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CTIRAD ČERVINKA CV

Education:

• Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT), Prague, 2015.

• M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, UCT, Prague, 2012.

• B.Sc. in Chemistry, UCT, Prague, 2010.

Employment:

• Associate Professor 

Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, UCT, Prague  

since 2023

• Assisstant Professor 

Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, UCT, Prague  

2018-2023

Stays abroad:

• Postdoctoral Fellow (Fulbright Grant) with Greg Beran 

Condensed phase quantum chemistry group at the University of California, Riverside, USA

2016-17, 9 months.

• Postdoctoral Fellow (COST Action EXIL) with Agilio Pádua and Margarida Costa Gomes 

Thermodynamics of Ionic Liquids group at the Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand France 

2016, 7 months.

• Doctoral Internship (Erasmus+) with Richard Dronskowski

Solid-State and Quantum Chemistry group at the RWTH University, Aachen, Germany

2014, 3 months.

• Doctoral Internship (French Government Grant BGF) with Agilio Pádua

Thermodynamics of Ionic Liquids group of the University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand France

2013, 3 months.

Research fields:

• Theoretical calculations and computer simulations of the thermodynamic, structural and spectral properties.

• Ab initio construction of phase diagrams for molecular crystals (including both periodic and fragment-based computations of cohesive energies, phonon properties, sublimation equilibrium, polymorphism etc.).

• Molecular-dynamics investigations of thermodynamic and structural properties and interactions of ionic liquids with solid materials.

Bibliographic data  (as of 10/2025, according to WoS)

Papers in peer-reviewed journals: 59

Invited talks: 7

Number of communications to scientific meetings: 20

Times cited w/o autocitations: 1 197

H-index: 22

Teaching experience:

• Bachelor courses at UCT Prague: 

Physical chemistry, Physical chemistry of microworld, Theoretical fundamentals of chemistry, Laboratory in Physical chemistry.

• Master courses at UCT Prague

Quantum chemistry.

• Supervisor and co-supervisor of B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. students

4 M.Sc. thesis defended under my supervision

     2025 - V. Šritterová

     2024 - V. Kostková

     2023 - L. Draslarová

2022 - P. Touš

5 B.Sc. theses defended under my supervision 

2024 - V. Aulich

2023 - V. Šritterová

2022 - V. Kostková

2021 - M. Pur, D. Himr

2020 - P. Touš, L. Draslarová

Grant projects:

• 2023-2027 - JUNIOR STAR research project funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), Topic: Making ab initio modelling possible for disordered molecular semi-conductive materials.

• 2024-2025 - Barrande mobility project funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MŠMT), Topic: High-entropy building blocks for sustainable liquids

• 2019 - 2021 - Junior research project funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), Topic: Cohesive properties and phase equilibria of ionic liquids investigated by state of the art calculations and experiments.

• 2019 - 2022 - INTER-ACTION project LTAUSA funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (MŠMT), Topic: Ab Initio Investigation of Polymorphism of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Supported by State of the Art NMR Crystallographic and Calorimetric Experiments  

Awards:

• 2017 - Participation at the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting with excellent young scientists, Lindau, Germany.

• 2016 - Fulbright grant dedicated to a postdoctoral research internship in the U. S.

• 2013 - French government grant BGF dedicated to a doctoral research internship in France

• 2012 - Prize of the Rector for outstanding M.Sc. students at the UCT Prague

• 2010 - Prize of the Dean for outstanding B.Sc. students at the UCT Prague

• 2007 - Silver medal at the 39th International Chemistry Olympiad, Moscow, Russia

Languages:

• Czech - mother tongue

• English - fluently

• French - advanced

• German - intermediate

Hobbies:

• Hiking, cycling, cross-country skiing

• Supporting SK Slavia Prague football team

• Gardening

• Dogs

• Classical and folk music