Drábek Pavel

Prof., RNDr., DrSc.
Born July 29, 1953 in Pardubice

• Mathematics, nonlinear differential equations
• Member of Learned Society since 2003

Educational and professional preparation:

• 1972, graduate, academic secondary school, Pardubice;
• 1972-1977, student, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague;
• 1978, RNDr., FMP CU;
• 1981, CSc., Mathematical Institute, CSAS(MI, CSAS);
• 1987, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Institute, Plzeň;
• 1990, DrSc., MI CSAS;
• 1991 Professor of Mathematics, Faculty of the Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia (FAS, UWB), Plzeň.

Employment and academic positions:

• 1977-78, internal post-graduate student, MI CSAS;
• 1978-1991, lector, lecturer, Associate Professor, MEI;
• 1991-present, Professor at FAS UWB;
• 1990-1999, 2004-present, Head, Department of Mathematics;
• 1990-91, Vice-Rector for Science

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies:

• 1991-present, Member, Scientific Council of UWB and Scientific Council, FAS UWB
• 1995-2000, Member, Scientific Council, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
• 2003-present, Member, Scientific Council, MI, AS CR
• 2003-present, member, Scientific Council, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Mining Technology (VŠB) Technical University in Ostrava
• 1992-present, Chairman, Section Council for Doctoral Study Programme in „Applied Mathematics“, FAS UWB
• 1996-present, Member, Czech Committee for Mathematics (since 2004, Chairman)
• 2003-present, Member, Professional Commission for the Science of Inanimate Nature and Engineering, Council for Research and Development
• 2003-present, Member, Standing Commission for D.Sc. Defence in „Mathematical Analysis and Related Fields“

Membership and positions in selected international organizations and societies:

• 1992, member, European Mathematical Society
• 1992, member, American Mathematical Society
• 1995, member, editorial board, Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
• 2000, member, standing commission for Dr.Sc. defence in of „Mathematical Analysis“, Slovak Republic
• 2002, member, editorial board, Electronic Journal of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• 2002, member, editorial board, Nonlinear Analysis, Ser. A: Theory and Methods
• 2002, member, editorial board, Abstract and Applied Analysis
• 2003, Editor, Handbook of Differential Equations, Elsevier

Notable awards:

• 1987, First Prize in mathematics for young members competing in the Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists challenge for the best scientific work held on the occasion of the 125^th anniversary of UCMP’s founding
• 1989, Second class medal, FMP CU
• 1997, Josef Hlávka Prize, Foundation of the Czech Literary Fund and J., M. and Z. Hlávka Foundation
• 2001, Memorial Medal, University of West Bohemia

Selected publications:

• P. Drábek, G. Holubová: Fredholm alternative for the p-Laplacian in higher dimensions. J. Math. Anal. Appl. 263, pp 182-194 (2001)
• P. Drábek, P. Krejčí, P. Takáč: Nonlinear Differential Equations. Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics, Series 404. Boca Raton, London, New York, Washington, D.C. 1999
• P. Drábek, S.B. Robinson: Resonance problems for the p-Laplacian. J. Functional Analysis 169, pp 189-200 (1999)
• P. Drábek, A. Kufner, F. Nicolosi: Quasilinear Elliptic Equations with Degenerations and Singularities. Walter de Gruyter Series in Nonlinear Analysis and Applications 5, Berlin-New York 1997
• P. Drábek, S.I. Pohozaev: Positive solutions for the p-Laplacian: application of the fibering method. Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh 127A, pp 703-726 (1997)
• P. Drábek: Solvability and Bifurcations of Nonlinear Equations. Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics. Series 264, Longman Group UK Limited, Harlow 1992
• P. Drábek: Integral Equations. Edition MŠMT, SNTL Praha 1991
• P. Drábek: Landesman-Lazer conditions for nonlinear problems with jumping nonlinearities. J. Differential Equations 85, pp 186-199 (1990)
• P. Drábek, S. Invernizzi: On the periodic BVP for the forced Duffing equations with jumping nonlinearity. Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods & Appl. 10, pp 643-650 (1986)
• P. Drábek: Continuity of Nemytskij’s operator in Holder spaces. Comment. Math. Univ. Carolinae 16, 1, pp 37-57 (1975)