Research fields: Radiative transfer, theory of stellar atmospheres, calculation of model stellar atmospheres, line profiles, NLTE physics, dynamics of stellar winds. 1985 graduated in Theoretical Physics from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, Prague. 1985-1989 at the Astronomical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. 1989-1992 worked as a programmer and teacher in a secondary school. Since 1992 at the Astronomical Institute. 1994 PhD in Astrophysics. Author of the computer code for calculating non-LTE model stellar atmospheres in planar and spherical geometry. Since 1997 member of the IAU, Commision 36 (Theory of stellar atmospheres). Teaches a semestral course "Physics of stellar atmospheres" at the Masaryk University Brno. 1996-2000 Deputy Director of the Astronomical Institute. 2000-2004 Head of the Stellar Department.
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