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