Prof. RNDr. Kristián Máthis, DrSc.

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES

2017     Doctor of Science (DSc.), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Thesis: In-situ investigation of deformation mechanisms in magnesium alloys and composites

2013     Habilitation in Solid State Physics

            Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

2004     PhD in Physics (Materials and Solid State Physics). Supervisor: Prof. János Lendvai, Thesis: Deformation mechanisms of magnesium-based alloys

            Faculty of Science/ Department of Materials Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

2003     PhD in Solid State Physics and Materials Science. Supervisor: Prof. Zuzanka Trojanová, Thesis: Investigation of processes of plastic deformation in magnesium alloys

            Faculty of Mathematics and Physics/ Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

2000     Master in Solid State Physics

            Faculty of Mathematics and Physics/ Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

CURRENT POSITION

Since 2014       Associate Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics/ Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2007 – 2013     Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics/ Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

2005 – 2007     Researcher, Institute for Energy, Joint Research Centre, Petten, The Netherlands

2004 – 2005     Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (GPM2), Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France

STAYS ABROAD

2016 – 2017   Visiting Researcher, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2005 – 2007   Researcher, Institute for Energy, Joint Research Centre, Petten, The Netherlands

2004 – 2005   Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (GPM2), Grenoble Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France

LECTURER ACTIVITIES

Supervision of students

6 Bachelor, 5 Master and 5 PhD students.

3 defended PhD theses:

2017 – Jan Čapek – currently researcher at Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

2017 – Gergely Farkas – currently researcher at Nuclear Physics Institute, Řež, Czech Republic

2016 – Tomáš Krajňák – currently researcher at Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Teaching

Courses: Physics of Materials III; New Materials and Technologies; Physical Acoustics; Introduction to the Continuum Mechanics; Theory of Dislocations

Practical courses: Mechanics, Mechanics Lab, Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab

Memberships in examination boards:

PhD examination board – Solid State Physics and Materials Science, Charles University, Prague and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

BSc examination board – General Physics, Charles University, Prague

MAIN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Mechanical properties of magnesium alloys and composites,
• In-situ testing: acoustic emission, neutron- and X-ray diffraction
• Modeling of deformation behavior of metallic materials

RECORDS IN SCIENTIFIC DATABASES (as of 25/1/2019)

Web of Knowledge: Number of records: 89; Citations without self-citations: 774; ACI: 10,55; H-index: 15

Scopus: Number of records: 95; Citations without self-citations: 840; H-index: 16

Google Scholar: Number of records: 100; Citations without self-citations: 1258; H-index: 19

AWARDS

2017     Light Metals Division JOM Best paper award, The Materials, Metals and Minerals Society, USA

2017     Best Lecturer Award, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague

2011     Award for Junior Hungarian Researcher Abroad, received from Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

CONFERENCES

Keynote and invited talks

2018

• The 4^th International Symposium of Long-Period Stacking Ordered Structure and Mille Feuille Structure, Kumamoto, Japan – invited talk
• 10^th European Congress on Residual Stresses - ECRS 10, Leuven, Belgium – plenary lecture
• The 11th International Conference on Magnesium Alloys and Their Applications, Old Windsor, United Kingdom – invited talk

2017

• 9^th International Conference on Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation, Krueger National. Park, South Africa – invited lecture
• TMS 2017, 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, USA – invited lecture

2016

• 9^th International Conference on Materials Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture, Brno, Czech Republic – invited lecture
• 7^th International School of Materials Science - Samara, Russia, keynote lecture

2015

• 18th International Conference on the Strength of Materials, Brno, Czech Republic, Invited lecture
• 1^st Russian-Japanese Workshop on Advanced Materials, Togliatti, Russia, Invited lecture

2014

• 11th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Prague, Czech Republic, Invited lecture

2012

• Colloque Plasticité, Metz, France, Plenary lecture

2011

• 12th International Symposium on Physics of Materials, Prague, Invited lecture

Conference organizing

• 10^th International Conference on Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation, Prague, Czech Republic – chair of organization committee
• 10^th International Conference on Materials Structure & Micromechanics of Fracture, Brno, Czech Republic – member of the international advisory board
• 14th International Symposium on Physics of Materials, Prague – member of organization committee

GRANTS

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTS

Utility model – Czech Industrial Property Office, Nr. 29113 – Magnesium alloy

Utility model – Czech Industrial Property Office, Nr. 29281 – Magnesium-based alloy for application in transportation industry

Utility model – Czech Industrial Property Office, Nr. 29863 – Device for controlled crystallization and cooling of ingots for aluminum and its alloys

All projects realized in cooperation with Alucast Ltd., Tupesy, Czech Republic

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

2014 – Member of Editorial Board, Kovové Materiály – Metallic Materials, Slovak Republic

2010 – Member of Managing Committee, The Czech Society for New Materials and Technologies, Czech Republic

2007 – Reviewer for various journals (e.g. Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Materials Characterization, …)

2004 - Member of the public body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

PUBLIKACE

Complete list (Scopus)

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