Virtual Reality Specialist – Psychologist, IT Professional, & Scientist

VIDEOS OF VR WORK

EXPERIENCE IN VR

Specialist on immersive virtual reality (VR) in psychology, IT, & science. I studied all three fields at the university level and have worked with immersive VR since 2014. My proficiency and experience include examining cognitive and social processes in VR, programming VR applications, and conducting scientific research of VR. I enjoy working in the intersection of psychology and IT while dealing with topics such as human–computer interaction (HCI) and cyberpsychology. My workflow is highly systematic, and I have utilized my scientific competences in publishing research papers in impacted scientific journals. For several years I designed and programmed web-based psychodiagnostic tests. Furthermore, I am an author of a VR application for IQ assessment, a prototype still in development.

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Main education:
- 2023: General Psychology doctoral degree (Masaryk University in Brno)
- 2021: Applied Informatics bachelor’s degree (Masaryk University in Brno)
- 2017: Psychology master’s degree (Masaryk University in Brno)
- 2010: Foreign Languages – English study programme (Gymnasium Ivana Horvátha in Bratislava)

Additional education:
- 2025: Doctoral Summer School – Transferable Skills for Early Career Researchers
- 2024: Doctoral Summer School – Transferable Skills for Early Career Researchers
- 2018: Course of the Basics of Scientific Work at Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2012: accredited educational program “Psychological assessment of credibility and the current methods of criminal, investigative and legal psychology”

WORK EXPERIENCE

2017–2022: Virtual Reality Research Scientist | Department of Psychology at MUNI
- Principal investigator on 2 research projects and co-researcher on several other projects.
- Published 11 times in scientific journals, conferences, and other scientific institutions.
- Authored 2 manuscripts in top scientific journals (Q1, Q2).
- Main activities: ▪ Research design; ▪ Project management; ▪ Funding acquisition; ▪ Training research assistants; ▪ Data collection supervision; ▪ Data analysis (statistical & qualitative); ▪ Data interpretation; ▪ Scientific article writing; ▪ Publication process handling.

2020–2020: Programmer | Mendel University
- Translation and preparation of a test battery.

2015–2020: Lecturer | Masaryk University
- Lectured courses:
  - Practice empirical research (MUNI FF)
  - Psychology of pictorial representation (MUNI FF)
  - Experimental practice (MUNI FF)

2019–2019: Programmer | Division of Information and Library Studies at MUNI
- Creation of tests for experimental design for bilateral GAČR project.

2018–2019: Researcher | HUME lab – Experimental Humanities Laboratory
- Collaborative research with Brno University of Technology for contractual partner Volkswagen.

2018–2018: Programmer of Psychodiagnostic Methods | Military Hospital Brno
- Software modification for psychodiagnostics.

2016–2017: Research Assistant | HUME lab – Experimental Humanities Laboratory
- Research assistant on “Embodied Morality” research.

2015–2017: XML Programmer | Centre for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- Creation of psychological test batteries in application for online testing.

2016–2016: Programmer of Geographic Tests | Department of Geography at MUNI
- XML programming for database Web applications.

2016–2016: SW Tester | EmbedIT
- Verification of proper functionality of software solutions in cooperation with the analysis team and the development team to ensure the best quality of software.
- Recording and monitoring software defects. Creation and maintenance of test documentation and test data.

2014–2015: Internship in Work Psychology | Masaryk University Career Centre
- Evaluating results of administered psychodiagnostic methods.
- Preparation of development centre for students of MUNI.

2014–2014: Human Resources Assessor | RegioJet a.s.
- Realization of assessment centers for steward positions in the train line Bratislava–Košice and evaluation of results of psychodiagnostic methods.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

VR Drive Sim Pro – Police Edition – proof of concept (CZ.01.01.01/08/23_035/0005175)
- MIT CR – Programme Technologies and Application for Competitiveness (P TAC) – Proof of Concept – Call II
- Job description: Data analyst with FTE 0.20

(DigiWELL) Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing (EH22_008/0004583)
- MEYS CR – Programme Johannes Amos Comenius (P JAC) – Call 02_22_008 Excellence in Research
- Job description: Data analyst with FTE 0.20

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A randomized controlled trial (NU23-04-00402)
- AZV CR – Standard Projects – 2023
- Job description: Research scientist with FTE 0.10

Olfactory perception and reactivity in individuals with anxious and obsessive-compulsive behavioural traits (22 31662S)
- GACR – Standard Projects – 2022
- Job description: Research scientist with FTE 0.20

Promoting spatial memories during sleep and by closed-loop targeted memory reactivation (22-16874S)
- GACR – Standard Projects – 2022
- Job description: Research scientist with FTE 0.10

Different Concepts of Episodic Memory: Context vs. Self (22-10493S)
- GACR – Standard Projects – 2022
- Job description: Research scientist with FTE 0.30

(Carto4Edu) Influence of cartographic visualization methods on the success of solving practical and educational spatial tasks (MUNI/M/0846/2015)
- MUNI – GAMU – Category G
- Job description: Research of collaboration in immersive virtual reality in solving geographical tasks

Development of the system of commercialization of R & D results at Masaryk University II. (TG02010067)
- TACR – GAMA – Subprogram 1
- Job description: Software modification for psychodiagnostics for Military Hospital Brno and Central Military Hospital Prague

Adaptation of psychological tests for online computer-administered diagnostics in psychological practice and personnel (MUNI/21/TG53432/2016)
- MUNI – TTO – Internal projects
- Job description: Creation of psychological test batteries in application for online testing