• electromagnetic induction
• magnetic fields generated by ocean dynamic
• numerical forward modelling

University and school education

• until 1990: school-time in Luby u Chebu (CZ)
  
• until 1994: apprenticeship as construction engineer in Kralovke Porici (CZ)
  
• until 2000: employed at a building company in Cheb (CZ)
• until 2003: secondary school in Plauen (D)
• 2003–Jan 2009: studying geodesy at the Technical University in Dresden

• Sept 2008–Apr 2009: student research assistent at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, section "Earth System Modelling" (Diploma thesis "prediction of the oceanic induced magnetic signals in the satellite observation due to the tidal flow"since May
• 2009: Ph.D. student at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, section "Earth System Modelling"

23.11.2009: Awards of the best poster, 5. PhD-Day “Scientific Drilling”, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, place 3. Poster

• Dostal, J.; Martinec, Z.; Thomas, M.: The modelling of the toroidal magnetic field induced by tidal ocean circulation. Geophysical Journal International, 189, 2, 782–798, p., doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05407.x, 2012.