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 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 and personal competencies.

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.