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19 Dec

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – January/February 2025

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees for January and February 2025.

18 Dec

Areej Fatima is new Brno Ph.D. Talent

Brno Ph.D. Talent Project announced its new winners. From physics at Masaryk University, Areej Fatima was successful in Plasma Physics and Marianna Dafčíková in Astrophysics. Areej works under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Tomáš Homola at the Plasma Nanotechnologies and Bioapplications research group. In her project, she will focus on developing a g-C3N4-based fabric for photocatalysis in wastewater treatment.

18 Dec

First binary star discovered near giant black hole at the centre of our Galaxy

Scientists have discovered the unique binary star D9 in close proximity to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the centre of the Milky Way, providing new insights into star formation and their survival in extreme conditions.

The significant discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, was co-authored by Michal Zajaček from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University.

17 Dec

The new PLATOSpec spectrograph in Chile developed with contributions from scientists at the MU Faculty of Science

The Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, played a pivotal role in the PLATOSpec project, which is dedicated to advancing the search for Earth-like exoplanets. This collaboration will provide students across all levels of astrophysics studies at Masaryk University with a unique opportunity to work with data from this state-of-the-art instrument for their final theses, thereby deepening their involvement in world-class research.

17 Dec

MUNI Scientist Award 2024

MUNI Grant Agency handed out rewards for outstanding scientists, this year also in physics, specifically biophysics. Prof. Robert Vácha, Dr. Silvie Trantírková and Assoc. Prof. Lukáš Trantírek from the Department of Condensed Matter Physics and CEITEC were awarded for the article published in the journal Nature Communications.

15 Dec

New optional physics courses in spring semester 2025

Take a look at new optional physics courses available in the next spring semester 2025.

10 Dec

Matej Fekete investigates preparation and properties of TiAlON protective thin films

Dr. Matej Fekete's new project aims to identify the impact of deposition parameters on plasma properties and correlate them with the properties of prepared TiAlON protective thin films that could withstand higher loads than current protective thin films. In the next thirty months, he will deal with their development from deposition and process diagnostics to thin film analysis and implementation in the industry.

27 Nov

Installation of the DCSBD Plasma Device at Fraunhofer Institute in Potsdam

The installation of the DCSBD plasma device at the Fraunhofer Institute in Potsdam, Germany, is completed. The decision to reinstall the device was based on the positive outcomes from their earlier research. This collaboration is part of the R2R Net Consortium and was supported by Roplass, a spin-off from Masaryk University. The process was coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dušan Kováčik, PhD. and Stefan Kröpke, with the installation handled by researchers Dr. Jakub Kelar and Roman Přibyl.

27 Nov

Anna Podmanická is a scientific talent of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Anna Podmanická from the Jur Hronec highschool in Bratislava won several awards at this year's AMAVET 2024 Science and Technology Festival. She worked on her project with František Zažímal at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology.

20 Nov

CaviPlasma for the wastewater cleaning wins two TA ČR Awards

CaviPlasma technology for the cleaning of wastewater from hard-to-remove pollutants wins the TA ČR Award in the category SOCIETY and also becomes the absolute winner with the title Czech Idea 2024.

13 Nov

2024 MU prorector's awards for exceptional results during postgraduate studies

Prof. Šárka Pospíšilová, a prorector for research and doctoral studies, gave awards to new MU absolvents for exceptional results during their postgraduate studies. In the physics field, two fresh graduates from the Physics departments were awarded: Dr. Michal kiaba and Dr. Matej Kosiba.

7 Nov

Jan Skácel on internship in Belgium used plasma physics on aerospace applications

Jan Skácel went to the von Karman Institute in Belgium for the second time. This time, he stayed for ten months and focused on the problem of charging satellites in the ionosphere for ten months.

4 Nov

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees – November/December 2024

List of available external seminars and workshops for students and employees for November and December 2024.

30 Oct

Unveiling the Secrets of Galaxies: International Conference in Brno Attracted Top Astronomers

Brno became the center of the global astronomical community thanks to the international conference Galaxies at Crossroads (original title GALAXIES AT CROSSROADS: OUTFLOWS AND IMF IN THE VLT/ELT/ALMA/JWST ERA). The workshop took place from September 16 to 20, 2024, and was one of the few officially approved workshops by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It was organized by Tereza Jeřábková from ESO, who will be joining the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University in February 2025, thanks to her MUNI Award in Science and Humanities (MASH).

22 Oct

Diana Csontosová received the Milan Odehnal Prize

The Milan Odehnal Prize, a prestigious award given by the Czech Physical Society, is intended for young scientists for outstanding scientific work in the field of physics. PhD student Diana Csontosová came in an excellent second place this year in this biennial competition.

21 Oct

Lucia Švandová after 12 months in Canada

Lucia Švandová spent the last year of her Master's degree in Plasma Physics and Nanotechnology in Canada at Université Laval. Read in the interview how Lucia evaluates her internship and how it influenced her studies and future plans.

15 Oct

Alex Destrieux as an invited researcher in Brno

The treatment of organic materials for photovoltaics is the research topic of Alex Destrieux. After finishing his PhD in Canada, the French scientist came to Brno to continue his work.

15 Oct

Student physics lectures 2024

This year's F9878 Student Physics Seminar again offered students insight into how physics works here in Brno, what research are being done, how to choose an undergraduate or graduate thesis, what courses to take, how to travel during the studies, and many other useful things.

9 Oct

Looking back at Researcher's Night 2024

Transformation was the theme of this year's Night of Scientists, held on 27 September. Around 1,200 visitors came to the premises even in the bad weather. Animators from all three physics departments offered an exciting program about physics for all ages.

12 Sep

Physics at the Festival of Science 2024

The Festival of Science 2024 was held at the Brno Exhibition Centre from Friday 6 September to Sunday 8 September 2024. Around 10,000 visitors had the opportunity to peek into the attractive world of science, technology, and history. All three physics department of Masaryk University presented their program to the visitors. The event was organized by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium with the support of the Statutory City of Brno and the South Moravian Region.