Personalia

Presentation:

Name: Pavel Exner
Age: born 1946
Fluent in Czech (and Slovak although I rarely use it actively), English, Russian, and French (presque)
Able to communicate in German; always willing to learn basics of other languages

Coordinates:

You can reach me anytime electronically at (my surname)(at)ujf.cas.cz
Mailing address - office: Department of Theoretical Physics, Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Rez near Prague, Czech Republic; phone +420-266-173-293, fax +420-220-940-165
Mailing address - home: V olsinach 120, 10000 Prague, Czech Republic; phone: +420-222-955-641, cell: +420-776-154-823
More information about our group and institute can be found at the appropriate web pages.

CV:

Born: March 30, 1946, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia
Education and degrees:

BSc - level in nuclear physics (1964-67)
Czech Technical University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
MSc - level in theoretical physics (1967-69)
Charles University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
RNDr degree in theoretical physics (1970)
Charles University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
CSc (a PhD equivalent) degree in mathematical physics (1983)
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
DrSc degree in mathematical physics (1990)
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
Venia legendi in theoretical physics (1991)
Charles University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
Full professor title in theoretical physics (2003)
Charles University, Prague, Czechia

Memberships, services:

International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP);
Executive Committee Member and Secretary (2006-2008)
President (2009-2011)
Czech Physical Society, a section of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists (FVS JCMF);
Executive Committee Member (1996-1999)
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics, Prague
Scientific Director (2006-)
Institute of Physics, London;
Fellow and Chartered Physicist since 2000
European Mathematical Society (EMS);
Executive Committee Member (2003-2004)
Vicepresident (2005-2010)
Chair of the Electronic-Publishing Committee (2005-2008)
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP),
Vicepresident (2005-2008)
IUPAP Commission on Mathematical Physics (C18);
Secretary (2002-2005)
Commission Chair (2005-2008)
National Liaison Committee Chair (since 2008)
Associate Member (2009-2012)
Editorial Board of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Advisory Panel Member (2001-2002, 2011-)
Board Member (2003-2010)
Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory Section Editor (2007-2010)
European Research Council
Member of the Founding Scientific Council (2005-)
Scientific Council Vicechair and ERC Vicepresident (2011-)
Editorial Board Member of Advances of Mathematical Physics (2008-)
Academia Europaea
Physics and Engineering Section member since 2010
PE Section Committee member since 2011
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Mathematical Physics (2011-2013)
Refereeing services for a number of journals

Awards:

1975: JCMF First prize for young physicists
1980: CTU Rector Prize for the best textbook (together with J. Blank)
1985: JINR first prize in theoretical physics (together with J. Blank, J. Dittrich, M. Havlicek, and G.I. Kolerov)
1999: bronze Medal of the Czech Physical Society for an important contribution to mathematical physics
1999: Annual NPI Prize for the paper series "Resonance effects in quantum waveguides"
2000: silver Jansky Medal for blood donations
2009: CTU Rector First Prize for the monograph "Hilbert Space Operators in Quantum Physics" (together with M. Havlicek)
2010: Jubilee Medal of the Romanian Mathematical Society
2010: Honourable Mention of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists

Career twists, responsibilities:

1970-76:
Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, MFF, Charles University, Prague
1976-78:
Research Associate, Nuclear Center, MFF,Charles University, Prague
1978-86:
Research Fellow, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia
1986-90:
Department Head, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia
1988-89:
Head of the LTP Scientific Council
since 1991:
Senior Research Scientist, Nuclear Physics Institute, AS, Rez/Prague
1997-2000:
Member of the NPI Scientific Council
since 1998:
Head of the Mathematical-Physics Group in the Department of Theoretical Physics, NPI AS
1998-2002:
Member of the Academy of Sciences Assembly
2000-2004:
Member of the Steering Comittee of the Votruba-Blokhintsev Program
2002-2007:
Member of the Steering Comittee of the ESF Scientific Program Spectral Theory and Partial Differential Equations (SPECT)
since 2006:
Scientific Director of the Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
since 2011:
Chair of the Committee for Awarding the Doctor of Science Degree in Nuclear, Subnuclear and Mathematical Physics

**Professional interests: mathematical methods of quantum theory, more specifically**

unstable systems, decay and resonance phenomena
functional-integral methods
spectral and scattering properties of quantum waveguides
quantum mechanics on graphs and surfaces
quantum chaos, etc.

More personal information:

Family: Wife Jana (1946), born Wiendlova, physicist (MSc equivalent from Czech Technical U., 1970), originally in quantum-optics research, from 1990 a high-school teacher of physics and electronics
Daughters Milena (1972, BSc in chemistry), a technician in Macromolecular Chemistry Institute, AS,
Hana (1975, MSc in geology), married Kampfova-Exnerova, working in the Institute of Structure and Mechanics of Rocks, AS; now accompanying her husband at a postdoc position in Lund,
and Vera (1978, MSc in social science, PhD in Central Asian studies), married Vesela, after heading the "People in Need" Foundation mission in Kabul, she works for the Institute of International Relations in Prague
Grandchildren Jolana (2005), Jana (2009), Amata (2010), and Vincent (2012)
Parents Vilem (1910-2001), economist, and Marie (1913-2002), born Karvankova, ofthalmologist
Sister Jana (1948), married Hayden, an artist
Hobbies: my profession, literature (both fiction and non-fiction), arts, classical music, mountain hiking, etc.
Prejudices: few only, I hope
Irritated by: brainwashed talk and deeds, selfishness posing as a general interest, and other things of that type

Nota bene:

(my surname)(at)ujf.cas.cz

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Last update: April 28, 2012