Curriculum vitae
Doc. Mgr. Ondrej Lexa Ph.D.
Associate professor in Structural Geology and Tectonics
Born: 8.6.1972, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Address: Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Recent position: Director of Institute of Petrology and Structural Geology
Research interests
- Quantifying microstructural to tectonic-scale deformation (including PolyLX software development)
- Microstructural control of rocks rheology
- Numerical modelling of deformational processes
- Structural analysis of polyphase deformational patterns
Education & qualifications
- 1987 - 1990: Math orientated grammar - school
- 1990: School - leaving exam
- 1990 - 1995: Faculty of Natural Sciences - Geology, Master Degree (equivalent to MSc) Diploma work: Deformation of porphyritic granites in Veporic unit, West Carpathians
- 1995 - 2003: Ph.D. study at Charles University, Faculty of Science, under supervision of Prof. K. Schulmann, PhD. thesis: Lexa, O. 2003. Numerical approaches in structural and microstructural analyses. Download pdf.
Post-doctoral Position
- 2004 - 2005: University of Luis Pasteur, UMR 7517, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg, France
- 2006 (6 months) - Associate professor (Maître de Conférence) at University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
Habilitation
- 2012: Promoted to associate professor of structural geology and geotectonics at Charles University in Prague, Quantitative structural analyses and numerical modelling of continental deformation. Download pdf.
Additional training
Summer schools and workshops:
- 1998 - Structural geology in mineral and hydrocarbon exploration, Imperial College, London
- 1999 - Geology related to nuclear waste disposal, International Graduate Summer School, Czech Republic
- 2000 - Geophysical Imagery of the Orogenic Belts, International Graduate Summer School, Czech Republic
- 2001 - Length and Time Scales of Mechanical Events in the Lithosphere, International Graduate Summer School, Czech Republic
- 2002 - Fabric Measurements, Modelling and Interpretation Gravity Tectonics, Magma Generation and Emplacement, International Graduate Summer School, Czech Republic
- 2007 - Mineral Substructure dynamics workshop on Numerical Modelling, Spain
Practice and professional development
- 1989 - 1995: Assistant and field geologist on Structural geology department on Geological Survey of Slovak Republic
- 1997: Excursion guide of Summer School in Western Carpathians
- 1999: Field trip co-leader, Geology related to nuclear waste disposal, Summer school.
- 2004: Field trip co-leader, The Structure and Metamorphism of the Meliata Unit, Central European Tectonic Group, Lučenec, Slovakia.
- 2006 - 6 months: Associate professor (Maitre de Conference) at University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg
Awards
- 2005 Radek Melka Award for best publication, Central European Tectonic Group
- 2004 Radek Melka Award for best publication, Central European Tectonic Group
Selected grants / research projects
- 2003-2005: Stress, strain rate and rheology of viscously deformed crust during Cretaceous extension in West Carpathians: geodynamic and numerical model, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2004-2006: Relation of extrusion and horizontal flow of lower crust to the origin of the lower crustal wedge along eastern margin of Bohemian, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2004-2006: Evaluation of fracture network on Melechov test locality, Czech Geological Survey
- 2004-2006 Relation of extrusion and horizontal flow of lower crust to the origin of the lower crustal wedge along eastern margin of Bohemian, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2009-2012 Internal strain fabric and rheology of orogenic peridotites and surrounding crustal rocks, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2013-2016 Prograde metamorphism, crustal thickening and lower crustal flow: new concept of building of crustal root in Variscan orogen, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2014-2016 Tracking magmas from source to pluton: new insight into granites diversity, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2017-2019 The role of inherited continental margin architecture on early Variscan convergence, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- 2017-2019 Contrasting mechanisms of formation of the Pangea supercontinent: new insights into formation of continental crust, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic