Hobbies
I like hiking therefore the thing that I miss most here in Prague are proper mountains.
There are some in Czech republic but they are not in the vicinity of the capital city and
there is no such place like
Orlia Prť, Tatras ,
Fatras ... Nevertheless, Prague has other things to offer. There is a nice network of cycling roads around the city and plenty of affordable drill-halls and playgrounds for different activities. Of course all kinds of culture events as well.
I have one particular hobby that is very popular in Czech republic, especially in Prague. It’s puzzle-hunting. Basically a team of up to five people is solving riddles, ciphers or puzzles where every solution leads to another puzzle. These tournaments usually start on the Friday or Saturday evening and end at the noon of the next day. During this time, can a good team solve more than fifteen puzzles and cover a distance of more than twenty kilometers. The most popular one is called Tmou. Only the best 220 teams from the online qualification can compete in it. It has a seventeen years of history and even its own anthem.
Other hobby, that I am quite fond of is mushroom hunting. This may sound bizarre to a foreigner but picking mushrooms is a very important part of culture and traditions in most slavic countries.
Last but in no way least is reading and also, from time to time, writing. If you understand slovak, you can enjoy some of my short stories at the pages of Archipel Druz.
CV: Personal data
Name: Martin ŽondaDate of Birth: 21. October 1982
Place of birth: Spišská Nová Ves, Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia)
Employment
January 2021 -
Researcher
Department of Condensed Matter Physics
Charles University in Prague
Ke Karlovu 5
121 16 Prague 2
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 95155 1391
January 2018 - December 2020
PostDoc position
with Michael Thoss
Institute of Physics
University of Freiburg
Hermann-Herder-Strasse 3
791 04 Freiburg
Germany
January 2014 - December 2017
Researcher (equivalent to senior Post-Doc)
Department of Condensed Matter Physics
Charles University in Prague
Ke Karlovu 5
121 16 Prague 2
Czech Republic
May 2011 - December 2013
PostDoc position
with Tomáš Novotný
Charles University in Prague
Ke Karlovu 5
121 16 Prague 2
Czech Republic
September 2010 - April 2011
Researcher
Institute of Experimental Physics SAS
Watsonova 47
040 01 Košice
Slovak Republic
Phone: +421 55 792 220
e-mail: sek@saske.sk
January 2010 - September 2010
Computer Technician
Institute of Experimental Physics SAS
Watsonova 47
040 01 Košice
Slovak Republic
Phone: +421 55 792 220
e-mail: sek@saske.sk
Education
2006-2010
Institution: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice,
Faculty of sciences and Institute of Experimental Physics SAS
Field of study: General and mathematical physics
Degree: 2010 Doctor (PhD.); 2008 Rerum Naturalium Doctor (RNDr.)
Thesis: Theoretical study of spin and charge ordering in strongly correlated systems
2001-2006
Institution: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of sciences
Field of study: Physics
Degree: 2006 Master (Mgr.) with honors; 2004 Bachelor (Bc.) with honors
Diploma work: Phase transitions in strongly correlated systems
1997-2001
Institution: Stredná priemyselná škola in Spišská Nová Ves
Field of study: Geodesy, cartography and land registry
Languages
Slovak: Native speakerEnglish: FCE certificate (B2 of CEFR)
German: Basic understanding (A1 - Self Assessment)
Computer skills
OS: Linux: Expert; Windows, BSD, MacOS: UserProgramming languages: Fortran, Matlab/Octave, Bash: Expert;
Julina, Python, Mathematica: Advanced user
Graphics software: Gnuplot: Expert; Gimp: User
Distributed computing: TORQUE: User ; Condor: Expert
I had been working as a Computer Technician at the SAS in Košice. Back then my main responsibility was to build and then administrate two small PC farms suitable for the distributed computing. The schedule system was the HTC Condor system. One of the farms is still in use theo7.
Honors
First place in the Young Physicists Competition organized by Institute of Experimental Physics SAS (2009)Third place in the Young Physicists Competition organized by Institute of Experimental Physics SAS (2007)
Second place in the Young Physicists Competition organized by Institute of Experimental Physics SAS (2006)
Prize of the dean of the Faculty of science at the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik (2006)
Where to find me