Research fields: Interstellar medium, HI shells and supershells (automatic detection algorithm, statistical studies of shells in the Milky Way, numerical simulations), star formation. 1995 graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, Prague. 1995 and 1999 scientific stays in Kiel (Germany), 1997 observations with the Effelsberg radiotelescope (Germany). 2000 PhD in Astrophysics. Since 2001 an external lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague (Exercises from the Galactic Astronomy). Member of the International Astronomical Union and European Astronomical Society.