RNDr. David Wagenknecht, PhD.

Topics of professional interest

Ab initio calculations (calculations from the first principles)
Spintronics
Magnetism
Electrical transport properties including relativistic phenomena
Temperature behavior of bulk materials
Optical response

Memberships

SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics)

Member of SPIE Charles University Student Chapter since 2013 (See Activities)
2016–2017: Elected as an officer

OSA (The Optical Society)

Member of SPIE Charles University Student Chapter, in 2017 also member board of OSA Student Chapter

Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists

Member of Czech Physical Society since 2008
Official website

Scientific employment

Charles University, Prague

Department of Condensed Matter Physics
From 2014 to present

Czech Academy of Sciences

Institute of Physics of Materials
From 2015 to present

Technical University of Ostrava

IT4Innovations
2018-2019

Educations

2014–2019: Ph.D. study: Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Research

Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Topic of research: Theory of spin-dependent transport in magnetic solids, Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Ilja Turek, DrSc., consultant RNDr. Karel Carva, Ph.D.

2012–2014: Master’s degree study: Optics and Optoelectronics

Department of Chemical Physics and Optics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Diploma thesis: Optical response of magnetic materials, Supervisor: docent Tomáš Ostatnický, Ph.D.

2009–2012: Bachelor’s degree study: General Physics

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
Bachelor’s thesis (2012): Light propagation in magnetic materials, Supervisor: docent Tomáš Ostatnický, Ph.D.
Student project (2011): Propagation of ultrashort optical pulses, Supervisor: docent Tomáš Ostatnický, Ph.D.