doc. Ing. Jiří Orava, Ph.D.

2023
Crystallization and phase-transformation diagrams of Nb-doped CuZrAl metallic glass obtained by fast-scanning calorimetry and in-situ synchrotron XRD upon flash-annealing
X Han, J Orava, Q Cheng, YH Sun, S Liu, O Ivashko, K Song, K Nielsch, …
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 942, 169051

Homogenization of a metallic melt: Enhancing the thermal stability of glassy metal
Q Cheng, YH Sun, J Orava, WH Wang
Materials Today Physics 31, 101004

2022
Phase-formation maps of CuZrAlCo metallic glass explored by in situ ultrafast techniques
X Han, I Kaban, J Orava, Q Cheng, YH Sun, I Soldatov, M Zimmermann, …
Acta Materialia 241, 118371

Metallic Mimosa pudica: A 3D biomimetic buckling structure made of metallic glasses
JF Li, IV Soldatov, XC Tang, BY Sun, R Schäfer, SL Liu, YQ Yan, HB Ke, …
Science Advances 8 (31), eabm7658

Kinetically facilitated liquid-liquid transition in a metallic liquid
Q Cheng, Y Sun, J Orava, H Bai, W Wang
Acta Materialia 230, 117834

Contrast of color-changing metallic glasses reveals the glass properties beneath the surface
P Wang, Y Wang, Q Cheng, J Orava, YH Sun, W Wang, H Bai
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 901, 163674

Liquid-to-liquid transition around the glass-transition temperature in a glass-forming metallic liquid
J Shen, YH Sun, J Orava, HY Bai, WH Wang
Acta Materialia 225, 117588

2021
Regulated color-changing metallic glasses
PF Wang, HY Jiang, JA Shi, M Liu, L Gu, W Zhou, J Orava, YH Sun, …
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 876, 160139

In situ correlation between metastable phase-transformation mechanism and kinetics in a metallic glass
J Orava, S Balachandran, X Han, O Shuleshova, E Nurouzi, I Soldatov, …
Nature Communications 12 (1), 2839

Effect of high-temperature up-quenching on stabilizing off-eutectic metallic glasses
Q Cheng, PF Wang, HY Jiang, L Gu, J Orava, YH Sun, HY Bai, WH Wang
Physical Review B 103 (10), L100203

2020
Crystallization of Phase-Change Chalcogenides
J Orava, TH Lee, SR Elliott, AL Greer
World Scientific Reference Of Amorphous Materials, The: Structure …

Dynamic relaxations of a metallic glass studied on cooling
T Lu, J Orava, BB Wang, YH Sun, WH Wang, MX Pan
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 846, 156426

Rejuvenation through plastic deformation of a La-based metallic glass measured by fast-scanning calorimetry
CM Meylan, J Orava, AL Greer
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X 8, 100051

Stimulation of shear-transformation zones in metallic glasses by cryogenic thermal cycling
CM Meylan, F Papparotto, S Nachum, J Orava, M Miglierini, V Basykh, …
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 548, 120299

Fast-current-heating devices to study in situ phase formation in metallic glasses by using high-energy synchrotron radiation
J Orava, K Kosiba, X Han, I Soldatov, O Gutowski, O Ivashko, AC Dippel, …
Review of Scientific Instruments 91 (7), 073901

Phase transformations in a Cu–Zr–Al metallic glass
Q Cheng, X Han, I Kaban, I Soldatov, WH Wang, YH Sun, J Orava
Scripta Materialia 183, 61-65

2019
Elemental re-distribution inside shear bands revealed by correlative atom-probe tomography and electron microscopy in a deformed metallic glass
S Balachandran, J Orava, M Köhler, AJ Breen, I Kaban, D Raabe, …
Scripta Materialia 168, 14-18

Fast-heating-induced formation of metallic-glass/crystal composites with enhanced plasticity
J Orava, I Kaban, M Benkocka, X Han, I Soldatov, AL Greer
Thermochimica Acta 677, 198-205

