Research fields: Astrophysical sources of the high-energy radiation and
their optical counterparts. Galactic X-ray sources: study of
cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries and supersoft X-ray sources,
novae, analysis of their long-term activity and eruptive processes in
the X-ray and optical regions; accretion processes; relations of the
character of the orbital modulation to the current status of the
long-term activity; investigation of the dependence of the observed
characteristics of X-ray sources on their physical state and
parameters. Extragalactic sources: investigation of the afterglows of
the gamma-ray bursts (GRB), study of their comprehensive properties,
supernova - GRB connection, implications for the environment
in the host galaxies of GRBs. CCD photometry, data analysis and
evaluation. Participation in the international campaigns on the
high-energy astrophysical sources and their optical counterparts.
Participation in the international project ESA INTEGRAL. 1992 graduated
from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Palacký University, Olomouc.
Since 1992 at the Astronomical Institute. 1998 PhD in Astronomy at
Charles University. Member of the Czech Astronomical Society and the
International Astronomical Union. Popularization of astronomy. 2001
Hlávka Award for Young Scientists of the Hlávka Foundation. 2003 Prize
of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic for Young Researchers.
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