Personalia
Presentation:
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Name: Pavel Exner
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Age: born 1946
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Fluent in Czech (and Slovak although I rarely use it actively), English,
Russian, and to a degree in French (bien, avec un gros grain de sel)
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Able to communicate in German; always willing to learn basics
of
other languages
Coordinates:
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You can reach me anytime electronically at (my surname)(at)ujf.cas.cz
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Mailing address - office: Department of Theoretical Physics,
Nuclear Physics Institute,
Academy of Sciences, 250 68 Řež near Prague, Czechia;
phone +420-266-173-293,
fax +420-220-940-165
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Mailing address - home: V olsinach 120, 10000 Prague,
Czechia;
phone: +420-222-955-641, cell: +420-776-154-823
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More information about our group and institute can be found at the
appropriate web pages.
CV:
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Born: March 30, 1946, in Prague, then Czechoslovakia
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Education and degrees:
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BSc - level in nuclear physics (1964-67)
Czech Technical University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
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MSc - level in theoretical physics (1967-69)
Charles University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
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RNDr degree in theoretical physics (1970)
Charles University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
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CSc (a PhD equivalent) degree in mathematical physics (1983)
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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DrSc degree in mathematical physics (1990)
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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Venia legendi in theoretical physics (1991)
Charles University, Prague, then Czechoslovakia
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Full professor title in theoretical physics (2003)
Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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Memberships, services:
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Czech Physical Society, a section of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists (CPS)
- Executive Committee Member (1996-1999)
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Czech Mathematical Society, a section
of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists (CMS)
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American Mathematical Society (AMS)
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Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics, Prague
- Scientific Director (since 2006)
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Institute of Physics, London
- Fellow and Chartered Physicist since 2000
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European Mathematical Society (EMS)
- Executive Committee Member (2003-2004)
Vicepresident (2005-2010)
- Chair of the Electronic-Publishing Committee (2005-2008)
- President (2015-2018)
- Chair of the Prize Committee of the 9th European Congress of Mathematics (2024)
International Union of Pure and
Applied Physics (IUPAP)
- Vicepresident (2005-2008)
National Liaison Committee Chair (since 2008)
IUPAP Commission
on Mathematical Physics (C18)
- Secretary (2002-2005)
- Commission Chair (2005-2008)
- Associate Member (2009-2012)
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
- Advisory Panel Member (2001-2002, 2011-)
Board Member (2003-2010)
- Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory Section Editor (2007-2010)
European Research Council
- Member of the Founding Scientific
Council (2005-2014)
- Scientific Council Vicechair and ERC Vicepresident (2011-2014)
Editorial Board Member of Advances of Mathematical Physics (2008-2013)
Academia Europaea
- Physics and Engineering Section member since 2010
- P&E Section Committee member since 2011, vicechair (2012-2018), chair (2018-2024)
- President Selection Committee member (2020)
Stefan Banach Center
- Chair of the Scientific Council (2015-2021)
Czech Science Foundation
- Scientific Advisory Board member (2019-2022)
European Academy of Sciences
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Mathematical Physics (2011-2016)
Associate Editor of Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (since 2015)
Associate Editor of Revista Matemática Complutense (since 2015)
Editorial Board Member of Reports on Mathematical Physics (since 2015)
Editorial Board Member of Complex Analysis and Operator Theory (since 2016)
ESOF Supervisory Committee member (2016-2020)
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Mathematical Sciences (since 2020)
Scientific Advisory Board Member of QMATH - Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory, Copenhagen University (since 2016)
Board Member of International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine (since 2022)
Prize Committee Member of Premio José Luis Rubio de Francia (2019 and 2020)
Evaluation Panel Chair, School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (2019)
Prize Committee Member of CAP_CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (2022)
Ukrainian Government Science Identification Committee (2025)
Prize Committe Chair of Dr. A. De Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart Prizes for Exact and Applied Sciences (2025)
Refereeing services for a number of journals
Awards, honours:
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1975: JCMF First Prize for young physicists
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1980: CTU Rector Prize for the best textbook (together with
J. Blank)
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1985: JINR First Prize in Theoretical Physics (together with
J. Blank, J. Dittrich, M. Havlíček, and G.I. Kolerov)
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1999: Bronze Medal of the Czech Physical Society for an important
