doc. Ing. Petr Nachtigall, Ph.D.
"When I was a student, I didn’t really have a clear idea of how the university worked. That’s why I’m all the more pleased that today’s students have far more opportunities to get involved in activities at the faculties and across the University of Pardubice as a whole. Through my actions, I will strive to create a stable academic environment that attracts students with high-quality study programmes and competent faculty members."
Doc. Ing. Petr Nachtigall, Ph.D., comes from Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, where he has lived since his birth in 1982. Given his longstanding interest in railways, the University of Pardubice and its Jan Perner Faculty of Transport Engineering were a natural choice for his further professional education after graduating from secondary school. In 2005, he earned his master’s degree at the Department of Transport Technology and Control, and subsequently completed his doctorate at the same faculty in 2010, followed by his habilitation in 2023. In his habilitation thesis, he focused on new possibilities for train safety in relation to track capacity. He continues to explore these ideas in his research and supervises doctoral students.
Throughout his academic career, he has established numerous international partnerships, particularly with universities in our European region. An integral part of his work at the faculty has also been the close ties to research conducted for key players in the railway market. He considers the connection between academia and industry a competitive advantage, particularly in the technical fields at our university.
Doc. Petr Nachtigall lives with his family in Pardubice. He and his wife have three sons, and since they have all fallen in love with orienteering, they spend most weekends in the woods with the OK Lokomotiva Pardubice team. He also tries to promote the sport at the university.
