People & Contacts

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.

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.

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.

She completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Sports Studies at Masaryk University, where her research focused on the development of teachers' pedagogical skills. She worked at the faculty as an academic staff member, where she was long involved in research activities, teaching in the field of pedagogy and didactics, supervising final theses, and working on research and development projects in formal and informal education. She has experience teaching at both university and secondary school level, which allows her to view pedagogical work in a broader context. Her professional interest is in promoting pedagogical excellence. At CERPEK, she specialises in the development of pedagogical competencies of moderately experienced teachers, lecturing, and acting as a mentoring supervisor.

Originally an academic in educational sciences. Later obtained qualifications in training and continuing education management and became passionate about L&D. She leads or participates in projects focused on employee development and training. She began her collaboration with CERPEK as a lecturer and later as an organizer of educational events. Currently, she is responsible for learning design, creating e-learning content and managing CERPEK's communication and promotion, including the center's website content management. She is also a principal investigator and team member of a project focused on wellbeing and inclusivity of employees and students at MU.

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.

She studied Social Communication in the Non-Profit Sector at the Institute of Social Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, and Andragogy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Olomouc. Her practice is based on the concept of integral andragogy, which links adult education with the optimisation of human capital and a lifelong focus on comprehensive human care. She specialises in lifelong learning, particularly in the context of senior education and related age management and ageism issues. She has extensive experience in the commercial, public and non-profit sectors, where she has been involved in adult education, project management and fundraising. She came to CERPEK from the Centre for Continuing Education at Masaryk University's Faculty of Law, where she was primarily involved in organising and coordinating commercial and professional courses. At CERPEK, she specialises in supporting and developing the pedagogical skills of senior teachers, and her agenda also includes issues of innovation in teaching and CORE subjects.

She studied industrial engineering at the Faculty of Management and Economics at the University of Technology in Zlín, where she also defended her doctoral thesis in the field of performance management. She worked as a process engineer and education specialist in commercial organizations. She focused on the analysis and optimization of work systems, later she covered corporate training and participated in the development of competence models, talent management and internal lecturing programs. After several years of independent entrepreneurship, during which she designed and delivered online courses for the public and developed her coaching skills, among other things, she decided to return to teamwork in an institutional setting. Her experience in community management, educational concept development, coaching and mentoring led her to CERPEK, where her main focus has been on developing a network of HE lecturers and tutors, collaborating with faculties, and developing new educational programmes.

She graduated from the Department of Information Studies and Librarianship at Masaryk University, where she was shaped primarily by practical learning within an active professional community. She therefore believes that creating communities and networks is essential – they are a source of knowledge, inspiration and joy. Professionally, she has worked at universities, libraries and in the non-profit sector, focusing on educational technologies, service design, e-courses, lifelong learning and blended learning. She is interested in how to connect people and things so that it really works and brings new value: how to connect perspectives between disciplines, how to blend the digital and physical worlds, how to combine the content, methodological and organisational aspects of education. At CERPEK, she focuses primarily on digital education.

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.

She studied Social Pedagogy at UTB, where she worked as a student researcher and counsellor at the Centre for Students with Special Needs. Here she gained a detailed understanding of special needs issues in the university environment and organised training events for staff. She conducted workshops for students on effective learning and other topics. In the non-profit sector, she lectures on World War II in the Zlín region and guides through the site of the Prlová tragedy. At CERPEK, she coordinates development and training activities in the area of pedagogical competences.

Honza works as an administrator of e-learning applications in the E‑Learning Office within the Centre for IT at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. 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.