doc. Ing. Alena Michalcová, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor

Education:

• 2006-2011: UCT Prague, doctoral studies, study field Metallurgy
• 2001-2006: UCT Prague, engineering studies, study field Chemical Technology of Metallic and Special Inorganic Materials

Career:

• since 2019: UCT Prague, Institute of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Associate Professor
• 2012-2019: UCT Prague, Institute of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Assistant Professor
• 2015-2016: Max-Planck Institut für Eissenforschung Düsseldorf (DE), Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2011-2012: UCT Prague, Institute of Chemical Technology of Monument Restoration, Assistant Professor
• 2011-2012: UCT Prague, Institute of Chemical Technology of Monument Restoration, Research Fellow
• 2011: ÚACH AS ČR: Center for Instrumental Techniques, Technical Fellow
• 2007-2010: UCT Prague, Institute of Metals and Corrosion Engineering, Research Fellow

Specialization:

• nanostructured metals and alloys
• rapid solidification and powder metallurgy
• microscopy

Lectures:

• Analysis of Materials
• Methods of Characterization of Biomaterials
• Forensic Analysis of Metallic and Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials
• Methods for Monument Exploration
• Special Methods for Studying and Characterizing Materials

Membership in professional organizations and editorial boards:

• member of the Czechoslovak Microscopy Society
• member of the European Microscopy Society

Research projects:

• 2022-2024 (GAČR; 22-05801S): Příčiny a mechanismus degradace slitin cínu s nízkým obsahem legujících prvků (investigator).
• 2017-2019 (GAČR; GJ17-25618Y): Příprava inovativních slitin hliníku se "self-healing" a "self-reporting" vlastnostmi (investigator).