Position:
Scientist
Branch:
Department of climate services
Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
Bělidla 4a
Brno
603 00
Email:
lhotka.o@czechglobe.cz
Research Focus
temperature extremes, climate models, atmospheric circulation, land-atmosphere coupling
Education
2012–2016: PhD student of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
PhD project: Long-term variability of heat waves and cold spells in Central Europe
2010–2012: Master’s degree in Physical Geography and Geoecology,Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
2007-2010: Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Cartography, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
Awards
2025: First author of the awarded article selected into the special collection ‘Ten Years of Earth and Space Science’
2016: Best graduate thesis in the Ph.D. study program of Geography
Important research visits and fellowships
2018: University of Bern, Switzerland – research topic „Late frosts in the Aare river catchment“ (host Stefan Broennimann)
2015: University of Buenos Aires – research topic „Climate model simulations of heat waves over Argentina“
2014: ICTP (Trieste, Italy) – 2nd TOSCA training school on Solar variability and climate response
2013: University of Buenos Aires – research topic „Temporal variability of heat waves in Argentina“
Brief scientometrics
Web of Science Core Collection Publication: 29
H-index: 14
Sum of Times Cited: 666
