Biography

I am a Czech astronomy student from Prague, currently completing my MSc thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. I will pursue a PhD at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, supervised by Professor Cathie Clarke.My research focuses on the formation of planets in protoplanetary discs. In my BSc thesis, written under the supervision of Dr. Miroslav Brož at Charles University in Prague, I modelled the radiative transfer in the protoplanetary disc DoAr 44 based on observations from VLTI/GRAVITY, ALMA and various other instruments.In my MSc research, I am trying to model the kinematics of gas in the planet forming disc Elias 2-27, which is an interesting challenge due to the interplay of infall, gravitational instability, azimuthal asymmetry and orbital eccentricity in this system.During my PhD, supported by the Gates-Cambridge scholarship, I will investigate the relationship of infall, gravitational instability and planet formation using hydrodynamical simulations and radio-interferometric observations. Alongside my research, I am an organizer of the Czech Astronomy Olympiad and am committed to building a stronger astronomical community in Czechia. I am excited to join the Gates-Cambridge community!

Previous Education

University of Heidelberg Physics 2026
Charles University Physics 2024