I studied both physics at Masaryk University and at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Brno University of Technology. Already as an undergraduate student I joined the Institute of Instrumentation of the CAS in Brno and started to work in the field of electron microscopy. During my PhD studies I got the opportunity for a longer study stay in Japan, at the University of Toyama. There I worked on the application of slow and super-slow electron microscopy to advanced light metal alloys in the team of Prof. Kenji Matsuda.
 
After completing my PhD, I joined one of the largest companies in Japan, the steel giant JFE Steel Corporation. I spent 5 years at the Kawasaki branch, working on the development of new microscopy techniques for the characterization of high-strength steels. After returning from Japan, I was given the opportunity to start a new team at the Institute of Scientific Instrumentation of the CAS. My team consists of young scientists, mainly my PhD students. We are trying to develop new imaging techniques that allow objective classification of the microstructure of materials, especially steels. We combine innovative approaches in metallography with advanced microscopy techniques and incorporate machine learning methods into structure evaluation.
 
I am a recipient of the Lumina quaeruntur Prize and have received a Japanese award from the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials and an honorary professorship from the University of Toyama, Japan.