Research fields: Physics of meteor flight in the atmosphere, meteor spectroscopy, chemical composition, structure and origin of meteoroids, radiation of meteor trains, reduction methods for determination of meteor trajectories. 1987 graduated in Astronomy from Charles University, Prague. Since 1988 at the Astronomical Institute, 1993 PhD in Astronomy. 1998-2002 participated in NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign. 2000-2004 Head of the Interplanetary Matter Department, since 2004 Deputy Director of the Astronomical Institute. 1998-2001 chairman of the Czech Astronomical Society. 1997 Junior Award from the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, 2002 Otto Wichterle Premium from the Academy of Sciences.
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