The elastic-strain energy criterion of phase formation for complex concentrated alloys
AF Andreoli, J Orava, PK Liaw, H Weber, MF de Oliveira, K Nielsch, …
Materialia 5, 100222

2018
Chalcogenides for Phase-Change Memory
J Orava, AL Greer
Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 6, 685-734

Photoluminescence in pulsed-laser deposited GeGaSbS: Er films
L Strizik, SN Yannopoulos, V Benekou, J Oswald, M Pavlista, V Prokop, …
Optical Materials 85, 246-253

Scalable In-Fiber Manufacture of Functional Composite Particles
M Du, S Ye, J Tang, S Lv, J Chen, J Orava, G Tao, P Lan, J Hao, Z Yang, …
ACS nano 12 (11), 11130-11138

Correlating ultrafast calorimetry, viscosity, and structural measurements in liquid GeTe and 
H Weber, J Orava, I Kaban, J Pries, AL Greer
Physical Review Materials 2 (9), 093405

Controlling selective doping and energy transfer between transition metal and rare earth ions in nanostructured glassy solids
Z Gao, S Guo, X Lu, J Orava, T Wagner, L Zheng, Y Liu, S Sun, F He, …
Advanced Optical Materials 6 (13), 1701407

On cryothermal cycling as a method for inducing structural changes in metallic glasses
SV Ketov, AS Trifonov, YP Ivanov, AY Churyumov, AV Lubenchenko, …
NPG Asia Materials 10, 137

2017
In-situ study of athermal reversible photocrystallization in a chalcogenide glass
V Benekou, L Strizik, T Wagner, SN Yannopoulos, AL Greer, J Orava
Journal of Applied Physics 122 (17), 173101

Classical-nucleation-theory analysis of priming in chalcogenide phase-change memory
J Orava, AL Greer
Acta Materialia 139, 226-235

Preferred location for conducting filament formation in thin-film nano-ionic electrolyte: study of microstructure by atom-probe tomography
J Orava, Y Wen, J Prikryl, T Wagner, NA Stelmashenko, M Chen, AL Greer
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 28 (9), 6846-6851

2016
Fast crystal growth in glass-forming liquids
J Orava, AL Greer
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 451, 94-100

Mesoscale Engineering of Photonic Glass for Tunable Luminescence
Y Yu, Z Fang, C Ma, H Inoue, G Yang, S Zheng, D Chen, Z Yang, …
NPG Asia Materials 8, e318

Viscosity of liquid Ag–In–Sb–Te: Evidence of a fragile-to-strong crossover
J Orava, H Weber, I Kaban, AL Greer
The Journal of Chemical Physics 144 (19), 194503

2015
Fragile‐to‐Strong Crossover in Supercooled Liquid Ag‐In‐Sb‐Te Studied by Ultrafast Calorimetry
J Orava, DW Hewak, AL Greer
Advanced Functional Materials 25 (30), 4851-4858

Reversible migration of silver on memorized pathways in Ag-Ge40S60 films
J Orava, MN Kozicki, SN Yannopoulos, AL Greer
AIP Advances 5 (7), 077134

Kissinger method applied to the crystallization of glass-forming liquids: Regimes revealed by ultra-fast-heating calorimetry
J Orava, AL Greer
Thermochimica Acta 603, 63-68

2014
Mid-infrared integrated optics: versatile hot embossing of mid-infrared glasses for on-chip planar waveguides for molecular sensing
AB Seddon, NS Abdel-Moneim, L Zhang, WJ Pan, D Furniss, CJ Mellor, …
Optical Engineering 53 (7), 071824

Fast and slow crystal growth kinetics in glass-forming melts
J Orava, AL Greer
The Journal of Chemical Physics 140 (21), 214504

