University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
As a kid, I liked math and physics because they both follow a basic set of rules and logic. I decided to do physics because it was trying to answer the fundamental questions about the world we live in, and it also offered more hands-on work experience. Joining DUNE was a transition from my previous project with about 100 collaborators to a project with more than a thousand, which offers even broader possibility of interaction and personal development. Also, the designs are completely different. I like DUNE’s physical and technological ambitions in pushing the frontiers further. I started working with the proton decay search group, but I also look forward to joining the efforts of the far-detector calibration group.
When I’m not working on physics, I play basketball, which has been my hobby for most of my life. I also started climbing. That happened around the time I was moving from the Czech Republic to Sheffield, which is coincidentally considered the center of climbing in England. I have also found some time to learn swing dancing, which was something I always wanted to do.