Prof. RNDr. Rastislav Varga, DrSc.

Rastislav Varga founded RVactuators in 2024 in the Czech Republic as his second company, following RVmagnetics in Košice, where he continues to serve as Chief Technology Officer. He is a leading expert in magnetic amorphous, nanocrystalline, and Heusler materials, primarily in glass-coated MicroWires, with over three decades of experience in fundamental and applied research in condensed matter physics. Since 2015, he has bridged academic research and industrial innovation, contributing to the development of next-generation microsensor technologies based on magnetic principles.

Prof. Varga’s academic credentials include a DrSc. in Condensed Matter Physics and extensive international postdoctoral experience at institutions such as ICMM CSIC - The Madrid Institute of Materials Sciences and Universidad del País Vasco in San Sebastián. He has led and co-supervised multiple PhD theses under cotutelle agreements with leading European universities Université Paris-Sud, Universidad del País Vasco, University of Oviedo. He has served on numerous international doctoral committees. He was also working as a leading scientist at the Institute of Physics at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, where he conducted advanced research in the field of magnetism, focusing on the structural and magnetic properties of soft magnetic materials, mainly in the shape of microwires.

Scientific Publishing

Publications

Reviewer of scientific publications for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physics D, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and others.

3000+

Citations in Web of Science / Scopus

250+

Publications registered in Web of Science / Scopus

Professional Membership

Memberships

Leadership

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker at IEEE INTERMAG conferences, also at INTERMAG 2026 in Manchester
  • 30+ invitations to speak at international conferences

Project Involvement

  • Participated in 2× 6th and 7th FPEU projects
  • Participated in 8× national projects
Global Research & Collaboration

International R&D

  • Over 2 years of postdocs at several Spanish universities and Academic institutions.
  • International cooperation: ICMM CSIC Madrid, Spain; CAEND CSIC, Spain; UPV San Sebastian, Spain; Univ. Oviedo, Spain, Univ. Paris-Sud, France, IEP TU Wien; KFKI Budapest
  • PhD thesis supervising in Cotutelle: 3× Univ. Paris-Sud, France; UPV San Sebastian, Spain; Univ. Oviedo, Spain
  • Reviewer for Spanish ministry for Science and Technology
  • Member of international committee for PhD. Thesis: 7×
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