Václav Kučera - Curriculum vitae

Education, academic positions

• 2017           :  Associate Professor, Charles University, Czech Republic.
• 2011 - present: Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Numerical Mathematics, Charles University, Czech Republic.
• 2015 - 2016: Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Brown University, Providence, USA.
• 2012 - 2015: Junior Researcher, University Center for Mathematical Modeling, Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
• 2008 - 2010: Junior Researcher, Nečas Centre for Mathematical Modelling, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 2004 - 2007: Ph.D. study, Charles University in Prague, thesis „Higher order methods for the solution of compressible flows“, supervisor prof. RNDr. Miloslav Feistauer, DrSc., Dr. h. c.
• 1999 - 2004: Study at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, master thesis ”Solution of compressible flows with low Mach numbers”, supervisor prof. RNDr. Miloslav Feistauer, DrSc., Dr. h. c.

Grants

• P201/11/P414 „Reconstruction based higher order methods for the solution of compressible flows“, Czech Science Foundation postdoctoral grant. Principal investigator.
• GAUK 6/2005/R „Nonlinear models in continuum mechanics“, Grant Agency of the Charles University, student research grant. Team member.
• UK 275/2001/B-MATH/MFF, Cooperation on the project ”Computer simulation of three dimensional compressible flow using adaptive methods”.

Awards

• Babuška Prize, Czech Society for Mechanics awarded for Ph.D. thesis „Higher order methods for solution of compressible flows“, 2008.
• SVOČ, Czech-Slovak competition for undergraduate students, 2nd place for the work ”Solution of compressible flows with low Mach numbers”, the author’s master thesis, 2004.
• SVOČ, Czech-Slovak competition for undergraduate students, 1st place for the work ”Numerical solution of compressible three dimensional flow”, with coauthors M. Mádlík and J.Koutný, 2003.