Michael Prouza
| PhD: |
Charles University in Prague, 2001 |
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| 2017- |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Director |
| 2013-17 |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences,
Head of Central Section |
| 2010-17 |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science,
Deputy Head of Department of Astroparticle Physics |
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| 2014- |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science,
Senior Researcher |
| 2009-14 |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Researcher |
| 2007-09 |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Postdoc |
| 2006-07 |
Columbia University, New York, Postdoc |
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| Email: |
cebhmn@smh.pm |
| Phone: |
+420 266 05 2121 |
| Address: |
Office 215
Na Slovance 1999/2
182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic |
I divide my research interests between astroparticle physics and cosmology. In astroparticle physics, I am active in the Pierre Auger Collaboration and in the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory, where I study mostly the atmospheric calibration of these detectors. In cosmology, I am the representative of the Institute of Physics in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Corporation. I am involved (together with Petr Kubánek) in the effort to fully characterize the CCD chips for the 3.2 Gpx mosaic camera of the LSST telescope. This work is realized mostly in collaboration with the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). I am also involved in the activities of the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) that represents a part of the LSST scientific program dedicated to studies of dark energy and modified gravity. Together with my PhD student Michal Vraštil, I am working on simulations and approximations of specific types of modified gravity theories.
Selected Publications
- J. Abraham et al. [The Pierre Auger Collaboration (incl. M. Prouza)], The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. in Phys. Res. A (2010) [arXiv:0907.4282 [astro-ph.IM]]
- Z. Ivezic et al. [LSST Collaboration, incl. M. Prouza], LSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
arXiv:0805.2366 [astro-ph]
- M. Prouza and Smida R., The galactic magnetic field and propagation of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays
Astron. Astrophys. (2003) [astro-ph/0307165]
For a complete list of publications see INSPIRE-HEP.