Vojtěch Patočka

vojtech.patocka@matfyz.cuni.cz

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

ORCID 0000-0002-3413-6120

CV

Co-Investigator of "Effusive CryOvolcanism: the battle of PHases in a watER table freezing under reduced atmospheric pressure" (COPHER), Czech Science Foundation project 25-15473S.

PhD supervisor of Vít Beran.

2023 - present: Assistant professor at DG CUP, member of UNCE
2021 - 2022: Postdoctorial fellowship at Department of Geophysics, Charles University in Prague (DG CUP)
2018 - 2021: Postdoctorial fellowship at German Aerospace Center (DLR) - 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 - changes in the spatial orientation of planets and moons; free wobble of Earth, Mars, and Venus
Particle-laden convective flows - dynamics of inertial particles in Rayleigh-Benard systems, with applications to solidifying magma reservoirs.
Mantle convection - geodynamics of tectonic regimes, with a focus on upper mantle rheology.