Vojtěch Petráček (born 17 February 1964 in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
) is a Czech nuclear physicist and University Lecturer. Since February 2018, He has also been the rector of the
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU, cs, České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest university, universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Centra ...
(CVUT) in Prague.
Education
After attending the
Nad Štolou Grammar School in the
Letnány, Petráček studied mathematics and physics from 1982 at the
Charles University
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, obtaining a doctorate in 1987.
Career
In 2014 he unsuccessfully ran in the Rectorate election of the ČVUT, but in 2017 he was elected and at the end of January, 2018 he was appointed to this position by the Czech President
Miloš Zeman with effect from 1. February 2018.
Publications
* Vojtěch Petráček, as of 2018, has published 117 articles.
References
External links
Webpage of CVUT Prague
Living people
Scientists from Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague faculty
1964 births
Charles University alumni
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