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Ústav geologie a paleontologie

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Albertov 6, 1NP, místnost P16D

Continental Tectonics Group

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Vědecká rada

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Sekce geologie

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Přírodovědecká fakulta

Proděkan pro geologickou sekci a Ústav pro životní prostředí

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CV & Professional Career

1997 Bc. in Geological Sciences, Charles University

1998/1999 Undergraduate fellowship, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London, UK

2000 Graduated from Charles University in Petrology and Structural Geology

Since 2002 Appointed at the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University

2004 Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, Charles University

2004/2011 Research Geologist, Czech Geological Survey, Prague (part time)

Since 2015 Professor of Geology, Charles University

2016/2020 Head of the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University

2020/2024 Vice Dean for Geology, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Research Interests

(1) Physical geology, plate tectonics, Precambrian Earth

(2) Tectonics of active continental margins and collisional orogens

(3) Detrital zircon geochronology and terrane provenance

(4) Magmatic processes, volcano-plutonic link, interactions between magmatism and tectonic deformation

(5) Rock magnetism and its tectonic applications

Major Sponsored Projects

2023/2025 Detrital zircon geochronology as a tool for interpreting terrane provenance (PI, Czech Science Foundation, No. 23-06708S)

2019/2021 Late Archean granites: markers of modern-style plate tectonics? (PI, Czech Science Foundation, No. 19-08066S)

2016/2018 Sedimentary record and mechanics of collapse of orogenic belts (PI, Czech Science Foundation, No. 16-11500S)

2012/2014 Calderas as indicators of thermal-mechanical evolution of subvolcanic magma chambers (PI, Czech Science Foundation, No. P210/12/1385)

2011/2013 The origin of compositional and textural zoning in shallow-level granitoid plutons: a quantitative approach (PI, Czech Science Foundation, No. P210/11/1168)

2007/2009 Relationship between faults and plutons: implications for interactions between tectonic and magmatic processes in magmatic arcs and orogenic belts (PI, Czech Science Foundation, No. 205/07/P226)

2004/2006 Processes along internal boundaries in magma chambers and their significance for interpreting rheology, fabric formation and emplacement mechanisms (Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences, No. KJB3111403)