Petr Habala: CV
Born: 1968 in Opava, Czech Republic
Married, 2 children.
Education:
• 1996 - 1999: postdoc at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA; mentor: Prof. Edward Odell.
• 1996: Spring program on geometry of Banach spaces, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California, USA.
• 1992 - 1996: Ph.D. in Mathematics (August 1996), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Thesis: Hereditary properties of infinite-dimensional Banach spaces;
supervisor: Prof. Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann.
• 1987 - 1992: Diploma in Mathematics (M.Sc., May 1992), Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Thesis: Stationary incompressible bipolar fluids;
supervisor: Prof. Jindrich Necas.
• 1983 - 1987: Grammar school of Nicolas Copernicus (with extended program in mathematics and physics) in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia.
Employment, work experiences:
• since 2004: Associated Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1999 - 2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1999 - 2001: Instructor, English Language, Estela (private language school).
• 1996 - 1999: Instructor, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
• august 1997: "Young Investigator" at NSF Workshop in Linear Analysis and Probability, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
• 1992 - 1995: Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
• 1991: part-time programming and computer skills teacher at an elementary school.
Awards:
• 2019: The Ministry of Education Award for excellence in university teaching.
• 2003: The Medal of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, 1 order; for the book Functional analysis and infinite-dimensional geometry (with M. Fabian, P. Hajek, V. Montesinos, J. Pelant, and V. Zizler).
• 1998: The Department of Mathematics Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Other creative output:
• Calculus from practical point of view (2019), videos with overview of methods for solving calculus problems.
• Kalkulus prakticky (2018), videos with overview of methods for solving calculus problems (in Czech).
• Humorna matematika (Funny mathematics, 2016), videos about mathematics around us, presumably humorous.
• Opakujeme matematiku na VS (Reviewing mathematics for university, 2015), videos that refresh topics that every freshman needs to know to survive the first year.
• translation of Robert A. Heinlein: Between Planets, in Czech as "Mezi planetami", Straky na vrbe, 2001.
• translation of Robert A. Heinlein: Red Planet, in Czech as "Ruda planeta", Straky na vrbe, 2000.
• Over 20 published reviews, mostly of fiction books, but also for instance rewies of "Moral animal" by Robert Wright (Interkom 10/2002, 11-12/2002) and "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jarred Diamond (Interkom 6/2001).
• Various articles on public affairs and popularization of mathematics.
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