Research interests:
Nano-optics, biophotonics, nanofabrication, plasmonics.
Professional activities:
2017–present: Research scientist (since 2021), Postdoctoral fellow (2017-2020), Nano Optics, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
2016–2017: Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Nanostructures and Biosensing, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
2005–2016: Postdoctoral fellow (2015–2016), graduate student (2006–2015), research staff (2005–2006), Optical Biosensors, Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Education:
2015 Ph.D., Quantum optics and optoelectronics, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
2006 MSc., Optics and optoelectronics, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Patents:
- J. Homola, M. Piliarik, I. Tichý, M. Vala, P. Adam, J. Hepnar, K. Chadt. Surface Plasmon Resonance coupler and Disperser Sensor / Senzor založený na excitaci a disperzi povrchových plasmonů. USA. Patent, č. US 8094316, 1.10.2012.