prof. RNDr. Tomáš Novotný, Ph.D.
Professional career:
- since
June 2026 Professor (Physics of nanostructures and
nanomaterials)
- since 2022 Head of the Department of
Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles
University
- 2020 – 2026 Associate Professor (docent)
at DCMP
- 2001 – 2020 Researcher at
DCMP
- 2010 – 2011 Visiting Professor at Université
Joseph Fourier and Institute Néel, CNRS,
Grenoble, France
- 2004 – 2006 Postdoctoral
researcher in the group of Prof. Karsten Flensberg at the Niels Bohr Institute
in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2002 – 2004 Postdoctoral
researcher in the group of Prof. Antti-Pekka Jauho at the Technical University
of Denmark in Lyngby, Denmark
- 1996 – 2000 Ph.D.
student in the group of Prof. Bedřich Velický at the Faculty of Mathematics
and Physics, Charles University
- 1996 Master's degree
in theoretical physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles
University (with distinction)
Research
activity:
- Nanoscopic hybrid systems- study of
quantum dots and molecules connected to superconducting or metal electrodes,
study of quantum phase transitions, Kondo effect, effective models, etc. using
semi-analytical methods of many-body quantum
mechanics
- Electronic quantum transport- calculation of
non-equilibrium transport properties of nanoscopic systems using methods of
non-equilibrium quantum statistical physics including generalized master
equations and nonequilibrium Green's functions
- Stochastic
processes – study of a wide range of classical and quantum
stochastic processes from bubble breathing in DNA to quantum electronic noise
and full counting statistics in nanoscopic transport
Scientific output (as of June 14,
2026):
- H-index (Web of Science): 25
- 83 publications in
impacted journals, including 9 in Phys. Rev. Lett. and one each in PNAS, Nano
Letters, ACS Nano, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Quantum and npj 2D Materials and
Applications
- 2527/2349 citations with/without self-citations (Web of
Science)
- 30 invited lectures at international conferences and
workshops, including the General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division,
EPS or repeatedly at SCES (Strongly Correlated Electron
Systems)
- Principal investigator of 5 grants of the Czech
Science Foundation (including 3 bilateral grants), an INTER-COST grant of the
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and a QuantEra project; co-investigator
of 2 standard grants of the Czech Science Foundation
- Co-organizer of the 431st WE-Heraeus Seminar
„Noise and Full Counting Statistics in Mesoscopic Transport“ in Bad Honnef,
Germany in May 2009 (together with Prof. Tobias Brandes from TU
Berlin)
- Member of 3 COST actions, member of the management committee in
two of them
- Reviewer of grant applications for Irish, Polish, Israeli,
and Swiss grant agencies
- Faculty representative in the National
Initiative for Quantum Technologies (NIKT) and University contact person in the
Quantum Innovation Center
consortium (QIC)
