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Photo from school trip to Palava, CZ, 2000, courtesy of R. Lang

Curriculum vitae

personal data: born March 8th 1984 in Brno, Czech Republic

1997 - 2003: High school Slovanske namesti 7, Brno, Czech Republic

2003 - 2006: BSc in General Physics at MFF CUNI. BSc thesis Binary gravitational microlensing.

2006 - 2008: MSc in theoretical physics at MFF CUNI. MSc thesis Resolving stellar surfaces with binary gravitational microlensing.

since September 2008: PhD in Astronomy at Ohio State University

key-words: astronomy - variable stars; astronomy - popularization; astronomy - microlensing; meteorology - predicting weather for variable stars' observing; computers - software for astronomy and MP3; English; Russian; the Holy Quran

Member of CAS, B.R.N.O., MEDUZA, SMPH, GSN

Research activities

long period variables (miras, SRs), short period pulsating stars (RR Lyr), symbiotic binaries (optical observations)

CCD VRI observations at Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium, visual "eye ball" observations (10 inch Dobsonian scope)

Publications:

My ADS entry

• Pejcha, O., 2000, V508 Oph - Possible Triple System with Abrupt Period Change, poster at Conference on Variable Stars Research, Brno, 2000 (in Czech with accompanied English abstract)
• Pejcha, O., 2000, DD Dra - pulsating variable star with rapid period change, poster at Conference on Variable Stars Research, Brno, 2000
• Pejcha, O., 2001, DD Dra - a Pulsating Variable Star with Rapid Period Change, High school scientific activity (in Czech: "SOC")
• Pejcha, O., Greaves, J., 2001, The Amplitude Decrease of V Bootis, JAAVSO Vol. 29, 99
• Pejcha, O., Havlík, T., Král, L., 2001, Times of Maximum Light for AE Ursae Majoris, IBVS 5080
• Pejcha, O., Sobotka, P., 2001, EF Cancri - a New RRc variable, IBVS 5113
• Pejcha, O., Lehky, M., Sobotka, P., Brat, L., Haltuf, M., Smelcer, L., 2001, NSV 2544 Cam: a W UMa Type Eclipsing Binary, IBVS 5132
• Pejcha, O., Greaves, J., 2001, The Amplitude Decrease of V Bootis, poster at the International Conference on Variable Stars Research, 8^th - 11^th November 2001, Brno, Czech Republic
• Pejcha, O., Sobotka, P., Šmelcer, L., Marek, P., 2001, Observations of possible symbiotic star V335 Vul, poster at the International Conference on Variable Stars Research, 8^th - 11^th November 2001, Brno, Czech Republic (available as astro-ph/0210585)
• Sobotka, P., Brát, L., Pejcha, O., MEDUZA poster presented at the International Conference on Variable Stars Research, 8^th - 11^th November 2001, Brno, Czech Republic
• Sobotka, P., Pejcha, O., Šmelcer, L., Marek, P., 2002, Observations of possible symbiotic star V335 Vul, In "Symbiotic stars probing stellar evolution", Eds. R. L. M. Corradi, J. Mikolajewska, and T. J. Mahoney, ASP conf. series, in press (2002)
• Pejcha, O., Sobotka, P., Šmelcer, L., Dubovský, P.A., Brát, L., Henden, A.A., 2002, Has AY Dra increased amplitude?, IBVS 5286
• Pejcha, O., 2002, What's wrong with AY Dra?, High school scientific activity (in Czech: "SOC")
• Pejcha, O., 2002, Fourier Decomposition of Mira Light Curves, oral presentation at International Conference on Variable Star Research, 25^th-28^th August 2002, Bourbon-Lancy, France.
• Bernhard, K., Kiyota, S., Pejcha, O., 2002, On the Variability of GSC 5149.2845 and GSC 5170.0175, IBVS 5318
• Sobotka, P., Šmelcer, L., Pejcha, O., Král, L., Kolasa, M., Hornoch, K., Lomoz, F., 2002, CCD Observations of the Outburst of V838 Mon, IBVS 5336
