President of the Czech Republic Appoints Stanislav Seitl as Professor
17.12.2025 On 16 December 2025, Stanislav Seitl was appointed Professor by the President of the Czech Republic. He works at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, and is also a senior research scientist at the Institute of Materials Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Phenom XL: New Electron Microscope at IMP for Fast Material Analysis
12.12.2025 The Institute of Materials Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences now has a new Phenom XL desktop electron microscope, acquired as part of the OP JAK Partnership for Safety in Sustainable Transport and Energy (PSSITE) project, led by Prof. Ing. Luboš Náhlík, Ph.D.
Three New Doctors from the Institute of Materials Physics, CAS Received Their Diplomas at the BUT Rector’s Office
10.12.2025 On November 26th, 2025, the solemn doctoral and docent ceremonies at the Rector’s Office of BUT saw three of our own doctors—Ing. Kamila Kozáková, Ph.D., Ing. & Ing. Radek Kubíček, Ph.D., and Ing. Dušan Tichoň, Ph.D.—receive their diplomas.
Blacksmiths from ÚFM Trade the Anvil for a Quantum Computer
10.12.2025 New technologies are opening entirely new possibilities for the development of materials. While blacksmiths spent hundreds of years testing the strength and durability of materials—such as steel—directly on the anvil, today’s scientists rely on very different methods. Thanks to supercomputers and quantum technologies, they can now predict the properties of materials atom by atom.
Awards for Researchers from the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences at the Czech Academy of Sciences Awards 2025
24.11.2025 On 21 November 2025, the Czech Academy of Sciences Awards were presented at Villa Lanna in Prague. Among this year’s laureates were two researchers from the Institute of Physics of Materials of The Czech Academy of Sciences – Assoc. Prof. Roman Gröger, Ph.D., and Ing. Jakub Poloprudský, Ph.D.
Run Your Calculation on a Quantum Computer Today
20.11.2025 On Thursday, 13 November 2025, as part of the Qiskit Fall Fest, participants not only attended lectures but also had the opportunity to run a computation on a real quantum computer.
Honorary medals of the Czech Academy of Sciences awarded to two personalities of the IPM
11.11.2025 On Thursday, November 6, 2025, Prof. RNDr. Ludvík Kunz, CSc., dr. h. c. and Prof. Ing. Karel Hrbáček, DrSc. received Ernst Mach honorary medals for their contributions to the physical sciences from the President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prof. Radomír Pánek. „We nominated both colleagues for the medal at the same time. They […]
Česká hlava Award for NenoVision s.r.o.
10.11.2025 NenoVision s.r.o., with which ÚFM closely cooperates on a number of projects, received the prestigious Česká hlava 2025 Award in the INDUSTRY category, the CSG Award, for its product LiteScope – an in situ atomic force microscope.
Ivo Šulák was awarded the Lumina quaeruntur grant
4.11.2024 At a ceremony held on 25 October 2024, nine scientists received the Praemium Academiae and Lumina Quaeruntur grant from CAS President Eva Zažímalová. Among the awardees is Dr. Ivo Šulák from the Institute of Physics of Materials, who was awarded the Lumina quaeruntur grant.
Advanced manufacturing revs up in Europe with 3D printing
12.9.2024 The European Commission portal published an article in Horizon magazine mentioning the successfully implemented project Structural Integrity and Reliability of Advanced Materials obtained through additive Manufacturing (SIRAMM). Prof. Luboš Náhlík was the co-investigator of the project for the IPM.
