People & Contacts

Mgr. Petr Pokorný

Director of CERPEK

phone: +420 549 49 6850
e‑mail:

He graduated with a degree in Pedagogy from the Faculty of Arts, MU. He worked for several years in education, after-school education, as a sports coach, organizer of competitions for children and youth, organizer of camps. After the Velvet Revolution, he went into business, where he worked for many years as a member of the management of international companies, mostly responsible for personnel management and services. Ten years ago he returned to MU as an external lecturer and seven years ago as an employee. After six years in the role of Director of Human Resources in the Rector's Office, he has now taken on a new mission, to build the Competence Development Centre, to develop CERPEK.

prof. MUDr. Marie Nováková, Ph.D.

Head of Pedagogical Competence Development Unit

phone: +420 603 243 772
e‑mail:

She graduated in General Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Masaryk University. Her entire professional career has been devoted to medical physiology, both at the Institute of Physiology of the Faculty of Medicine of the Masaryk University and during her stays abroad. She is a respected member of the scientific and pedagogical community (she is the principal investigator and co-investigator of a number of GACR projects, she founded and leads the Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, she is the vice-president of the Czech Physiological Society of the Czech Academy of Physiology, she is a recipient of the Laufberger Medal). She has many years of experience in teaching both undergraduate medical students and postgraduate students at the Faculty of Medicine and the University of Technology. She has management experience both from her position as Deputy Head of the Institute of Physiology at LF MU and from her repeated service in the AS LF MU, and especially in the AS MU, where she chaired the Academic Staff Committee in 2008-2012. She has been a member of the CERPEK Council since its establishment.

Mgr. Iva Lízalová

Head of the Personal Competence Development Unit

phone: +420 771 276 567
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She studied social pedagogy at the Tomas Bata University in Zlín and IMS Brno. She acquired her management and lecturing skills during her long years of work in the pharmaceutical business. As a lecturer, she specializes in communication and sales skills, personality typology, assertive communication, managing objections and conflict situations. She has completed a course in experiential pedagogy and is a professional coach. She is now applying her extensive experience in managing training departments, leading people, and implementing strategic training projects at CERPEK focused on development of MU employees. When implementing training activities, she not only ensures that training needs and objectives are met, but also takes pride in her individual approach and contact with employees. She is also the leader of the L&D Coordinators Working Group.

PhDr. Mgr. Jana Miller, Ph.D.

Training and development manager

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She studied Pedagogy, Teaching History and Physics for Primary Schools at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. During her doctoral studies, she collaborated on several research projects at the Institute for Research in School Education and completed numerous international study and work stays within the EU. She was also awarded several grants, thanks to which she completed prestigious academic and research internships in Austria, Germany, and especially Canada. After moving to Canada, she obtained certificates from significant North American universities in instructional design, curriculum development, blended learning design, as well as adult and continuing education. She has been dedicated to professional development and adult education for over a decade, focusing primarily on lecturing, creating, coordinating, and leading educational programs, as well as research and analytical activities. She decided to leverage her extensive international experience from leading post-secondary and government institutions upon returning to the Czech Republic at Masaryk University, where she accepted a new challenge to build and launch the active operation of the faculty's CERPEK.

Mgr. Jitka Vidláková, Ph.D.

Development and education specialist

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Originally an academic in the field of educational sciences. She later gained qualifications in lecturing and management of further education and became an L&D enthusiast. She has led or been involved in staff development and training projects. She started her cooperation with CERPEK in the role of a lecturer and later as an organizer of training activities. She is now in charge of the communication area, managing the content of the website and promoting CERPEK. She is also the leader and team member of the project focused on wellbeing and inclusiveness of employees and students at MU.

Mgr. Barbora Fukárková

Development and education specialist

phone: +420 771 501 143
e‑mail:

She graduated from the Department of Information and Library Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, where she began working as a research assistant during her studies. After gaining this experience, she joined the Cybersecurity Team at Masaryk University. There, she became a specialist in communication and education, striving to make cybersecurity more accessible and engaging for everyday users, rather than overly complex. She always enjoys finding the most effective way to deliver key topics to the target audience, whether in physical or digital environments. She now holds a similar role at CERPEK, where she focuses on communication, particularly of specialized content, primarily in an online environment, applying her extensive experience in e-learning development. In 2024, for instance, a course she contributed to won a DisCo Course Award.

Mgr. et Mgr. Dana Sklenářová

Learning and Developement Specialist

phone: +420 771 504 981
e‑mail:

She graduated as a Teacher of Biology, Geology and Geography at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk Univerzity and Social Pedagogy at Tomas Bata Univerzity in Zlín and has completed long-term trainings in counselling and coaching skills. She gained her professional experience in the education, commercial, non-profit and public sectors. Her long-standing professional interest is the development and education of adults in various contexts. She deals with methodological, conceptual, coordinating and lecturing activities. At CERPEK, she prepares products for novice university teachers and supports them in acquiring pedagogical competencies. She aims to help to increase the quality of teaching and wellbeing of all participants.

Mgr. Ivo Rozmahel

Training and development coordinator

phone: +420 773 793 160
e‑mail:

He studied pedagogy with a focus on school administration and educational policy at the Institute of Educational Sciences of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, where he is currently a PhD student. During his studies, he participated in the evaluation of educational programmes, research activities as a junior researcher, and lecturing activities. At CERPEK, he holds the role of development and training coordinator for the area of personal competences and is in charge of the agenda related to the collection and evaluation of feedback from training events.

Mgr. Fatima Adday

Development and education coordinator

phone: +420 775 237 655
e‑mail:

She graduated in Pedagogy and Andragogy at the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. During her studies, she regularly participated in the preparation and implementation of development activities for students. She worked as a digital literacy lecturer for seniors and has experience in organizing long-term educational programs for professional development. She perceives the phenomenon of lifelong learning as a key attitude towards life. At CERPEK, she holds the role of coordinator for development and education in the field of pedagogical competencies.

Mgr. Jan Štěpánek

IT & E-Learning Consutant

phone: +420 549 49 3152, +420 771 291 808
e‑mail:
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Honza works as an administrator of e-learning applications in the E‑Learning Office within the Centre for IT at the Faculty of Arts, MU. This role led him to CERPEK. Initially, Honza was tasked with creating and managing e‑learning support for CERPEK's pedagogical development programs. Later, he took on the responsibilities of managing the CERPEK website and editing video recordings of the lessons.

Where you can find us

Rooms nr. 327, 328, 329, 330 and 332.
Komenského náměstí 2
602 00 Brno

You can find us by entering the former Faculty of Medicine and walking across the courtyard to the back of the building. From there you can take the lift or you can go up the stairs to the third floor and turn to the left. CERPEK is behind the glass door in the first corridor on the right.

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