Optically transparent magnetic and electrically conductive Fe–Cr–Zr ultra‐thin films
DV Louzguine‐Luzgin, SV Ketov, J Orava, S Mizukami
physica status solidi (a) 211 (5), 999-1004

Deposition techniques for chalcogenide thin films
J Orava, T Kohoutek, T Wagner
Chalcogenide Glasses Preparation, Properties and Applications, 265-309

2013
Large-area inverse opal structures in a bulk chalcogenide glass by spin-coating and thin-film transfer
T Kohoutek, J Orava, L Strizik, T Wagner, AL Greer, M Bardosova, …
Optical Materials 36 (2), 390-395

Sub-micrometer soft lithography of a bulk chalcogenide glass
T Kohoutek, J Orava, AL Greer, H Fudouzi
Optics Express 21 (8), 9584-9591

Dimensional Stability of the High-aluminium Zinc Alloys Modified with Ti Addition
WK Krajewski, AL Greer, J Orava, PK Krajewski, E Tyrala
International Foundry Research 65 (2), 26-29

2012
Reversible Amorphous‐to‐Amorphous Transitions in Chalcogenide Films: Correlating Changes in Structure and Optical Properties
M Kalyva, J Orava, A Siokou, M Pavlista, T Wagner, SN Yannopoulos
Advanced Functional Materials 23 (16), 2052-2059

Direct laser writing of relief diffraction gratings into a bulk chalcogenide glass
T Kohoutek, MA Hughes, J Orava, M Mastumoto, T Misumi, H Kawashima, …
Journal of the Optical Society of America B 29 (10), 2779-2786

Ultra-fast calorimetry study of Ge2Sb2Te5 crystallization between dielectric layers
J Orava, AL Greer, B Gholipour, DW Hewak, CE Smith
Applied Physics Letters 101 (9), 091906

Characterization of supercooled liquid Ge2Sb2Te5 and its crystallization by ultrafast-heating calorimetry
J Orava, AL Greer, B Gholipour, DW Hewak, CE Smith
Nature Materials 11 (4), 279-283

Structural stability of the high-aluminium zinc alloys modified with Ti addition
WK Krajewski, PL Zak, J Orava, AL Greer, PK Krajewski
Archives of Foundry Engineering 12, 61-66

2011
Soft imprint lithography of a bulk chalcogenide glass
J Orava, T Kohoutek, AL Greer, H Fudouzi
Optical Materials Express 1 (5), 796-802

Inverse opal photonic crystal of chalcogenide glass by solution processing
T Kohoutek, J Orava, T Sawada, H Fudouzi
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 353 (2), 454-458

All-chalcogenide middle infrared dielectric reflector and filter
T Kohoutek, J Orava, J Prikryl, T Wagner, M Frumar
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 357 (1), 157-160

2010
The optical properties of chalcogenide glasses: From measurement to electromagnetic simulation tools
HG Dantanarayana, A Vukovic, P Sewell, ZG Lian, D Furniss, AB Seddon, …
2010 12th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 1-4

Carbon nanotube—chalcogenide glass composite
S Stehlik, J Orava, T Kohoutek, T Wagner, M Frumar, V Zima, T Hara, …
Journal of Solid State Chemistry 183 (1), 144-149

Spectroscopic properties of Ni2+ and rare-earth codoped Ge–Ga–Sb–S glass
J Ren, T Wagner, J Oswald, J Orava, B Frumarova, M Frumar
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 71 (1), 30-34

Planar Quarter Wave Stack Reflectors Prepared from Chalcogenide Ge-Se and Polymer Polystyrene Thin Films
T Kohoutek, J Orava, M Hrdlicka, J Prikryl, T Wagner, M Frumar
Polymer Thin Films

2009
Near infrared quazi-omnidirectional reflector in chalcogenide glasses
T Kohoutek, J Orava, J Prikryl, J Mistrik, T Wagner, M Frumar
Optical Materials 32 (1), 154-158

