My initial university education consisted of seven years of Thomistic Philosophy and Roman Catholic (RC) Theology in the vernacular, as well as spiritual formation, under the guidance of the Clandestine RC Church Ecclesia Silentii superiors and professors, according to the Secret Mandates of Pius XII, during the Cold War in former Czechoslovakia, for which the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense later decorated me as a Cold War Third Resistance Veteran. Today, I work as a distinguished visiting scholar and researcher, holding a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Theology from the U. of Religions and Denominations, with a doctoral thesis titled "Avicenna et Aquinas: De Esse et Essentia Dei," an M.A. in Religious Studies – Islamic Sciences from al-Mostafa Int. University, a B.A. in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Fine Arts from Muhlenberg College, and an A.A. in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Military Science from the New Mexico Military Institute. I teach, advise, and research topics in philosophy and theology, including comparative philosophy and theology, especially metaphysics and ontology, as well as comparative Abrahamic religions, history, the humanities, and the social and political sciences. With a lifelong academic experience in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, I have developed a multidisciplinary perspective that informs my scholarly and professional endeavors, enabling me to develop novel academic programs, fill curricular gaps, bridge philosophy and theology with interdisciplinary studies, and facilitate progress in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education, as well as carry out mentorship, supervisory, and administrative duties, engage in public scholarship, and enhance universities' profiles as places where scholarship connects with and contributes to the world by establishing cooperation among different schools of thought, cultures, linguistic groups, and geographic regions. I have published multiple scientific articles and made hundreds of presentations at academic conferences and public media worldwide. Additionally, I possess bilingual fluency and a working knowledge of several modern and ancient languages. I am an avid athlete and artist with a professional background in alpine skiing and fine arts.
Supervisors: Mons. Oto Madr, ThD, ThD (hc), Prof. Josef Zverina, SJ, H.E. Bishop Felix Maria Davidek, PhD; H.E. Archbishop Frantisek Cardinal Tomasek, ThD et ThD; and H.E. Nelson Mandela, and JD (hc);
