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Welcome to the web page of the Departments of Physics at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno:

Studying Physics at MUNI

What We Do?

Activities for secondary and basic schools

Events

6–21 May

Lectures on the Galactic centre by Prof. Mark Morris

The Astronomical institite (ASU) of the Czech Academy of Science invites you to a series of lectures by Prof. Mark Morris from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The lectures will take place at several locations and some of them will be also streamed by Zoom.

May 6 – New Manifestations of The Strong, Bi-directional Magnetic Field at the Galactic Center
May 7 – Origin and Manifestations of The Galactic Wind
May 13 – Tidal stretching of a doomed gas cloud orbiting toward the Galactic Black Hole
May 20 – Origin and Manifestations of The Galactic Wind
May 21 – The Extremes of Nature Found at the Center of our Milky Way Galax

20 May

DOD – Czech Metrology Institute

Come and see where the public can't normally go! The Czech Metrology Institute cordially invites you to an Open Day on the occasion of a special anniversary - 150 years since the signing of the Metric Convention, the foundation of modern measurement worldwide. Celebrate 150 years of the Metric Convention!

21 May

DCMP Seminar: Andrei Sirenko

11:00 AM

Department of Condensed Matter Physics invites you to the lecture

Andrei Sirenko (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA):
Mueller matrix ellipsometry and vortex beam spectroscopy of antiferromagnetic, altermagnetic, and chiral materials empowered by synchrotron radiation

22 May

Seminar DPPT: Zdeněk Bonaventura

11:00 AM

Invitation to Seminar of Department of Plasma Physics and Technology

Dr. Zdeněk Bonaventura – Argon trilogy: Factorization and perturbation analysis approach for argon plasma diagnostics

Events calendar

News and Articles

2 May

Štěpán Březovják: A Message from the Workshop or a Messenger from Space? Searching for Micrometeorites

What connects a garage workshop with the depths of outer space? Perhaps more than you’d think!

Watch the recorded talk by Štěpán Březovják on the YouTube channel of the Brno Observatory and Planetarium. You'll embark on a journey into the world of the tiniest visitors from space. You'll discover that micrometeorites can take the form of tiny magnetic spheres, barely visible to the naked eye — and yet, the search for them holds incredible stories.

30 Apr

2025 Earth Day

At Earth Day 2025 in the Botanical Garden, physics was not absent. The Botanical Garden organizes this event every year. This year's topic was plant protection. Hundreds of people, both adults and children, came to the event.

23 Apr

Global Winner of The Earth Prize 2025

A huge success of Anna Podmanická (19) and Tomáš Čermák (18) – These young students have become the Global Winner of The Earth Prize 2025! Innovative water treatment solution PURA uses light and plasma technology to purify water from antibiotics and resistant bacteria. Their system offers energy-efficient and cost-effective solutions with potential for global impact.

22 Apr

A highschooler works on wastewater treatment in MUNI laboratories

Anna Podmanická, a high-schooler from Bratislava, worked on her project as part of her high-school professional activity with the support of expert advisors in the laboratories of the Faculty of Science. Under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Tomáš Homola from the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and the CEPLANT Centre, her efforts turned into a successful research project that is now receiving well-deserved recognition.

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