Optical properties of chalcogenide multilayer deposited on Au layer
T Kohoutek, J Orava, J Prikryl, M Hrdlicka, T Wagner, P Knotek, M Vlcek, …
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 355 (37), 1947-1950

Structure, electrical, optical and thermal properties of Ge4Sb4Tex (x = 8, 9 and 10) thin films
J Prikryl, M Hrdlicka, M Frumar, J Orava, L Benes, M Vlcek, P Kostal, …
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 355 (37), 1998-2002

Ag diffusion in amorphous As50Se50 films studied by XPS
M Kalyva, A Siokou, SN Yannopoulos, T Wagner, J Orava, M Frumar
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 355 (37), 1844-1848

Optical and structural properties of Ge–Se bulk glasses and Ag–Ge–Se thin films
J Orava, T Kohoutek, T Wagner, Z Cerna, M Vlcek, L Benes, B Frumarova, …
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 355 (37), 1951-1954

Planar chalcogenide quarter wave stack filter for near-infrared
T Kohoutek, J Orava, J Prikryl, T Wagner, M Vlcek, P Knotek, M Frumar
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 355 (28), 1521-1525

On the atomic structure of thin amorphous Ge–Sb–Te films
M Frumar, T Kohoutek, J Prikryl, J Orava, T Wagner
physica status solidi (b) 246 (8), 1871-1874

Medium-term thermal stability of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 flash-evaporated thin films with regards to change in structure and optical properties
T Wagner, J Orava, J Prikryl, T Kohoutek, M Bartos, M Frumar
Thin Solid Films 517 (16), 4694-4697

Optical properties of conductive ZnO films near infrared frequency
T Itoh, K Matsuyama, K Shimakawa, J Orava, T Wagner, M Frumar
physica status solidi (c) 6 (S1), S110-S113

Embossing of chalcogenide glasses: monomode rib optical waveguides in evaporated thin films
ZG Lian, W Pan, D Furniss, TM Benson, AB Seddon, T Kohoutek, J Orava, …
Optics Letters 34 (8), 1234-1236

1D-photonic crystals prepared from the amorphous chalcogenide films
T Kohoutek, J Orava, T Wagner, M Hrdlicka, M Vlcek, M Frumar
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 20, 346-350

2008
Technologies for the fabrication of photonic devices based on chalcogenide glasses
TM Benson, ZG Lian, N Prasad, D Furniss, W Pan, EA Romanova, …
2008 4th International Conference on Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 12-14

Preparation of dielectric mirrors from high-refractive index contrast amorphous chalcogenide films
T Kohoutek, J Orava, T Wagner, M Hrdlicka, M Vlcek, M Frumar
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 69 (8), 2070-2074

Optical properties and phase change transition in Ge2Sb2Te5 flash evaporated thin films studied by temperature dependent spectroscopic ellipsometry
J Orava, T Wagner, J Sik, J Prikryl, M Frumar, L Benes
Journal of Applied Physics 104 (4), 043523

Soft x-ray induced Ag diffusion in amorphous pulse laser deposited As50Se50 thin films: An x-ray photoelectron and secondary ion mass spectroscopy study
M Kalyva, A Siokou, SN Yannopoulos, T Wagner, J Orava, M Frumar
Journal of Applied Physics 104 (4), 043704-043704-7

Optical properties of As33S67−xSex bulk glasses studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry
J Orava, J Šik, T Wagner, M Frumar
Journal of Applied Physics 103 (8), 083512

In-situ measurement of reversible photodarkening in ion-conducting chalcohalide glass
J Ren, T Wagner, J Orava, T Kohoutek, B Frumarova, M Frumar, G Yang, …
Optics express 16 (3), 1466-1474

Selective dissolution of Agx(As0.33S0.67−ySey)100−x chalcogenide thin films
J Orava, T Wagner, M Krbal, T Kohoutek, M Vlcek, P Klapetek, M Frumar
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 (2), 533-539

