Jaroslav Otta

Candidate for the Academic Senate of the UCT Prague FCHI

Who am I?

I am a people person, I like to experience new things and become better version of myself. I appreciate the most sincere and honest people. Therefore, UCT is so important to me, because I have met many such people here who have become my friends. My hobbies are sports, music, video, travelling, flying drones and much more.

Why should you vote for me?

I am very interested in what is happening in our campus, I participate in K3S meetings and I am solving student problems.I like to face new challenges, gain new skills and experience. My most valuable qualities are patience, sincerity, determination and perseverance. These qualities are, in my opinion, crucial for a senator. I like discussion and with strong arguments, I am not afraid to reconsider my opinion. I know that your vote put your trust in me. I will try to speak with you as much as possible and listen to your ideas and complains. I spend a lot of time at the UCT and I care which direction we go. I want to support student associations and I would like to make public learning materials which were created during the period of distance learning.

Topics I will focus on

I will focus on supporting initiative projects and student associations. This year had most student associations and projects great difficulties. That is why I think it will be essential to support these associations and activities to create a university where students want to spend their free time and do not think about our university as exams machinery. These associations, courses and activities are also key to stay mentally healthy and content.

I want to focus on the Internal Grant Agency, specifically on the evaluation methodology, a uniform form of project submission. I would like to simplify the submission of interfaculty IGA projects, modern science should be interdisciplinarity.

Time at UCT

In 2013, I started my bachelor's degree called Nano and Microtechnology in Chemical Engineering. I did not know what it would be like. In retrospect, I can evaluate how excellent choice it was. I made great friends and found the focus of my study. To my surprise, I switched from general chemistry and chemical engineering to physics, where I dealt with the formation of nanolayers. At the Department of Physics and Measurements, I defended my bachelor's thesis on the topic of Nanolayers for QCM sensors. My master's degree programme was Sensorics and Cybernetics in Chemistry, which I chose because I was interested in Neural Networks and I wanted to learn to program. At that time, I ran for the King of UCT for Majáles. During my master's degree studies, I found myself again at the Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, where I defended my diploma thesis on the topic of Laser direct write for preparation of chemical sensors. After so many years, the UCT has become my second home and I felt that UCT has still a lot to offer and I can learn a lot more. I started my doctoral study in Technical Cybernetics, which I have been studying for the fourth year, at the Department of Physics. I teach Laboratory of manufacturing of nano and micromaterials, Measuring technique and new subject Optical and Electron Microscopy. I also work on my dissertation Nanocomposite materials as active layers of chemical gas sensors at the Institute of Physics of the ASCR.