Education:

MSc: Technical University Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering

PhD: Czech Academy of Sciences

Employment:

1979 to 2003: Research Assistant, later Scientist at ITAM (from 1995 part-time).

1990 to 1995: Head of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory, ITAM

1990-1994: Lecturer, part-time: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Geology, Charles University, Prague.

1995-to date: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Geology, Charles University, Prague.

2003- to date Head, Dept. of Engineering Geology, Charles University, Prague.

Professional activities:

Geotechnical engineering, soil behaviour and laboratory testing of soils and other particulate materials.

Teaching (from 1990): Soil mechanics, Geotechnical engineering.

Research: Research Grants by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (1994-1996, 1997-1999, 2000-2003, 2003-2005), GA of the Academy of Sciences (1991-1993, 1998-2000, 2003-2005), COST C7 of EU (1997-2002). Aktion, Kontakt.

1989 to 1998: Secretary of the Czech and Slovak Member Society of ISSMGE.

Member of ISSMGE Technical Committes ETC5, TC29, TC35

Member PT Eurocode 7 Part 2.

1993-1994: Visiting Research Fellow, GERC, City University, London, UK