Curriculum vitae

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Personal data: Name:  Mgr. Marek Chrastina Date of birth:  February 2, 1982 Actual position:  Faculty of Science, Masaryk Univerzity in Brno PhD student teacher scientist in field of variable stars, CCD photometry, software coding and problem solving member of Academic Senat Actual position:  Rectorate, Masaryk Univerzity in Brno project administrator Actual position:  The Nicholas Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium in Brno variable stars observer E-mail:  chrastina@kozmos.sk ICQ:  272262628 Jabber:  DarthAstro@jabber.cz Skype:  darthastro

Achieved education:

• 1996: elementary school (2.ZŠ, Stará Turá)
• 1997: elementary art school; playing the violin (ZUŠ, Stará Turá)
• 1999: dance school (Tanečná škola, Nové Mesto nad Váhom)
• 2000: grammar school, school-leaving exam (Gymnázium M.R.Štefánika, Nové Mesto nad Váhom)
• 2005: university, master of science degree in physics (Univerzita Komenského, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky, Bratislava)

Knowledges and hobbys:

Language skills: German (very little) and English. I am IT literate and I know languages: Pascal, C, Python, Assembler, TeX, HTML, CSS. My work is primary concentrated on the nature sciences, most of all physics and astronomy, which I have been studying now. Recently, I interest in electronics, too. There are a few hobbys, which interest me. Aviation, cosmonautics, sci-fi (mostly Star Trek), ice hockey, classical music and folklore.

Other information:

• member of Slovak Ice Hockey Club
• 1992-1994: member of folklore group Javorinka
• 1998-2002: member of Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers
• since 1999 member of Little Chamber Orchestra at MsKS in Nové Mesto nad Váhom (since 2001 in position of the concert master)
• since 2007: member of Slovak Teacher's Chamber Orchestra
• since 2007: member of Czech Astronomical Society
• since 2009: member of Academic Senat of Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic