Background
Skopal, Augustin Son of Augustin Skopal and Jirina Skopalova.
Skopal, Augustin Son of Augustin Skopal and Jirina Skopalova.
Doctor of Science, Charles University, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1989. Doctor of Science (honorary), Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2001.
Research assistant Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, 1982—1989, research fellow Astronomical Institute, 1989—2000, chief research fellow Astronomical Institute, since 2000. Head science council Astronomical Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1998—2001.
Member of Royal Astronomical Society.
Married Viera Pribylincova. Children: Eva Skopalova, Martin.