Ing. Soňa Hříbalová, Ph.D.

Dissertation thesis topic: Modeling of optical properties of heterogeneous materials

Supervisor: prof. Dr. Willi Pabst

Co-supervisor: Ing. Tereza Unger Uhlířová, Ph.D.

Contact: hribalos@vscht.cz

Specialization

• Light scattering predictions in transparent ceramics
• Predictions of effective properties in metamaterials
• Lead-free piezoceramics

Other activities

• Since 2021 Leader in the students' project "Electronic PhD Guide"
• Since 2021 Young Ceramists Network committee member
• 2020–2022 Academic senate of FCT, vice chairman of students
• 2020–2023 Ethics committee of UCT Prague, member
• 2020–2023 Association of student senates and clubs (K3S)

Education

• 2019–2024 Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials (PhD study program), UCT Prague, Department of Glass and Ceramics
• 2017–2019 Inorganic Non-metallic Materials (master study program), UCT Prague
• 2014–2017 Chemistry and Technology of Materials (bachelor study program), UCT Prague

International internships

• 2022–2023 (8 months) Fulbright-Masaryk scholarship, Penn State, USA; “Electromechanical reliability in ferroelectric thin films”
• 2022 (3 months) CNR-ISTEC, Faenza, Italy; "Powder synthesis, preparation and characterization of the potassium sodium niobate (KNN) piezoelectric ceramics"
• 2019 (3 months) CNR-ISTEC, Faenza, Italy; "Preparation and characterization of transparent Cr:YAG ceramics"

Awards and prizes

• 2022 Rector’s award for extraordinary independent creative activity
• 2021 Best poster award for poster at Advanced Materials and Technologies, Palanga, Lithuania (International conference, summer school)
• 2021 Hans-Walter-Hennicke prize (first prize) for presentation in the student competition at Ceramics 2021 (international conference), on-line
• 2021 First prize for presentation in the student competition at Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials (doctoral student’s seminar), on-line and nomination to represent Czech Republic in the European Ceramic Society Student Speech Contest
• 2020 Shared first prize for presentation in the student competition at Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials (doctoral student’s seminar), Prague, Czech Republic
• 2019 Award of the Czech Glass Society for the best master thesis at Department of Glass and Ceramics, UCT Prague
• 2018 First prize for poster at the Student Scientific Conference at UCT Prague
• 2017 PRECIOSA Foundation award
• 2017 First prize for poster at the Student Scientific Conference at UCT Prague
• 2016 Third prize for poster at the Student Scientific Conference at UCT Prague

Scholarships

• 2022–2023 (8 months) Fulbright-Masaryk scholarship
• 2021–2023 Emil Votoček scholarship (scholarship for the 20 best doctoral students at UCT Prague)
• 2016–2020 PRECIOSA Foundation scholarship

Publication activity

ORCID, Scopus, ResearcherID, ResearchGate.

1. Hříbalová, S., Šimonová, P., Pabst, W.: Transparent pyrochlore ceramics – Optical properties of pyrochlores and light scattering study. 44(2), 1163-1167 (2024). J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.09.049
2. Pabst, W., Hříbalová, S.: Modeling the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube (CNT) nanofluids and nanocomposites – a fresh restart. 206, 123941 (2023). Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.123941
3. Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: Transmittance predictions for transparent alumina ceramics based on the complete grain size distribution or a single mean grain size replacing the whole distribution. 42(12), 5093–5107 (2022). J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.04.031
4. Pabst, W., Hříbalová, S., Uhlířová, T.: Quasi-laminate and quasi-columnate modeling of dielectric and piezoelectric properties of cubic-cell metamaterials. 42(4), 1396–1406 (2022). J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.12.013
5. Hříbalová, S., Uhlířová, T., Pabst, W.: Computer modeling of systematic processing defects on the thermal and elastic properties of open Kelvin-cell metamaterials 41(14), 7130-7140 (2021). J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.07.031
6. Hostaša, J., Picelli, F., Hříbalová, S., Nečina, V.: Sintering aids, their role and behaviour in the production of transparent ceramics. Open Ceramics 7, 100137 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.oceram.2021.100137
7. Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: Theoretical study of the influence of carbon contamination on the transparency of spinel ceramics prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) 41(7), 4337-4342 (2021). J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.01.036
8. Gregorová, E., Semrádová, L., Sedlářová, I., Nečina, V., Hříbalová, S., Pabst W.: Microstructure and Young's modulus evolution during re-sintering of partially sintered alumina-zirconia composites (ATZ ceramics) 41(6), 3559-3569 (2021). J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.01.045
9. Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: Modeling light scattering by spherical pores for calculating the transmittance of transparent ceramics – All you need to know. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 41(4), 2169-2192 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.11.046
10. Pabst, W., Hříbalová, S.: Light scattering models for describing the transmittance of transparent and translucent alumina and zirconia ceramics. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 41(3), 2058-2075 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.10.025
11. Zloužeová, K., Hříbalová, S., Nečina, V., Pabst, W., Míka, M., Petrášek, J.: Partially sintered lead-free ceramics from piezoelectric powders prepared via conventional firing and spakr plasma sintering (SPS) - characterization of microstructure and dielectric properties. Ceram.-Silik. 65(1), 30-37 (2021). doi: 10.13168/cs.2020.0039
12. Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: The van de Hulst approximation for light scattering and its use for transmittance predictions in transparent ceramics. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 40(54), 2141-2150 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.12.044
13. Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: Light scattering and extinction in polydisperse systems. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 40(3), 867-880 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.10.054
14. Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: Light scattering in monodisperse systems - from suspensions to transparent ceramics. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 40(4), 1522-1531 (2020). doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.11.053
15. Gregorová, E., Nečina, V., Hříbalová, S., Pabst, W.: Temperature dependence of Young's modulus and damping of partially sintered and dense zirconia ceramics. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 40(5), 2063-2071 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.12.064
16. Pabst, W., Hříbalová, S.: Describing the effective conductivity of two-phase and multiphase materials via weighted means of bounds and general power means. Jom 71(11), 4005-4014 (2019). doi: 10.1007/s11837-019-0393-4
17. Pabst, W., Hříbalová, S.: Mean values, moments, moment ratios and a generalized mean value theorem for size distributions. Ceram.-Silik. 63(4), 419-425 (2019). doi: 10.13168/cs.2019.0039