in Quotients of Banach
Spaces (with N. Tomczak-Jaegermann), Positivity 5(1) (2001), 75-94.
• A Uniformly Convex Banach Space Whose Subspaces Fail
Gordon-Lewis Property (with V. Ferenczi), Arch. Math. 71 (1998),
481-492.
• A Banach Space Whose Subspaces Fail Gordon-Lewis Property,
Math. Annal. 310 (1998), 197-219.
• Introduction to Banach Space Theory (with P. Hajek & V.
Zizler), MatfyzPress, Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1996.
• Stabilization of Polynomials (with P. Hajek), C.R. Acad.
Sci. Paris Ser I Math. 320 (1995), no. 7, 821-825.
• Stationary Incompressible Bipolar Fluids, Czechoslovak Math.
J. 44 (1994), no.2, 347-356.
On Internet and education:
• On Some Advantages of Internet
Tutoring, 11th SEFI-MWG European seminar, Gothenburg, Sweden, June
9 - 12, 2002.
• On some advantages and disadvantages
of Internet study texts (in Czech), Belcom'02 conference on
e-learning, May 27 - 28, 2002.
• Newest technologies need not be
best (in Czech), Belcom'02 conference on e-learning, May 27 - 28,
2002.
Awards, grants:
• 2007 - 2009: Grant "Math Tutor III" from the Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• 2003 - 2006: Grant "Math Tutor II" from the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• 2003: The Medal of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of
the Czech Republic, 1 order; for the book Functional analysis and
infinite-dimensional geometry (with M. Fabian, P. Hajek, V.
Montesinos, J. Pelant, and V. Zizler).
• 2001 - 2002: Grant "Math Tutor" from the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• 1998: The Department of Mathematics Undergraduate Teaching
Excellence Award, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin,
USA.
• 1995 - 1996: The University of Alberta Dissertation Fellowship,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
• 1994: Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Translations:
Robert A. Heinlein: Between Planets, in Czech as "Mezi
planetami", Straky na vrbe, 2001.
Robert A. Heinlein: Red Planet, in Czech as "Ruda
planeta", Straky na vrbe, 2000.
Over 20 published reviews, mostly of fiction books, but also for instance rewies of "Moral animal" by Robert Wright (Interkom 10/2002, 11-12/2002) and "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jarred Diamond (Interkom 6/2001).
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