Department of Surface and Plasma Science

Graduate Students

Physics of Plasma and Ionized Media

Matěj Ivánek (2024) -

Thesis: Magnetic field in tokamak plasmas
Supervisor: Ing. Ivan Ďuran, Ph.D. (ÚFP AV ČR)
Consultant: doc. Ing. Slavomír Entler, Ph.D. (ÚFP AV ČR), Doc. RNDr. Jiří Pavlů, Ph.D.

Mgr. Peter Slezák (2024) -

Thesis: Reactions of cold ions with electrons and molecules
Supervisor: RNDr. Petr Dohnal, Ph.D.
Consultant: Doc. RNDr. Radek Plašil, Ph.D.

Pooja Devi (2023) -

Thesis: Radiation absorption and plasma processes participating in laser beam interations with solid, foam and gas targets
Supervisor: Ing. Libor Juha, CSc. (FzÚ AV ČR)
Consultant: Sushil Kumar Singh, Ph.D. (FzÚ AV ČR), Doc. RNDr. Jan Wild, CSc.

MSc. Mrittika Ghosh (2023) -

Thesis: Importance of interplanetary magnetic field orientation to space weather forecasting
Supervisor: Gilbert Pi, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Jana Šafránková, DrSc.

Mgr. Václav Linzmayer (2023) -

Thesis: Lightning-generated whistler-mode waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.

Rofaida Nihed Mekki (2023) -

Thesis: Low-temperature plasma physics and chemistry for cleaning tokamak vessel from liquid metals
Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc.
Consultant: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Kudrna, Dr., Mgr. Martin Čada, Ph.D. (FzÚ AV ČR)

Mgr. Kristýna Drastichová (2022) -

Thesis: Solar wind control of magnetospheric dynamics
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.
Consultant: Gilbert Pi, Ph.D.

Ján Mičko (2022) -

Thesis: Plasma waves observed by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft
Supervisor: Dr. Jan Souček (UFA CAS)
Consultant: Dr. David Píša /UFA CAS), Prof. RNDr. Ondřej Santolík, Dr.

Vineet Kumar (2022) -

Thesis: Light-Matter Interaction in Ultracold Plasma
Supervisor: Mgr. Michal Hejduk, Ph.D.
Consultant: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.

Niklas Vilhelm Lausti (2022) -

Thesis: Ion-Electron Recombination in Ultracold Plasma
Supervisor: Mgr. Michal Hejduk, Ph.D.
Consultant: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.

MSc. Shubham Agarwal (2021) -

Thesis: Strong fields and fast particles created due to high-power laser-matter interactions
Supervisor: Ing. Libor Juha, CSc.
Consultant: Doc. RNDr. Jan Wild, CSc.

Maryam Aghabozorgi Nafchi (2021) -

Thesis: Machine learning in space physics
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.
Consultant: Gilbert Pi, Ph.D.

Praveen Kumar Basuvaraj (2021) -

Thesis: Spacecraft observations of the Martian ionosphere
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.

Octavio Emmanuel Hernández Alvarez (2021) -

Thesis: Internal excitation of molecules and their reactivity in laboratory and space environments
Supervisor: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.
Consultant: Doc. RNDr. Radek Plašil, Ph.D.

Ing. Šimon Jelínek (2021) -

Thesis: Investigation of general laser beams with use of ablation-desorption imprinting methods
Supervisor: Mgr. Jaromír Chalupský, Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR
Consultant: Doc. RNDr. Jan Wild, CSc., Ing. Tomáš Burian, Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR

Mgr. Miroslava Kassayová (2021) -

Thesis: Recombination of astrophysically relevant molecular ions in specific quantum state with electrons
Supervisor: RNDr. Petr Dohnal, Ph.D.

Ing. Zuzana Kuglerová (2021) -

Thesis: Thermal and non-thermal processes associated with an interaction of ionizing and non-ionizing laser radiation with solids
Supervisor: Ing. Libor Juha, CSc. (FzÚ AV ČR)
Consultant: Mgr. Jaromír Chalupský, Ph.D. (FzÚ AV ČR), Doc. RNDr. Jan Wild, CSc.

Iryna Naiko (2021) -

Thesis: Study of the metal and metal-oxide films deposited by the hollow cathode and magnetron reactive sputtering systems
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Kudrna, Dr.
Consultant: Mgr. Zdeněk Hubička, Ph.D., FZU AV ČR

Maroua Omezzine Gnioua (2021) -

Thesis: Selected ion flow drift tube, SIFDT: interactions of ions with molecules for analytical mass spectrometry
Supervisor: Patrik Španěl, ÚFCH JH AV ČR

Byeongseon Park (2021) -

Thesis: Solar wind as a natural laboratory for study of turbulence
Supervisor: Mgr. Alexander Pitňa, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Jana Šafránková, DrSc., Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Němeček, DrSc.

