Jan Čapek is a Czech researcher who received his Ph.D. from Charles University in Prague in 2017. His research focuses on studying the mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of magnesium alloys using techniques like neutron diffraction, acoustic emission, and modeling. He has published his work in several journals and presented at numerous international conferences.

1. Personal details:
Name: RNDr. Jan Čapek
Address: Ke Karlovu 5, Prague 2, 121 16
Mail: jan.capek89@gmail.com
Telephone number: +420 22191 1619
Web: http://material.karlov.mff.cuni.cz/cs/staff/capek
Date of birth: 8.1.1989
Nationality: Czech
Professional career:
Since 2013 junior researcher, Nuclear Physics Institute of ASCR
Since 2012 junior researcher, Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University in Prague
2013 – 2017 Ph.D. study: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Study program: Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Research
Thesis Title: Investigation of basic deformation mechanisms of magnesium alloys by
means of advanced in-situ methods and theoretical modeling
2011 – 2013 Masters study: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
Study program: Physics of Condensed Systems and Physics of Materials, Degree Mgr.
(Magistr, an equivalent to MSc.)
2008 – 2011 Bachelors study: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics,
Study program: Physics, Degree Bc. (Bakalar, an equivalent to BSc.)
Stays abroad:
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, 1 study visit, neutron diffraction measurement
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, US – 2 study visits, altogether 3 weeks, neutron
diffraction measurements
DESY Photon Science, Hamburg, Germany – 1 study visit, X-ray diffraction measurement
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia – 1 study visit for 1 week
Scientific activities
Study of mechanical properties of magnesium alloys.
Acoustic emission measurement.
In-situ neutron diffraction measurement.
Elasto-plastic Self-consistent modeling.
Supervisor of student’s project:
2013 – 2014 Study of microstructure of magnesium alloys after plastic deformation.
2014 – 2015 Study of twinning evolution in magnesium alloys using acoustic emission and optical
and electron microscopy.
2014 – 2015 Study of plastic deformation in magnesium composites at elevated temperature
using acoustic emission.
Research grants
2012 – 2014 Charles University Grant Agency, topic: In-situ investigation of processes of plastic
deformation in magnesium alloys
2015 – 2017 Charles University Grant Agency, topic: Study of deformation behavior of lightweight
alloys using advanced micromechanical models and in-situ tests

2. Publications:
1) Máthis, K., G. Csiszár, J. Čapek, et al. (2015). " Effect of the loading mode on the evolution of the
deformation mechanisms in randomly textured magnesium polycrystals – Comparison of
experimental and modeling results" International Journal of Plasticity 72: 127-150
2) Máthis, K., J. Čapek, et al. (2015). " Investigation of the dependence of deformation mechanisms
on solute content in polycrystalline Mg-Al magnesium alloys by neutron diffraction and acoustic
emission." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 642: 185-191
3) Čapek, J., G. Farkas, et al. (2015). " Temperature dependence of twinning activity in random
textured cast magnesium" Materials Science and Engineering a-Structural Materials Properties
Microstructure and Processing 627: 333-335.
4) Čapek, J., K. Máthis, et al. (2014). "Study of the loading mode dependence of the twinning in
random textured cast magnesium by acoustic emission and neutron diffraction methods."
Materials Science and Engineering a-Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and
Processing 602: 25-32.
5) Čapek, J., K. Máthis, et al. (2014). "In-situ study of the influence of the strain path change on the
deformation processes in magnesium" Metal 2014: 23nd International Conference on
Metallurgy and Materials.
6) Čapek, J., K. Máthis, et al. (2013). "In-situ neutron diffraction and acoustic emission investigation
of microstructure evolution in magnesium." Metal 2013: 22nd International Conference on
Metallurgy and Materials: 1272-1276.
7) Máthis, K., P. Beran, et al. (2012). "In-situ neutron diffraction and acoustic emission investigation
of twinning activity in magnesium." 5th European Conference on Neutron Scattering 340.
8) Máthis, K., J. Čapek, et al. (2013). "Study of twinning in texture-free cast magnesium using
acoustic emission technique." Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials 51(5): 269-273.
9) Máthis, K., J. Čapek, et al. (2013). "Investigation of Twinning Activity in Magnesium Using
Advanced In-Situ Methods". Light Metals Technology 2013. 765: 532-536.
10) Máthis, K., J. Čapek, et al. (2011). "Effect of microstructural parameters on twinning activity of
magnesium alloys." Metal 2011: 20th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and
Materials: 897-902.
11) Máthis, K., J. Čapek, et al. (2011). "Investigation of tension-compression asymmetry of
magnesium by use of the acoustic emission technique." Materials Science and Engineering a-
Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 528(18): 5904-5907.
Presentations:
13th International Symposium on Physics of Materials (ISPMA 13), Prague (09/2014)
Struktura 2014, Colloquium of Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association, Kutná Hora (06/2014)
Week of Doctoral Students 2014 (WDS 2014), Prague (06/2014)
23rd International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials METAL 2014, Brno (05/2014)
International Conference of Doctoral Students of Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary (1/2014)
Euro LightMAT 2013, Bremen, Germany (09/2013)
22nd International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials METAL 2013, Brno (05/2013)
TMS 2013, 142nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, USA (03/2013)
International Conference of Doctoral Students of Materials Science, Trnava, Slovakia (11/2012)
JuniorEuromat 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland (07/2010)

3. Additional skills
Programs
Good knowledge of: Wolfram Mathematica, Origin, Microsoft Office
Medium knowledge of: C++, TSL OIM Analysis
Basic knowledge of: FullProf Suite, Vesta
Languages:
Czech – native language
English – advanced level
German, Spanish – basic knowledge