Mgr. Adam Říčka, Ph.D.

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Mgr. Adam Říčka, Ph.D.
  Born: 16th October 1979, Brno, Czech Republic Nationality, Status: Married, Four children

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
  Kotlářská 267/2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic
  e-mail: ricka@sci.muni.cz

Function, current position

• Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University

Education and academic qualifications

• 2010 Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, Dept. Of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
• 2004 MSc in Geology, Hydrogeology and Geochemistry, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Professional experience

• 2013 Department of Geological Sciences, Assistant Professor
• 2009-2013 RWE Gas Storage Co., Reservoir Engineer
• 2005-2009 Aquatest Co., Hydrogeologist
• 2005-2011 Department of Geological Sciences, Specialist
• 2004-2005 Aquaenviro Ltd., Hydrogeologist, GIS Specialist

Teaching activities

• Hydrogeological modeling, Applied Hydrogeology, Mine hydrogeology, Reservoir Hydrogeology, Fundamentals of groundwater hydraulics, Groundwater protection, Methods of Geological and Hydrogeological Research, Field Course of Hydrogeology and Geochemistry

Research activities

• Groundwater Resources Evaluation
• Groundwater flow and transport modelling
• Hydrogeology of Mining Sites
• Well and Reservoir Hydraulics

Professional stays abroad

• 2024 University of Oviedo, Spain: Project focused on the influence of geological and climatic conditions on coastal groundwater resources in Spain
• 2021 RWTH Aachen University, Germany: Internationalisation and inovation in teaching of Geoenvironmental risks and remediations courses
• 2015 Crete, Greece: Ancient groundwater resource
• 2014 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Assesment of groundwater resource for the Saninshand city
• 2013 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Lessons of numerical modeling of groundwater flow and transport
• 2013 Sainshand, Mongolia: Field research of groundwater resource
• 2013 Kalle Erdgasspeicher RWE, Germany: Well and formation testing
• 2012 Berliner Erdgasspeicher GmbH & Co. KG, Germany: Testing of Threshold capillary and fracture Pressure
• 2012 La Défense, France: Numerical modeling of multi-phase flow, Petrel reservoir Engineering Simulation training (Schlumberger)
• 2011 Abu Dhabí, United Arab Emirates: Reservoir characteristics and Simulation Conference and Exhibition, SPE
• 2010 Celle, Germany: Introduction to Wireline Log analysis, Baker-Hughes company
• 2007 Addis Ababa, Geological Survey of Ethiopia: Lessons of Numerical modeling of groundwater flow and real model cooperation
• 2006 Université de Liége, Belgium: Course of the Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport (GMS, EMS-i)

2025/07/13