RNDr. Martin Žonda, Ph.D.

Department
Department of Condensed Matter Physics
Phone
+420 95155 1391
E-mail
martin.zonda@matfyz.cuni.cz
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Teaching
Schedule
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Room / building
F 053, ground floor, Ke Karlovu 5, Ke Karlovu 2026/5, Praha 2

I have a long standing interest in condensed matter theory ranging from nanoscopic devices to bulk and from equilibrium properties through transient dynamics up to thesteady state transport as well as in applications of machine learning methods in these fields.

 

Scientific career:

January 2021 – present

Researcher
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles university, Prague, Czech Republic

January 2018 – December 2020

Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Michael Thoss
University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 3, 791 04 Freiburg, Germany

January 2014 – December 2017

Researcher
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

May 2011 – December 2017

Postdoctoral associate with Doc. Tomáš Novotný
Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

September 2010 – April 2011

Researcher (equivalent to junior postdoc)
Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic

 

Education:

2006 – 2010

Ph.D. in General and mathematical physics
Thesis: Theoretical study of spin and charge ordering in strongly correlated systems
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and Institute of Experimental Physics SAS

2001 – 2006

Master (Mgr. 2006), Bachelor (Bc. 2004) in Physics
Thesis: Phase transitions in strongly correlated systems
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science

1997 – 2001

Geodesy, cartography and land registry,
Secondary school for industry, Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia

Teaching:

Machine learning and optimization in physics

Lecturing and tutoring
Charles University since 2022

Seminar on Machine Learning in Physics

Lecturing and tutoring 
Charles University since 2023

Thermodynamics and statistical physics I

Tutoring 
Charles University since 2021

Thermodynamics and statistical physics II

Tutoring 
Charles University since 2021

Modern topics in condensed matter physics

Tutoring
Freiburg Uni 2019

 

Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Ke Karlovu 3, 121 16 Praha 2, Czech Republic
VAT ID: CZ00216208

HR Award at Charles University

4EU+ Alliance