Mr. Ondrej Novak graduated in Physics at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He has a Master degree in Optics and Optoelectronics. He joined the lab in September 2022 to start his PhD Thesis on “Topological phase transitions in photonic crystals” under supervision of Dr. Gervasi Herranz as a part of a co-tutelled Thesis with Prof. Martin Veis (Charles University in Prague)