Jiří Žák
Contact
Address: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, Prague, 12843, Czech Republic
Office: P16B
Email: jirizak@natur.cuni.cz | jiri.zak@natur.cuni.cz
Phone: +420221951475
Research group website: Continental Tectonics Group
Professional Career
1997 Bc. in Geological Sciences, Charles University
1998/1999 Undergraduate fellowship at the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London
2000 Graduated from Charles University in Petrology and Structural Geology
2004 Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, Charles University
2004/2011 Research Geologist at the Czech Geological Survey (part-time)
2010 Associate Professor, since 2015 Full Professor
2016/2020 Head of the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Since 2020 Vice Dean for Geology, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Research Interests
Physical Geology | Tectonics | Detrital zircon geochronology | Magmatic processes | Rock magnetism |Precambrian Earth
Publications
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Recent Sponsored Projects
Detrital zircon geochronology as a tool for interpreting terrane provenance, 2023-2025, Czech Science Foundation, project No. 23-06708S
Late Archean granites: markers of modern-style plate tectonics? 2019-2022, Czech Science Foundation, project No. 19-08066S
Sedimentary record and mechanics of collapse of orogenic belts, 2016-2018, Czech Science Foundation, project No. 16-11500S
Supervising Ph.D. theses
Tatiana Tkáčiková (in progress) Exploring the link between tectonic deformation and provenance signal at active plate margins
Reza Syahputra (2023) Mechanisms and time scales of formation of ribbon continents
Filip Tomek (2015) Magnetic fabric, magma flow and tectonic deformation in volcano-plutonic systems
Jaroslava Hajná (2012) Tectonic evolution of the central part of the Teplá-Barrandian unit
Teaching
MG421P00 Physical Geology I | MG421P47 Introduction to Physical Geology | MG420P05 Dynamic Earth: outstanding issues of modern geology | MG421T04 Geologic field trips | MG421T02G Field course in Physical Geology
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