Petra Malíková completed her master’s degree studies in the branch of Water Technology and Water Management at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava in 2006. In 2009 she successfully completed her PhD studies in the doctoral programme ´Mineral processing´ at VSB-TU Ostrava. From 2007 she was employed as a researcher in VSB-TU Ostrava. Since September 2015 she has been working as a lecturer and junior researcher at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, the Faculty of Mining and Geology, at VSB-TU Ostrava. Since May 2018 she has been working as an academic staff member at the to the above-mentioned organization. Within her specialisation, she participated in several projects.