Research fields: Solar radio flares, instrumentation for radio astronomy (low-noise receivers, data acquisition systems, etc), analysis, processing, and archiving of radioastronomical data. 1967 graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. 1973 PhD in Radio Science. Since 1975 at the Astronomical Institute. Member of the CRAF (Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies) of the ESF (European Science Foundation), member of the URSI (International Union of Radio Science) Commission J (Radio Astronomy).