• Pejcha, O., 2002, Results of observations of RR Lyr stars, oral presentation at Conference on Variable Stars Research, Brno, 2002
• Pejcha, O., Hájek, P., Koss, K., Kudrnáčová, J., Motl, D., 2002, A new variable star near YY Her, oral presentation at Conference on Variable Stars Research, Brno, 2002
• Pejcha, O., Sobotka, P., 2002, Software for processing of observations of symbiotic binaries, oral presentation at Conference on Variable Stars Research, Brno, 2002
• Pejcha, O., Hájek, P., Koss, K., Kudrnáčová, J., Motl, D., Sobotka, P., 2003, A New Variable Star in the Vicinity of YY Her, IBVS 5362
• Pejcha, O., Zejda, M., Sobotka, P., 2003, CCD photometry of DT UMa, V672 Her, V868 Oph and GSC 3135 0673, IBVS 5469
• Pejcha, O., 2003, Měření jasu noční oblohy, příspěvek do grantu Ministerstva životního prostředí VaV/740/3/03 - Mapování světelného znečištění a negativní vlivy osvětlování umělým světlem na živou přírodu na území České republiky vedeného J. Hollanem
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• Uemura, M., Kato, T., Ishioka, R., Yoshida, S., Kadota, K., Ohkura, N., Henden, A., Pejcha, O., Kinugasa, K., Fujii, M., Simonsen, M., Greaves, J., Dubovsky, P.A., Poyner, G., West, D., Stine, R.J., Taylor, D., Poxon, M., Muyllaert, E., Ripero, J., Reszelski, M., Jones, C.P., 2004, Deep Fading of the New Herbig Be Star MisV1147, PASJ 56, Special Issue 1 (this issue is available electronically for free)
• Bernhard, K., Pejcha, O., Proksch, W., Quester, W., Van Cauteren, P., Wils, P., 2004, Brh V128 is a Double-Mode High-Amplitude delta Scuti Star, IBVS 5552
• Pejcha, O., Mikulášek, Z., Hroch, F., 2004, Observations of TrES-1 exoplanet transit, IBVS 5599
• Pejcha, O., 2004, Several contributions to the 10^th MEDUZA meeting, Hlohovecm, SK, 24.-26. 9. 2004
• Pejcha, O., 2004, V2540 Oph - (extra)ordinary nova, oral presentation at 36^th Conference on Variable Star Research, Brno, CZ, 26.-28. 11. 2004
• Pejcha, O., Mikulášek, Z., Exoplanet transit in TrES-1 and a method for O-C determination, oral presentation at 36^th Conference on Variable Star Research, Brno, CZ, 26.-28. 11. 2004
• Pejcha, Ondrej; Motl, David; Zejda, Miloslav; Koss, Karel; Kudrnácová, Jitka; Hájek, Petr; Smelcer, Ladislav; Dubovský, Pavol A.; Safárová, Eva; Wolf, Marek, 2005, CCD Photometry of Neglected Eclipsing Binaries KZ Dra, LR Cam and IM Vul, Ap&SS, 296, 285 (poster at Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy)
• Mikulásek, Zdenek; Kohoutek, Lubos; Zejda, Miloslav; Pejcha, Ondrej, 2005, Preliminary analysis of photometric variations of central star of planetary nebula Sh 2-71, Ap&SS, 296, 465 (poster at Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy)
• Pejcha, O., 2005, contribution to IBVS 5700, Reports on new discoveries
• Pejcha, O., 2005, contribution to IBVS 5699, Observations of variables
• Pejcha, O., 2005, CCD Times of Minima of Several Eclipsing Binaries, IBVS 5645
• Mikulasek, Z., Skopal, A., Zejda, M., Pejcha, O., Kohoutek, L., Motl, D., Vittone, A. A.; Errico, L., 2005, Light Variations of the Anomalous Central Star of Planetary Nebula Sh 2-71, proceedings of Active OB-Stars: Laboratories for Stellar & Circumstellar Physics, S. Stefl, S. Owocki and A. Okazaki eds
• Pejcha, O., 2006, Gravitational Microlensing and Variable Stars, OEJV 23, 8
• Mikulasek, Z., Zejda, M., Pejcha, O., 2006, Codes Normles1 and Normles - light curve examination tools, OEJV 23, 49
• Pejcha, O., 2006, Periodic Changes in O-C Diagrams, OEJV 23, 57

And somewhat popular articles in Cirkular of the MEDUZA group and Perseus, Journal of the BRNO - VSS of CAS.

last update: 2006/07/10