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.