Prokop Hapala
Associate Researcher
Prague, Prague, Czechia
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Top SchoolProkop Hapala is an associate researcher and computational physicist with 11 years of experience developing high-performance simulation software for AFM/STM and density functional codes. He combines deep domain expertise in scanning probe microscopy and surface science with practical software engineering—building neural-network-based methods to reconstruct molecular structures from AFM images and contributing to the Fireball DFT code. Based in Prague, he has blended academic postdoctoral work and industry development (including a physically realistic flight model) to apply physics simulations to both fundamental research and interactive applications. Prokop’s toolset targets molecular systems as candidates for next-generation computing, and he also translates scientific realism into a physics-accurate simulation game exploring asteroid colonization and military tech. His profile reflects a rare mix of computational chemistry, machine-learning force-fields, and hands-on simulation engineering that bridges research and applied software.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Chemical Physics, Master's degree, Chemical Physics at Institute of Chemical Technology PragueBachelor's degree, Laser and Optical Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Laser and Optical Engineering at Czech Technical University in PragueDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at Charles University in Prague
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Github Skills (123)
microscopy10
text-to-image10
atomic10
qt9
high-performance9
python9
inpainting9
overhead9
gtk9
extensible9
matplotlib9
gpu-programming9
data-visualization8
ai8
twitter8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ProkopHapala/Fireball-progs
Sep 2019 - Feb 2022
progs
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 5 months
ProkopHapala/FireCore
Sep 2019 - Mar 2023
FireCore is an integrated simulation environment dedicated to on-surface chemistry and scanning-probe microscopy (SPM). The code aims to streamline high-throughput screening of molecular configurations and processes on the surface of crystaline solids. It integrates GPU accelerated classical molecules and DFT into single package.
Contributions:1 review, 437 commits, 983 pushes in 3 years 6 months
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