Education
Ph.D., Geophysics, May 2008
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France) and Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
M.Phil., Geophysics, May 2006
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (USA)
M.S., Geophysics, June 2002
Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic)
Professional Experience
Barclays, Quantitative Analytics, 2022–now
ZŠ Montessori Kladno (middle school), 2015–2022
Charles University in Prague, Department of Geophysics, 2008 and 2014–2022
University of Maryland, Department of Geology, 2011–2013
University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Physics, 2008–2011
Gymnasium Františka Palackého Neratovice (high school), 2001
Research Themes
Physics and chemistry of the Earth and planets, theoretical and computational geodynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, multiphase flow and deformation, neutrino geoscience, underground production of nuclides via nuclear reactions
Publications
https://www.ondrejsramek.net/publications/
Funding
Constraining Earth’s radiogenic heat production using particle geoscience: geoneutrinos and noble gases. Funded by Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) grant GA17-01464S (rvvi.cz, dimensions), CZK 2.3M, 2017–2019.
Teaching
Middle-school Montessori physics instructor (2015–present; ZŠ Montessori Kladno, Czech Republic)
Courses in mathematics and geoscience at Charles University (2016–2022; see Teaching)
Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students (Charles University, University of Maryland)
Teaching Fellow at Yale University (2005–2006)
High-school physics teaching and curriculum development (2001, Gymnasium Františka Palackého, Neratovice, Czech Republic)
Service and Outreach
Organized and hosted Neutrino Geoscience 2019 Prague
Co-convened of session Two-phase dynamics of mid-ocean ridges and other systems: theory and observation at EGU General Assembly 2010
Co-organized the 8th European Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics, Hrubá Skála, Czech Republic, 2003
Participated in education outreach program JILA PFC PISEC at University of Colorado Boulder (2011)
Created a Wikipedia entry on Geoneutrinos
Reviewed for geoscience journals
Honors and Awards
Charles University in Prague Graduate Fellowship, 2007
Yale University Graduate Fellowship, 2004–2006
Ph.D. Fellowship of the French Government (“Bourse de thèse en cotutelle”), 2002–2004
Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, graduated with honors, 2002
Personal Information
Citizen of the Czech Republic
Fluent in Czech, English, and French; basic Spanish
Other interests: music – double bass, mountain trail running, donuts