Niki Xirogiannopoulou (2021) -

Thesis: Space weather: Solar wind variations and their impact on magnetospheric dynamics
Supervisor: Mgr. Oleksandr Gončarov, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Němeček, DrSc.

Samia Ijaz (2020) -

Thesis: Study of dust grains in our solar system using electric field instruments
Supervisor: RNDr. Jakub Vaverka, Ph.D.

Andrea Kolínská (2020) -

Thesis: Ground-based and satellite observation of electromagnetic emissions associated with thunderstorm activity
Supervisor: Ing. Ivana Kolmašová, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Ondřej Santolík, Dr.

Himanshu Mishra (2020) -

Thesis: The diagnostics of processing plasmas
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Kudrna, Dr.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc.

Mgr. Zdeněk Turek (2020) -

Thesis: Diagnostics of HiPIMS systems for deposition of metallic thin films
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Kudrna, Dr.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc.

Stefan Gohl (2019) -

Thesis: Radiation belt dynamics observed by low-orbiting satellites
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.
Consultant: RNDr. Peter Rubovič, Ph.D.

Liliia Uvarova (2019) -

Thesis: Elementary processes in subthermal plasma
Supervisor: Mgr. Petr Dohnal, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Juraj Glosík, DrSc.

Mgr. Anna Kapran (2018) -

Thesis: Modeling of processes in low-temperature plasma for technological applications
Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc.
Consultant: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Kudrna, Dr.

Mgr. Jakub Palacký (2018) -

Thesis: Study of dynamical processes in plasma by means of computer modelling
Supervisor: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.
Consultant: Doc. RNDr. Věra Hrachová, CSc.

Anna Salohub (2018) -

Thesis: Solar wind and its interaction with the Earth magnetosphere
Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Jana Šafránková, DrSc.
Consultant: doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.

Mgr. Petr Bartoň (2017) -

Thesis: Optical and electrical properties of dust grains in laboratory observations
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Jiří Pavlů, Ph.D.

Mgr. Lukáš Kripner (2016) -

Thesis: Study of Edge Localized Modes in Tokamaks and their Control Using Integrated Modelling Techniques
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. František Němec, Ph.D.
Consultant: Jakub Urban, Marina Becoulet

Mgr. Kostyantyn Tuharin (2016) -

Thesis: Diagnostics of plasma systems for thin film deposition
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Pavel Kudrna, Dr.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc.

Mgr. Matěj Peterka (2014) -

Thesis: Stability and transport in edge plasma in tokamaks
Supervisor: RNDr, Radomír Pánek, Ph.D., Ústav fyziky plazmatu AV ČR, v.v.i.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc., Mgr. Pavel Cahyna, Ph.D., Ústav fyziky plazmatu AV ČR, v.v.i.

MSc. Matěj Tomeš (2014) -

Thesis: Studies of high temperature plasma of tokamaks via charge exchange
Supervisor: RNDr. Jan Mlynář, PhD. (ÚFP AV ČR)
Consultant: Mgr. Jakub Seidl, Ph.D., Mgr. Michael Komm, Ph.D., Prof. RNDr. Milan Tichý, DrSc.

Mgr. Erik Vanko (2022) -

Thesis: Formation and destruction of the OH- ion in ion-molecule reactions - experimental astrochemistry.
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Radek Plašil, Ph.D.
Consultant: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.

Oleksii Kononov (2019) -

Thesis: Faraday cups as detectors of dust in the space environment
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Jiří Pavlů, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Němeček, DrSc.

Surface and Interface Physics

Bc. David Kalabis (2023) -

Thesis: Highly dispersed catalysts for HER/HOR in alkaline medium
Supervisor: Mgr. Yurii Yakovlev, Ph.D.

Mgr. Martin Orság (2023) -

Thesis: In situ/operando investigation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell catalyst.
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Ivan Khalakhan, Ph.D.

Sreehari Sreekumar (2023) -

Thesis: Polarons in complex materials
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Martin Setvín, Ph.D.

Mgr. Jan Škvára (2022) -

Thesis: Perovskite-based model electrocatalysts
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Josef Mysliveček, Ph.D.
Consultant: Doc. Mgr. Martin Setvín, Ph.D.

MSc. Llorenc Albons Caldentey (2022) -

Thesis: Physical and Chemical properties of perovskite surfaces
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Martin Setvín, Ph.D.

Shiva Oveysipoor (2022) -

Thesis: Model catalysts studied by near-ambient pressure scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Matvija, Ph.D.