Multilayer planar structures prepared from chalcogenide thin films of As–Se and Ge–Se systems and polymer thin films using thermal evaporation and spin-coating techniques
T Kohoutek, T Wagner, J Orava, M Krbal, J Ilavsky, M Vlcek, M Frumar
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 354 (2), 529-532

Reversible photoinduced change of refractive index in ion-conducting chalcohalide glass
J Ren, T Wagner, J Orava, M Frumar, B Frumarova
Applied Physics Letters 92 (1), 011114

Characterization of RF magnetron sputtered Se-doped Ge2Sb2.3Te5 thin films
T Wagner, J Gutwirth, J Orava, J Prikryl, P Bezdicka, M Bartos, M Vlcek, …
MRS Proceedings 1072, 1072-G05-07

2007
Planar quarter wave stacks prepared from chalcogenide Ge–Se and polymer polystyrene thin films
T Kohoutek, J Orava, M Hrdlicka, T Wagner, M Vlcek, M Frumar
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 68 (12), 2376-2380

Electromagnetic field distribution modelling in microlenses fabrication process
P Klapetek, T Wágner, J Orava
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 68 (5), 887-890

Limits of the copper decoration technique for delineating of the V–I boundary
L Válek, Š Stehlík, J Orava, M Ďurík, J Šik, T Wágner
Journal of physics and chemistry of solids 68 (5), 1157-1160

Multilayer systems of alternating chalcogenide As–Se and polymer thin films prepared using thermal evaporation and spin-coating techniques
T Kohoutek, T Wagner, J Orava, M Krbal, J Ilavsky, D Vesely, M Frumar
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 68 (5), 1268-1271

Selective wet-etching of amorphous/crystallized Ag–As–S and Ag–As–S–Se chalcogenide thin films
J Orava, T Wagner, M Krbal, T Kohoutek, M Vlcek, L Benes, E Kotulanova, …
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 68 (5), 1008-1013

The comparison of Ag–As33S67 films prepared by thermal evaporation (TE), spin-coating (SC) and a pulsed laser deposition (PLD)
M Krbal, T Wagner, T Kohoutek, P Nemec, J Orava, M Frumar
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 68 (5), 953-957

Properties and structure of Agx(As0.33S0.67)100−x bulk glasses
M Krbal, T Wagner, T Srba, J Schwarz, J Orava, T Kohoutek, V Zima, …
Journal of non-crystalline solids 353 (13), 1232-1237

Surface morphology of spin-coated As–S–Se chalcogenide thin films
T Kohoutek, T Wagner, J Orava, M Krbal, A Fejfar, T Mates, SO Kasap, …
Journal of non-crystalline solids 353 (13), 1437-1440

Selective wet-etching and characterization of chalcogenide thin films in inorganic alkaline solutions
J Orava, T Wagner, M Krbal, T Kohoutek, M Vlcek, M Frumar
Journal of non-crystalline solids 353 (13), 1441-1445

2006
Selective wet-etching of undoped and silver photodoped amorphous thin films of chalcogenide glasses in inorganic alkaline solutions
J Orava, T Wagner, M Krbal, T Kohoutek, M Vlcek, M Frumar
Journal of non-crystalline solids 352 (9), 1637-1640

2004
Amorphous films of Ag–As–S system prepared by spin-coating technique, preparation techniques and films physico-chemical properties
T Kohoutek, T Wagner, J Orava, M Frumar, V Perina, A Mackova, …
Vacuum 76 (2), 191-194

• 1. 7. 2022 – 30. 6. 2024: PI of the Czech National Recovery Plan funding – project title “Preparation of a new PhD programme – Environmental and Biomaterial Sciences ” (Reg. No.: NPO UJEP MŠMT-16588/2022). Total funding is about 1.2 mil. EUR.

• 2/2018 – 1/2021: Research fellow on DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) project KA 3209/9-1.

• 10/2019: Research Fellow/(PI) – Promising Young Scientist Fellowship at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China (fully covered research/travel expenses).

