{"id":73,"date":"2017-11-08T12:03:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:09:05","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We are looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/postdoctoral-position-open\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1262\">postdoc<\/a> and PhD students to begin in 2026.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ond\u0159ej Pejcha<strong> (group leader)<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-399\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bachelor (2006) &amp; Master (2008): ITP MFF UK, advisor Dr. David Heyrovsk\u00fd<br>PhD (2013): Ohio State University, advisor&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu\/~thompson\/\">Prof. Todd Thompson<\/a><br>Postdoc (2013-2017): Princeton University, NASA Hubble and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Fellow<br>Interests: binary stars, mergers, neutron stars, black holes, core-collapse supernovae, stellar dynamics, transients, and temporal variability in the sky<br><a href=\"http:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CV.pdf\">Curriculum vitae<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/search\/q=%20author%3A%22pejcha%2Co%22&amp;sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&amp;p_=0\">List of publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marco Laversveiler (PhD student)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>since 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jan K\u0159\u00ed\u017e (Master student)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>since 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jakub Hada\u010d (Bachelor student)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>since 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0160imon Brunovsk\u00fd (Bachelor student)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>since 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>\u0160\u00e1rka Sedl\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 (<strong>project management<\/strong>)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former members<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Karel Kraus<\/strong> &#8211; student intern (2025), hydrodynamics on GPUs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jakubcehula.sk\/\">Jakub Cehula<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; PhD (2021-2025) on <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.cuni.cz\/handle\/20.500.11956\/204773\">Theory of stellar mass loss: from binary stars to magnetars<\/a>, next position at Tartu Observatory\/Slovak Academy of Sciences, Master on <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.cuni.cz\/handle\/20.500.11956\/147930\">Stability of stars undergoing rapid mass loss<\/a>, papers on <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2023MNRAS.524..471C\/abstract\">A theory of mass transfer in binary stars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025arXiv250510616C\/abstract\">On the effects of radiation on mass transfer in binary stars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024MNRAS.528.5323C\/abstract\">Dynamics of baryon ejection in magnetar giant flares: implications for radio afterglows, r-process nucleosynthesis, and fast radio bursts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anthony Kirilov<\/strong> &#8211; PhD (since 2021, paused in 03\/2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Milan Pe\u0161ta<\/strong> &#8211; PhD (2020-2024), postdoc (2024\/2025) on <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.cuni.cz\/handle\/20.500.11956\/195261\">Illuminating binary star evolution with observed populations and theoretical modeling<\/a>, next position Czech Science foundation postdoc fellow at Ohio State University. Papers on <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2023A%26A...672A.176P\/abstract\">Mass-ratio distribution of contact binary stars<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025A%26A...696A..16P\/abstract\">Distinguishing between light curves of ellipsoidal variables with massive dark companions, contact binaries, and semidetached binaries using principal component analysis<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Damien Gagnier<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; postdoc (2021-2024), next position postdoc at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, papers on post-dynamical inspiral phase of common envelope evolution: <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2023A%26A...674A.121G\/abstract\">binary orbit evolution and angular momentum transport<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2310.16880\">the role of magnetic fields<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024arXiv241204419G\/abstract\">journey to the center<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/camillelandri.com\/\"><strong>Camille Landri<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; PhD (2020-2024) on <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.cuni.cz\/handle\/20.500.11956\/192593\">Theory and observations of two stars undergoing strong interaction<\/a>, next position postdoc at KU Leuven. Papers on <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2210.01141\">OGLE-BLG504.12.201843: A possible extreme dwarf nova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024MNRAS.531.3391L\/abstract\">Driving asymmetric red supergiant winds with binary interactions,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024arXiv240715932L\/abstract\">The Effect of Donor Star Rejuvenation on Common Envelope Evolution<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Michal Jire\u0161<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Bachelor (2024) on <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.cuni.cz\/handle\/20.500.11956\/188514\">Simulation of rings surrounding the progenitor of SN1987A<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Diego Calder\u00f3n<\/strong> &#8211; postdoc (2019-2023), <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2021MNRAS.507.1092C\/abstract\">published paper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2023arXiv230910040C\/abstract\">another paper<\/a>, next position: postdoc at Hamburg University, Humboldt Fellow at MPA Garching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>David Vokrouhlick\u00fd<\/strong> &#8211; Master (2023) on <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.cuni.cz\/handle\/20.500.11956\/179581\">Structure and evolution of stars deformed by a nearby companion<\/a>, continuing with PhD at Institute of Physics, Prague<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dominika Hubov\u00e1<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Bachelor (2018) on <a href=\"https:\/\/is.cuni.cz\/webapps\/zzp\/detail\/197288\/?lang=en\">Mass loss from binary stars<\/a>, paper<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1908.02659v1\"> published in MNRAS<\/a>, Master (2021) on Angular momentum loss from binary systems due to stellar winds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mat\u011bj Mezera<\/strong> &#8211; Bachelor (2020) on <span class=\"zzp-work-item-value\"><a href=\"https:\/\/is.cuni.cz\/webapps\/zzp\/detail\/216034\/?lang=en\">Dynamical perturbations of triple stellar and planetary systems seen in gravitational waves with LISA<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Petr Kurf\u00fcrst<\/strong> &#8211; postdoc, <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2020A%26A...642A.214K\/abstract\">published paper<\/a>, next position: Masaryk University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Micha\u0142 Pawlak<\/strong> &#8211; postdoc, published papers <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2019MNRAS.487.5932P\/abstract\">one<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2021A%26A...649A.110P\/abstract\">two<\/a>, next position: postdoc at Jagiellonian University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Antonina Bako<\/strong> &#8211; project management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Petr Jakub\u010d\u00edk<\/strong> (Oxford)- summer project on damped random walk modelling of ASAS-SN light curves, co-author on <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1906.06340\">published paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are looking for postdoc and PhD students to begin in 2026. Ond\u0159ej Pejcha (group leader) Bachelor (2006) &amp; Master (2008): ITP MFF UK, advisor Dr. David Heyrovsk\u00fdPhD (2013): Ohio State University, advisor&nbsp;Prof. Todd ThompsonPostdoc (2013-2017): Princeton University, NASA Hubble and Lyman Spitzer Jr. FellowInterests: binary stars, mergers, neutron stars, black holes, core-collapse supernovae, stellar &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/team\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Team&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":93,"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1290,"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/1290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utf.mff.cuni.cz\/~pejcha\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}