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doc. Mgr. Tomáš Mančal, Ph.D.

Personal Information

Date of birth: 23/04/1974
Citizenship: Czech Republic

Professional Experience

since 2021
Associate Professor at the Charles University
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University

since 2012
Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)

2007 – 2020
Assistant Professor at the Charles University
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Non-linear optical spectroscopy of dye molecules and photosynthetic complexes, effects of coherence in energy transfer in open quantum systems.

2014 – 2014
Visiting Professor (6 months)
Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004 – 2006
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry at the group of Prof. Graham R. Fleming
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Simulations of two-dimensional optical coherent spectroscopy of photosynthetic systems.

2003 – 2004
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemistry at the group of Prof. Graham R. Fleming
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Theory of two-dimensional optical spectroscopy and two-color photon echo peak shift.

1998 – 2002
group of Prof. Roland Zimmermann under supervision of Dr. Volkhard May
Institute of Physics of the Humboldt-University at Berlin
Non-Markovian dynamics of open quantum systems, optimal control theory of electron transfer.

Education

2002
PhD in Physics
Humboldt-University at Berlin, Germany
Thesis: Laser Pulse Control of Dissipative Dynamics in Molecular Systems
Supervisor: Dr. Volkhard May

1997
M.Sc. in Physics
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Thesis: Solution of Generalized Master Equation for a Model System in Interaction with hermodynamic Bath
Supervisor: Prof. Lubomir Skala