Palouš Jan

Prof., RNDr., DrSc.
Born 31st October 1949 in Prague

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Member of Learned Society since 2008

Education and professional carreer

1967–1972 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University: MA
1972–1977 Astronomical Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences CSc. (equiv. PhD) Thesis: The Spiral Structure of Galaxies: Theory versus Observation, supervisor Prof. L. Perek
1993 – Doctoral Dissertation: „Star Formation in Galaxies“
1994 – Habilitation: Motion and Evolution in Galaxies“ Ass.Prof. at the Charles University
2001 full professor of Astronomy and Astrophysiocs at the Charles University in Prague

Employment and academic positions

1972–1977: Astronomical Institute, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, PhD student
1977–1989: Astronomical Institute, research fellow
1989: senior research fellow
1996–2004: Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic – director
2005–2013: member of the Council of the Academz of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Membership

1993–1996: member of the Coucil of the Academy of Sciences
2005–2013: President of the Council for Internationa Affairs, member of the Coucil of the Academz of Sciences
member of the Czech Astronomical Society
member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic

Notable awards

2007 Asteroid #31109 named „Jan Palouš“
2014 Ernst Mach medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republuic
2015 Award of the Academy of Sciences for scientific results „Star Formation in Galaxies“

Selected publications

Palouš, J.; Wünsch, R.; Tenorio-Tagle, G: On the Onset of Secondary Stellar Generations in Giant Star-forming Regions and Massive Star Clusters
Sidorin, V.; Douglas, K. A.; Palouš, J.; Wünsch, R.; Ehlerová, S.: Exploring GLIMPSE bubble N107. Multiwavelength observations and simulations
Palouš, Jan; Wünsch, Richard; Martínez-González, Sergio; Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Filiberto; Silich, Sergiy; Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo: Young Stellar Clusters with a Schuster Mass Distribution. I. Stationary Winds
Jáchym, P.; Kenney, J. D. P.; Růžička, A.; Sun, M.; Combes, F.; Palouš, J.: Search for cold and hot gas in the ram pressure stripped Virgo dwarf galaxy IC 3418
Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Filiberto; Palouš, Jan; Wünsch, Richard; Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo; Silich, Sergiy: On the Fate of the Matter Reinserted within Young Nuclear Stellar Clusters
Ehlerová, S.; Palouš, J.: HI shells in the Leiden/Argentina/Bonn HI survey
Wünsch, R.; Jáchym, P.; Sidorin, V.; Ehlerová, S.; Palouš, J.; Dale, J.; Dawson, J. R.; Fukui, Y.: The Carina Flare. What can fragments in the wall tell us?
Wünsch, Richard; Silich, Sergiy; Palouš, Jan; Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo; Muñoz-Tuñón, Casiana: Evolution of Super Star Cluster Winds with Strong Cooling
Dale, James E.; Wünsch, Richard; Smith, Rowan J.; Whitworth, Anthony; Palouš, Jan: The fragmentation of expanding shells - III. Oligarchic accretion and the mass spectrum of fragments
Růžička, Adam; Theis, Christian; Palouš, Jan: Rotation of the Milky Way and the Formation of the Magellanic Stream
Wünsch, R.; Dale, J. E.; Palouš, J.; Whitworth, A. P.:The fragmentation of expanding shells - II. Thickness matters
Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Filiberto; Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo; Wünsch, Richard; Silich, Sergiy; Palouš, Jan: On the Hydrodynamic Interplay Between a Young Nuclear Starburst and a Central Supermassive Black Hole
Silich, Sergiy; Tenorio-Tagle, Guillermo; Muñoz-Tuñón, Casiana; Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Filiberto; Wünsch, Richard; Palouš, Jan: On the Extreme Positive Star Formation Feedback Condition in Scuba Sources