Mgr. Róbert Kvak

Department:  Department of Meteorology
Position:
Position: Ph.D. student
E-mail:
Phone: +420 272 016 051
Room: 121
 

Education:

  • 2011 - 2014: Department of Geography and Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica (BS); Bachelor thesis title: Climate of Sihlianska plateau (Slovakia)(supervisor: Mgr. Lenka Balážovičová, PhD.)
  • 2014 - 2017: Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (M.S.); Diploma thesis title: Effects of orography on spatial distribution of convective precipitation in Banská Bystrica district (Slovakia)(supervisor: RNDr. Miloslav Müller, Ph.D.)
  • since 2017: Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague (PhD student); Doctoral thesis title: Dynamics of convective storms over complex terrain in the Western Carpathians (supervisor: RNDr. Marek Kašpar, Ph.D.; advisors: RNDr. Miloslav Müller, Ph.D., RNDr. Petr Zacharov, Ph.D.)
  • 2018 – 2020: Secondary specialized school, Pod Bánošom 80, Banská Bystrica (two years extra mural course in the field: Beekeeper)

Employment and academic experience:

  • 2011 - 2015: Meteoinfo, s.r.o.; position: meteorologist
  • since 2016: Institute of Atmospheric Physics CAS; position: PhD student
  • 2017 - 2018: Elsevier; position: editor of Atmospheric sciences in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
  • since 2017: conducting practicals in subjects “Meteorology and climatology” and “Natural hazards and risks” at Faculty of Science, Charles University

Professional interest:

  • mountain meteorology
  • severe convection
  • relationship between complex terrain and precipitating phenomena
  • extra-curricular educational activities in fields of the Earth's atmosphere and physical geography

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