• RNDr, 1957, The Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Research Interests:

Professor Kuchar is studying quantum theory of covariant systems in general and of Einstein's gravitational field in particular. The topics which are currently being investigated include the quantum black hole formation by gravitational collapse of matter, canonical theory of diffeomorphism-invariant space of histories, construction of gravitational observables, and the issue of time in canonical quantum gravity.

Selected Recent Publications

• "Covariant Systems" in Highlights in Gravitation and Cosmology, edited by B.R. Iyer et al. (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge), 1988.
• "Time and Interpretations of Quantum Gravity" in Proceedings of the 4th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, edited by G. Kunstatter, D. Vincent, and J. Williams (World Scientific, Singapore, 1992).
• "Geometrodynamics of Schwarzschild Black Holes" Phys. Rev. D 50, 3961 (1994).
• "Null Dust in Canonical Gravity" (with J. Bicak), Phys. Rev. D 51, 5600 (1995).