Paper published in the Chemosphere
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Paper published in the Science of the Total Environment
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Prof. Meththika S. Vithanage (Sri Lanka) gave a seminar on the 29th April 2024.
Paper published in the Science of the Total Environment
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Paper published in the Science of the Total Environment
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Paper published in the Environmental Science: Nano!
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Paper published in the Soil Use and Management!
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Biochar to mitigate carbon footprint: 19th July 2023 at 10 am in D424
WATER analysis: streams, ponds, quarries, wells, and swimming pools
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Biochar in green remediation: 7th June 2023 at 2 pm
Peer-review publishing today: 8th June 2023 at 10 am
biogeochemistry, trace elements, metal(loid)s etc.
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Field application on our experimental plots near Ústí nad Labem
Traffic is a major source of risk metal(loid)s in Jakarta dust
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ZVI nanoparticles offered no advantage over microparticles in contaminated soil
Paper published in Applied Geochemistry
Geological excursions and sampling of soil and water
Collaboration between scientists and analytical instrument producers
Wednesday 16th March 2022 at 10.30 am in room D217
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Start of the field experiments in two different localities
Paper published in the Chemical Engineering Journal!
Barbora Hudcová's internship on complexation modeling
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To compost or to pyrolyze? That is the question!
Biochar not only for agriculture and industry
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Book chapter published by The Royal Society of Chemistry!
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Published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
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Soil chemistry associated with soil’s physical and hydraulic properties
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Great accomplishment in Environmental Science & Technology!
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The 1st international ON-LINE workshop under V4 Biochar Platform and NUTRIMAN project
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The role of Fe- and Mn-based soil amendments in pollution mitigation
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Sustainability and efficient zinc retention by zeolites prepared from waste
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Fieldwork at our experimental site in Suchdol started!
See our unique set-up!
Three fundamental/applied research projects of our group successfully funded!
Agrostis capillaris and Festuca rubra as potential phytostabilizing plants
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Aikaterini Mitzia did an internship on a unique biogeochemical microcosm.
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Industry and domestic heating produce pollutants toxic for 3-year-old children.
This publication available here.
Barbora Hudcová did an internship on adsorption modeling.
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Mineralogy, chemistry and surface properties of zeolitic materials
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Seasonal fluctuations of Zn, Pb, As and Cd in biomass
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Compost-char hastened the composting process.
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A temporal study of solid phase geochemistry
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Specialised course on geochemical and transport modelling was given by Rémi Marsac and Diederik Jacques
Practical use of LDH-biochar in column technology for commercial purposes
Lukáš Trakal gave an interview focusing on reasons for drought and potential solutions.
Review paper reflecting cooperation with prof. Dinesh Mohan (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
Seminar will take place on Thursday 20th June 2019 at 3.00 pm in room Z1.
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How to collect soil and water samples? How to analyse them?
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Geological excursions and sampling of soil and water
Three approaches evaluated Cr(VI) adsorption and/or reduction in soils
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Surface complexation modeling coupled with spectroscopic and microscopic techniques
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Interactions of nZVI with soil microbial community published in Environmental Science Nano
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Seminars will take place on Wednesday 6th February 2019 at 2 pm in room D222.
PhD student(s) wanted! Application deadline:
March 10 2019
Multidisciplinary project on biochar application to solve drought and other issues
"Global Cd and Pb isotope signal in the Pan-Arctic: influence of local and distant sources"
Seminar will take place on Thursday 13th December 2018 at 10.00 am in room Z239.
The Bohemian AvantGardeners attended student competition.
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Zuzana Michálková joined the group of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
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Mg-Fe (hydr)oxides showed excellent sorption efficiency for As, Pb and Zn
This publication available here.
Metal(loid) behavior in the AM fungal–root–nZVI system
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Michael Komárek started research with the group of Professor Mélanie Davranche.
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Seminar will take place on Wednesday 2nd May 2018 at 10.30 am in room D218.
PhD student(s) wanted for multidisciplinary solution to currently highlighted issues.
Our Ph.D. student Barbora Hudcová received the prestigious Fulbright-Masaryk fellowship.
Nanoiron efficiency was evaluated in the rhizosphere.
This publication available here.
Junior project on a novel composite for remediation of contaminated soils
(Czech Science Foundation)
New project on innovative method for identification of adsorption mechanisms
(Czech Science Foundation)
New project targets on substitution of commercial substrate for compost + biochar
New project on applied research in remediation technologies (funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic)
Amorphous manganese oxide coating of biochar improves its sorption efficiency.
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The impact of lead from unleaded gasoline was evaluated using Pb isotope tracing.
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Amorphous Mn oxide and nanoiron on sunflower were tested for stabilization.
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Lectures and laboratory practice in environmental geochemistry opened the Summer School of Applied Ecology on 24th July
International students attended excursions and collected soil and water samples.
Prof. Michael Komárek and Paul Eric Aspholm broadcasted in Magazín Leonardo
The conference will take place on 25th April 2017 9:00 – 12:00 a.m. in room Z239
Seminar will take place on Thursday 23 March 2017 at 2 pm in room D226
Samples of fresh snow were collected in the area of Finnmark to trace metal contamination and metal isotopes.
Martina Vítková performed research stay at prestigious institute in Tulln an der Donau
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In this study, surface complexation modeling is coupled with various spectroscopic techniques.
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Lecture: „Waste management – what you don't know about it“
Workshop takes place at the FES from 26th September to 1st October, 2016
This publication available here
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Dr. Luke Beesley (the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland) visited our team
Lukáš Trakal presented the latest experimental approaches in Aberdeen
Workshop including presentations of the results of our Norway grants project (CZ09 Czech-Norwegian Research Programme) ISOFIN
Ostrava region in Upper Silesia at the Czech-Polish border belongs to the most contaminated sites in Europe
New paper published in Environmental Pollution is now available
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Read our recent paper by Zuzana Michálková et al. focused on „Selected Fe and Mn (nano)oxides as perspective amendments for the stabilization of As in contaminated soils“.
Our team made another journey to the very North of Norway to collect snow samples for chemical and metal isotope analyses
Lukáš Trakal et al. recently published new data about „Lead and cadmium sorption mechanisms on magnetically modified biochars“
Interview with Thomas D. Bullen (USGS) who has been working with us for the past few weeks at the Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory
