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Vojtěch Patočka

vojtech.patocka@matfyz.cuni.cz

https://geo.mff.cuni.cz/~patocka/

ORCID 0000-0002-3413-6120

CV

2023 - present: Assistant professor at Department of Geophysics, Charles University in Prague
2021 - 2022: Postdoctorial fellowship at Department of Geophysics, Charles University in Prague
2018 - 2021: Postdoctorial fellowship at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin - Settling of crystals in magma oceans
2013 - 2018: PhD in Geophysics at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 - 2015: Sciex project at ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Implementation of viscoelasticity into StagYY
2011 - 2013: M. Sc. with high distinction in Geophysics at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 - 2011: M. Sc. in Law at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2006 - 2010: B. Sc. in Physics at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Research

Reorientation of planetary bodies - the study of rotational dynamics of large bodies subject to loading.
Particle-laden convective flows - dynamics of inertial particles in Rayleigh-Benard systems, with applications to solidifying magma.
Mantle convection - geodynamics, with a focus on upper mantle rheology.

Vojtech Patocka's articles on arXiv

[1]  http://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00880v1 [ html pdf ]
Dynamic reorientation of tidally locked bodies: application to Pluto
Vojtěch Patočka, Martin Kihoulou, Ondřej Čadek
Comments: 14 pages, 8 figures, to be submitted to Icarus
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP),Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
[2]  http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.12633v1 [ html pdf ]
Residence time of inertial particles in 3D thermal convection: implications for magma reservoirs
Vojtěch Patočka, Nicola Tosi, Enrico Calzavarini
Comments: To be submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Subjects: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph); Geophysics (physics.geo-ph),Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
Journal ref: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 591 (2022) 117622
[3]  http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.00753v1 [ html pdf ]
True Polar Wander on Dynamic Planets: Approximative Methods vs. Full Solution
Vojtěch Patočka
Comments: to be submitted to JGR:Planets
Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP),Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
[4]  http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.05448v1 [ html pdf ]
Settling of inertial particles in turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection
Vojtech Patocka, Enrico Calzavarini, Nicola Tosi
Comments: 30 pages, 18 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Fluids
Subjects: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn); Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn),Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft),Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
Journal ref: Phys. Rev. Fluids 5, 114304 (2020)

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Josef Málek (malek@karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
project head

Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Mathematical Institute
Sokolovská 49/83, 186 75 Praha 8, Czech Republic

HR Award at Charles University

4EU+ Alliance