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Miroslava Vrbová Professor of Applied Physics Head of the Department of Physical Electronics, Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Břehová 7, 115 19 Prague 1, Czech Republic Phone: 420 2 2191 2269, Fax: 420 2 688 4818 E-mail: vrbova@troja.fjfi.cvut.cz Research Activity M.S. and Ph.D degrees in applied physics received from the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1963 and 1969, respectively. The theme of Ph.D. thesis was Statistical properties of laser light. From 1963 to 1973 she worked at TESLA Research Institute of Radiocommunication, Prague in the area of laser, optical communication and coherence theory. She was a member of the working group who put radio-frequency pumped He-Ne laser into operation in the year 1964 and later developed experimental version of the aparatus for TV signal transmission by laser light in free space. In 1973 she joined Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague and has been active in the field of laser physics, namely, in the research dynamics of solid state lasers and TEA CO2 lasers. She has done computer modelling of Q-switched and mode-locked lasers and analyzed coherent amplification of nanosecond CO2 laser pulses. She has suggested experiments with laser plasma created inside the optical resonator of laser and has participated in development of new methods of applications of excimer and TEA CO2 lasers in material technology and medical research. She was habilitated and established associate professor in applied physics in 1990 (theme of the theses was Laser with plasma mirror) and nominated full professor in 1994. From 1991 - 1997 her research activity was rather limited due to the managerial activities in the position of CTU Vice-Rector. The current interest is oriented to physical principles and development of table-top soft x-ray laser pumped by electrical discharge. See also: Publications, Teaching.