contribution to mathematical physics
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1999: Annual NPI Prize for the paper series "Resonance effects in
quantum waveguides"
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2000: Silver Jansky Medal for blood donations
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2009: CTU Rector First Prize for the monograph
"Hilbert Space Operators in Quantum Physics" (together with M. Havlíček)
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2010: Elected member of Academia Europaea
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2010: Jubilee Medal of the Romanian Mathematical Society
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2010: Honourable Mention of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists
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2012: Siemens Prize for supervision of a master thesis
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2015: FNSPE Medal, First Class, for the credit of the Faculty development
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2016: The Neuron Prize for outstanding contributions to science
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2017: Keynote Lecture at the Pan African Congress of Mathematicians
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2018: Merited Member of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists
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2019: Distinguished Lecture at the 8t International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians
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2021: Honorary Member of the Physical Society of Uzbekistan
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2021: Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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2022: Honorary Member of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society
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2022: Elected member of European Academy of Sciences
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2022: Honorary Member of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists
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2023: IOP Trusted Reviewer
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2023: CTU Medal, First Class, for an important contribution to the development of the university
Career twists, responsibilities:
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1970-76:
Assistant Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, MFF, Charles
University, Prague
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1976-78:
Research Associate, Nuclear Center,MFF, Charles University, Prague
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1978-86:
Research Fellow, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia
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1986-90:
Department Head, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, Dubna, Russia
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1988-89:
Head of the LTP Scientific Council
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since 1991:
Senior Research Scientist, Nuclear Physics Institute, AS, Řež/Prague
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1997-2000:
Member of the NPI Scientific Council
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since 1998:
Head of the Mathematical-Physics Group in the Department of Theoretical Physics, NPI AS
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1998-2002:
Member of the Academy of Sciences Assembly
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2000-2004:
Member of the Steering Comittee of the Votruba-Blokhintsev Program
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2002-2007:
Member of the Steering Comittee of the ESF Scientific Program
Spectral Theory and Partial Differential Equations (SPECT)
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since 2006:
Scientific Director of the Doppler Institute
for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics
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since 2011:
Chair of the Committee for Awarding the Doctor of Science Degree in Nuclear, Subnuclear and Mathematical Physics
Countries visited
Professional interests: mathematical methods of quantum theory, more
specifically
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unstable systems, decay and resonance phenomena
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functional-integral methods
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spectral and scattering properties of quantum waveguides
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quantum mechanics on graphs and surfaces
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quantum chaos, etc.
More personal information:
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Family: Wife Jana (1946), born Wiendlová, physicist (MSc equivalent
from Czech Technical U., 1970), originally in quantum-optics research,
from 1990 a high-school teacher of physics and electronics
Daughters Milena (1972, BSc in chemistry), married Hajná, working in Macromolecular Chemistry Institute
Hana Kampfová-Exnerová (1975, MSc in geology), working in the Institute of Geophysics, married to Karol Kampf, a physicist
and Věra (1978, MSc in social science, PhD in Central Asian studies),
after heading the
"People in Need" Foundation missions in Kabul for about two years and in Kathmandu for three years, and working in the
Oriental Institute in Prague, she is a free-lance manager of development projects
Grandchildren Jolana (2005, a Harvard student), Jana (2009), Amáta (2010), Vincent (2012), and Veronika (2014)
Parents Vilém (1910-2001), economist, and Marie (1913-2002), born
Karvánková, ofthalmologist
Sister Jana (1948),
married Hayden, an artist
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Hobbies: my profession, literature (both fiction and non-fiction),
arts, classical music, mountain hiking, etc.
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Prejudices: few only, I hope
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Irritated by: brainwashed talk and deeds, selfishness posing as a
general interest, and other things of that type
Nota bene: All e-mail messages
of non-zero information content sent to (my surname)(at)ujf.cas.cz are welcome.
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