Amandeep Sagwal (2022) -

Thesis: Photophysics of nanostructures with scanning spectromicroscopy
Supervisor: Mgr. Martin Švec, Ph.D., Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, svec@fzu.cz

Anastasiia Deineko (2021) -

Thesis: Development of ceria based electrochemical sensors for bio molecule detection
Supervisor: Ing. Nataliya Tsud, Dr.
Consultant: Mgr. Ivan Khalakhan, Ph.D.

Mgr. Thu Ngan Dinhová (2021) -

Thesis: Operando insight into surface chemistry of nanostructured catalysts
Supervisor: Mykhailo Vorokhta, Ph.D.

Mgr. Tomáš Hrbek (2021) -

Thesis: Research of nanostructured catalysts for hydrogen technologies by advanced electrochemical and operando methods
Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Kúš, Ph.D.

Qifan Chen (2021) -

Thesis: Physical and chemical properties of low-dimensional systems
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Pavel Jelínek, Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR
Consultant: Mgr. Martin Ondráček, Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR

Marco Aurelio Lozano (2021) -

Thesis: Theoretical study of molecular systems on surfaces
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Pavel Jelínek, Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR
Consultant: Mgr. Martin Ondráček, Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR, Mgr. D. Soler Ph.D., FzÚ AV ČR

Aji Alexander (2020) -

Thesis: Surfaces of complex materials and their interaction with light
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Martin Setvín, Ph.D.

Athira lekshmi Mohandas Sandhya (2020) -

Thesis: Degradation of fuel cell catalysts
Supervisor: Mgr. Ivan Khalakhan, Ph.D.

Andrés Pinar Solé (2020) -

Thesis: Study of molecular systems on surfaces by means of Scanning Probe Microscopy
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Pavel Jelínek, Ph.D., FZÚ AV
Consultant: Oleksandr Stetsovych, Ph.D.

Pankaj Kumar Samal (2020) -

Thesis: Self-organized growth of metal-oxide nanostructures for model catalysis
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Josef Mysliveček, Ph.D.

Viacheslav Kalinovych -

Thesis: Adsorption geometry and reactivity of the phosphonic acid linker group on cerium oxide thin films
Supervisor: Ing. Nataliya Tsud, Dr.

Mgr. Alina Madalina Darabut (2019) -

Thesis: Development and Characterisation of Bipolar Plates for PEM Fuel Cells.
Supervisor: Yevheniia Lobko, Ph.D.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Matolín, DrSc.

Lukáš Fusek (2019) -

Thesis: Model metal-oxide electrocatalysts for energy conversion
Supervisor: Doc. Mgr. Josef Mysliveček, Ph.D. & Prof. Dr. Jörg Libuda, Ph.D., Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany
Consultant: RNDr. Viktor Johánek, Ph.D.

Lesia Piliai (2019) -

Thesis: Operando study of ceria based catalysts by near ambient pressure X-ray spectroscopy
Supervisor: Mykhailo Vorokhta, Ph.D.

Mgr. Lucinda Blanco Redondo (2018) -

Thesis: Research and development of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks
Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Matolín, DrSc.

Mgr. Xianxian Xie (2018) -

Thesis: Research and development of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Supervisor: Mgr. Ivan Khalakhan, Ph.D.

Mgr. Zdeněk Rafaj (2017) -

Thesis: Study of catalytic reaction mechanism on the cerium oxide–metal systems
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Václav Nehasil, Dr.

Mgr. Šárka Kučerová (2016) -

Thesis: FIB: a manufacturing tool for nanostructures
Supervisor: Ing. Jan Grym, PhD. (Ústav fotoniky a elektroniky AVČR)

Mgr. Romana Šedivá (2013) -

Thesis: Study of tungsten and cerium oxides based model systems
Supervisor: Doc. RNDr. Karel Mašek, Dr.
Consultant: Prof. RNDr. Vladimír Matolín, DrSc.

Hridya Nedumkulam (2021) -

Thesis: Chemistry of sputtered thin-layer oxygen evolution electrocatalysts and the effect of morphology and defect density on the catalytic activity
Supervisor: RNDr. Peter Kúš, Ph.D.

Mgr. Hana Fusková (2017) -

Thesis: Preparation and characterization of ZnO nanostructures using ion beams and scanning probes
Supervisor: Ing. Jan Grym, Ph.D. (Ústav fotoniky a elektroniky AVČR)

Theoretical Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Mgr. Tatiana Výbošťoková (2019) -

Thesis: Solar wind and its influence on the Earth’s magnetosphere
Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Němeček, DrSc.
Consultant: doc. Mgr. Michal Švanda, Ph.D.