Nationality: Czech
Marital status: married
International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Department of Civil Engineering
Technical University of Denmark,Building 402
Nils Koppels Alle, , 2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Tel.:+45-45-25-40-45;
Email: jakol@byg.dtu.dk
Education
2005-2008 Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
1997-2004 M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
Professional experience
2013 (July)- Associate Professor, Section for Building Physics and Services, Department of Civil Engineering, DTU
2010-2013 Researcher, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy Department of Civil Engineering, DTU
2008-2010 Post-doc researcher, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy Department of Civil Engineering, DTU
2004 Research Assistant, Technical University of Denmark, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy; 5 months
2001-2003 Technical assistant, CHTS s.r.o, V Mokřinách 8/283, 147 00 Prague, Czech Republic; www.chts.cz, part-time during M.Sc. studies
Grants and scholarships
2007-2008 The research grant for doctorate students by the Polish Ministry of Higher Education; grant number: NN-523-1657-33
2005-2006 Scholarship by the International Visegrad Fund, Bratislava, Slovak Republic; grant number: S-059-2005
Scientific focus areas
- Indoor environment, indoor air quality, heating and air-conditioning systems, human responses to the indoor environment, the impact of indoor environment on work productivity, activity and well-being
Research experience and projects
- Research project Clear-up (Integrated Project funded by European Community:FP7/2007-2013); grant agreement n° 211948)
- Research project “Integrating Environmentally Responsive Elements in Buildings” IEA/ICBCS Annex 44
- Laboratory experiments involving human subjects to determine the effect of non steady thermal environments on humans, DTU
- Field laboratory investigation of the effect of photocatalytic air purifier on perceived air quality, DTU
Publications
- 3 peer-reviewed, 14 other publications