Tomas Krenek

assoc. prof. Ing. Tomáš Křenek, Ph.D. Born: May 28., 1981, Plzeň, Czech Republic Education: 2005: Ing. (master) degree in material science (Department of Material Science and Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, West Bohemian University in Pilsen) 2009: Ph.D. in material science (Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals ASCR, v.v.i. Prague, West Bohemian University in Pilsen) Thesis: "Laser induced synthesis of binary nanoalloys in the gas phase" (Supervisor: Josef Pola, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., Doc. Ing. P. Duchek) 2018: Assoc.prof. in material science, topic of habilitation: „Nanostructured metastable materials induced by laser irradiation“ (West Bohemian University in Pilsen) Professional Experience: 2005 -2009: Research assistant-student (Department of Material Science and Technology, West Bohemian University in Pilsen), Ph.D. student (Laboratory of Laser Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague) since 2009: Research fellow at West Bohemian University in Pilsen, New Technologies - Research Centre, Department: Engineering of Special Materials Pedagogical worker at Department of Material Science and Technology and Department of Chemistry at West Bohemian University in Pilsen Scientific experience abroad: 2008: Research fellow at Institute of the Structure of Matter, Department of Spectroscopy and Multhiphoton Processes, (CSIC), Madrid - Spectroscopic study of the gaseous SiH4 and GeH4 mixture 2014: Research fellow at Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Sofie, Bulgaria – Optical emission spectroscopy of plasma produced by laser ablation of iron sulfide spectroscopic study of iron sulfide Invited lectures abroad: 2012: XXII Congress of Chemists and Technologists of Macedonia Key note lecture: ,,Laser induced synthesis of nanoalloys in the gas phase“ 2014: 18th INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: Challanges of Nanoscale Science: Theory, Materials, Applications Invited lecture: „Pulsed Laser Deposition: Efficient Technique for Formation of Metastable Nanostructured Materials” 2014: Invited lecture at Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Science (,,Ablative deposition and its potential in fundamental research and application”) Specialization: Pulsed laser deposition, laser-induced chemical vapor deposition, laser induced synthesis of novel materials (immiscible alloys, amorphous metals, catalytic nanoparticles, bioactive nanoparticles, metastable phases) Other activities: Supervisor of 8 bachelor thesis and 4 diploma thesis Supervisor of 4 Ph.D. students Principal investigator/coordinator of 2 grants of TA ČR and two international projects. Author or co-author of 27 publications in international refereed impact journals and 12 articles in the peer reviewed journal (indexed by Scopus) and 3 chapters in international books in the field of metastable phases, immiscible alloys, nanomaterials, biomaterials, catalysis, material science and laser chemistry.