President of the CAS
Prof. RNDr. Radomír Pánek, Ph.D.
Prof. RNDr. Radomír Pánek, Ph.D., (*1975) is a prominent Czech scientist specializing in plasma physics and nuclear fusion. He received his education at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague, where he earned his M.Sc. in theoretical physics in 1998, his Ph.D. in 2002, and his RNDr. in 2003 in the same field.
From 2000, he worked at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IPP CAS), where he held various leadership positions, including project leader for the installation of the COMPASS tokamak and head of the Tokamak Department. From 2015, he was the director of IPP CAS, and from 2018, the director of the COMPASS-U project.
In 2019, he was appointed as associate professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, and in 2023 as professor at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.
His scientific focus includes plasma physics in tokamaks, plasma instability physics, magnetic confinement of plasma, and nonlinear interactions of plasma with electromagnetic waves. He also conducts research on advanced technologies for nuclear fusion and the technological design and operation of tokamaks.
Radomír Pánek is an active member of many significant committees and commissions in the EU and the European Commission, including chairing the General Assembly of the European EUROfusion consortium and membership in the Scientific and Technical Committee of EURATOM. He also has extensive experience serving on various national committees and commissions of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
He is the author or co-author of more than 170 impacted scientific publications and regularly lectures on plasma physics and nuclear fusion technology at several universities.
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