Gabriel Török

Dr. Gabriel Török

Positions at Silesian University in Opava:

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

First and family name: Gabriel Török
Date and place of birth: April 3, 1978, Vizovice
Nationality: Czech
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Personal website: http://astrocomp.physics.cz/index.php/team?id=38

Education and Qualification

2016 Habilitation
2003 – 2008: Doctoral study (Ph.D.) of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
1996 – 2003: Master study (Mgr.) of Theoretical Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic

Positions

2015 – present: Vice Rector for Development, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
2013 – present: Chair of Research Centre for Computational Physics and Data Processing, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
2010 – present: Vice Chair of Research, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
2016 - present: Associate Professor
2005 – 2010: Researcher and Assistant Professor, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic

Memberships, Conference Boards

2011 – 2014: Member of Czech Science Foundation Board for Astronomy and Astrophysics (P209)
2012 – present: Active Member of IAU Division D (High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics) and Division D Commission 44 (Space & High Energy Astrophysics)
2014: Member of LOC and SOC of the Olomouc Synergy Conference
2013: Member of LOC and SOC of the Prague Synergy Conference
2012 – 2014: Member of LOC and SOC of several local workshops organized by the Silesian University in Opava and the Astronomocal Institute of Prague
2007 – 2014: Member of LOC and SOC of the annual RAGtime workshops

Grants

2017- present Principal Investigator of INTER-EXCELLENCE Project "Promotion and Development of International Scientific Cooperation in Relativistic Astrophysics and Preparation of X-ray Space Missions", LTI17018 (total budget of 400 000 Euro)
2016 – present Principal Investigator of grant „Oscillations and coherent features in accretion disks around compact objects and their observational signatures“ (CGA - GAČR, total budget of 400 000 Euro)
2012 – 2013: Principal Investigator of team postdoctoral grant „High Frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillations and Compact Object Properties“ (CGA, total budget of 300 000 Euro), project results were evaluated by CGA as excellent
2012 – 2013: Project and Scientific Manager of the Project CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0071 SYNERGY (supporting international collaboration in astrophysics, total budget of 1 200 000 Euro)
2012 – 2014: Principal Investigator of the Project CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0271 INAP (innovations of study programmes of Silesian University in Opava, total budget of 2 000 000 Euro)

Awards

Fields of Professional Interests

Relativistic Astrophysics, Physics of Black holes and Neutron Stars, Observational Data Analysis, Theory of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations

Conferences and Scientific Stays

2003 – present: Active participation at conferences and workshops in the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Spane, Canada, Japan, China (co-author of approx. 100 conference oral and poster presentations and 50 proceeding papers)
2005 – present: Multiple scientific visits at following institutions: CESR in Toulouse (Francie); NORDITA in Copenhagen (Denmark); Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Centre in Warsaw (Poland); University of Gothenburg (Sweden), SISSA in Trieste (Italy); INAF in Rome (Italy)
2005: 5-month Study Stay within Erasmus programme at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburgh, Sweden
2004: 1-month Study Stay at University of Leicester, UK

Publication Activity (Web of Science/NASA ADS)