• 10/2016 – 1/2021: Senior researcher on ERC Advanced Grant, Extending the range of the glassy state: Exploring structure and property limits in metallic glasses (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/695487), Total funding € 2 434 090.
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• 3. 11. 2012 – 3. 11. 2013: Research Fellow/(PI) – Fellowship at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University (funding acquired was about £44,000 before the addition of overhead charges).

3.10.2005 – 17.9.2009
Ph.D. degree (Materials Science, Chemistry and Technology of Materials), University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic
PhD thesis: Study of Chalcogenides with Potential Applications in Micro- and Nano-Optic Devices

2.10.2000 – 6.6.2005
Master degree, Ing., passed with honours (Materials Science, Chemistry and Technical Chemistry), University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic
MD thesis: Selective Etching of Silver Doped Amorphous Chalcogenide Films

16.5. – 20.5.2022
Erasmus+ visit and training at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas,
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, (FORTH/ICE–HT), Patras, Greece

4.10. – 25.10.2019
Promising Young Scientist Fellowship at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China.

12.9. – 3.12.2008
Internship at the High Voltage Transmission Electron Microscopy Group,
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan.

July – August 2004
Trainee-ship at ON Semiconductor, R&D Europe, Czech Republic; the work topic:
Copper Decoration Technique for Delineating of the V–I Boundary in Silicon Wafers.

May 1, 2023 – Head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Faculty of Environment, J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem

April 1, 2023 – Associate Professor of Physics of Condensed Matter
(habilitated at Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

Feb 2021 – Mar 2023: – Assistant Professor
Faculty of Environment, J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem

February 2018 – January 2021 – Research Fellow (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Institute for Complex Materials, Dresden, Germany

January 2020 – December 2020 – Scientific Advisor (part-time, 12.5%)
University of Pardubice, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic

November 2013 – January 2018
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

November 2012 – November 2013
Research Associate
Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Japan

November 2009 – October 2012
Post-Doctorate Research Associate
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

August 2009 – February 2012
Coordinator (part-time, 15%) of a key activity of the Education and Development of Research Team for the Centre of Material Science Pardubice
University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

June 2006 – August 2009
Researcher (a contract of service) at the Research Centre LC 523 and participating at the 6^th Framework Program CAMELS (ChAlcogenide MEmory with multiLevel Storage, IST-3-017406)
University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

2019   Promising Young Scientist Award by the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

2009   Post-Doctorate Research Associate at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

2009   Dean award for the best Ph.D. thesis at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.

2009   Young researcher participant at the 59^th Meeting of Nobel Laureates – dedicated to Chemistry in Lindau, June 28 – July 3, 2009.

2008   3^rd place at the Chemistry Awards 2008 given by the French Embassy in the Czech Republic and Rhodia Company for Czech Ph.D. students.

2005      Prof. M. Jurecek award for the best diploma thesis at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.

JUNE 2023 – PRESENT: Member of Scientific Committee of the Faculty of Environment, J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem

2021–2022: Associate Editor of Physics in National Science Open journal

SEPTEMBER 2021 – PRESENT: Member of the doctoral committee of Environmental Chemistry and Technology at J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

MAY 2021 – PRESENT: Member of the Board for Internal Quality Assurance and Evaluation (Rada pro vnitřní hodnocení UJEP) at J. E. Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.

Editor of the Proceedings of the Advanced Architectures in Photonics, (J. Orava & T. Kohoutek, Eds.), 2014, Czech Republic, ISSN: 2336-6036.

Conferences organizer: International Conference on Solid State Chemistry (2006, 2018); Advanced Architectures in Photonics (2014, 2016); Workshop on Non-Crystalline Solids (2019).

Popular science talks at schools in the Czech Republic, and other science-promoting activities (chemistry shows etc.).

President of the Toastmasters Europe – Pardubice Enthusiasts Club in 2007/2008.