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EDUCATION
- September 1997-present Slovak Academy of Sciences, Philosophy Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia PhD studies in Philosophy, expected graduation Spring 2004. Till October 2000 I was an internal student, from then on I continue working externally. Dissertation topic: The Nature of Intentional Objects
- September 1992-May 1997 Comenius University, Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Bratislava, Slovakia, Magister (equivalent of MA) in Philosophy. Diploma work: Third Dogma of Empiricism. Because of one-year study abroad, I graduated in 4 years instead of standard 5
- January - December 1995 Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA, USA, BA, majoring in Philosophy, top 10% of the class
- EMPLOYMENT
- Febraury 2004 - present Philosophy Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Junior Researcher, Independent research at the Working group for Analytic Philosophy and Theory of Interpretation
September - December 2003
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Western Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Project analyst
- Project: Interdisciplinary Education in the Czech Republic
- Responsible for management, data collection, analysis and presentation of foreign and domestic interdisciplinary academic workplaces. Working in the team with 5 members
- January 2001 - August 2003
- Center for Theoretical Study, Prague, Czech Republic
- Postdoctoral fellow
- Individual research position in innovative theoretical research on Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences. The main academic conference organizer for Towards the Science of Consciousness 2003 (July 2003, Prague)
- January 2001 - May 2003
- Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Prague, Czech Republic
- Lecturer
- Preparation and delivery of 4 different courses on Philosophy and Cognitive Science
- January 1999 - December 2000
- Comenius University, Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Philosophy and History of Philosophy, Bratislava and City University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Lecturer
- Preparation and delivery of courses on Philosophy of Mind and Contemporary Ethics, (the latter delivered in English)
- July 1998
- Open Society Fund, Budapest, Hungary
- Project Coordinator
- Project: Invisible College Summer Camp Meeting 1998
- Responsible for overseeing the preparation of the meeting
- AWARDS
- September 2002 - June 2003
- Curriculum Research Center, Budapest, Hungary
- Scholarship awarded in a tender for the design and delivery of a novel course into the curriculum at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- August 1999 - July 2000
- University of Arizona, Dept. of Philosophy, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Fulbright Graduate Fellowship, recognized award for distinguished research and study
- September 1996 - May 1997
- The Society for Higher Learning and The Open Society Fund, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Scholarship covering expenses for the research project "Philosophy of Mind" and the related tutorship
- August - December 1995
- Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, USA
- Tuition waiver for academic excellence
- STUDY STAYS
- July 2002
- Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
- Summer School on Consciousness, participating on a research project
- May 2002
- University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- CEEPUS Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, delivering a series of lectures on Theories of Consciousness
- July 2001
- New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Summer School on Cognitive Sciences, taking credited courses
- July 1999
- Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Summer School in Political Philosophy
- LANGUAGES
- Slovak (native), Czech (proficient), English (proficient), Russian (passive), German (passive), Latin (passive)
- TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Spreadsheet/word processing in major commercial packages, Windows operating system, basic HTML, driving licence
- HOBBIES
- contemporary visual arts, literature, travel, cooking, sports - badminton, volleyball, snowboarding