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Faculty of Environment J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Main research areas

Explore innovative environmental research at the Faculty of Environment, focusing on pollutants, landscape reclamation, GIS, materials, and more. Collaborate with universities and research organizations.

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Faculty of Environment J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Main research areas

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  1. Faculty of Environment J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem Main research areas Josef Trögl, Head of Department of Technical Sciences Králova Výšina 3132/7 400 96 Ústí nad Labem Czech Republic tel. +420 475 284 153 mobil. +420 608 168 848 josef.trogl@ujep.cz

  2. Ústí nad Labem

  3. UJEP

  4. Jan Evangelista Purkyně(1787-1869), Born in Libochovice town, Czech Republic One of the founders of biology, embryology, histology, pharmacology, anatomy, anthropology, famous in physiology

  5. UJEP • ~10 000 students, ~900 academic staff • 8 Faculties, widerangeofdisciplines • Faculty of Social and Economic Studies • Faculty of Art and Design • Faculty of Production Technology and Management • Faculty of Environment • Faculty of Philosophy • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Health Studies

  6. Faculty of Environment • ~800 students, ~80 academic staff • 6 field of studies • 3 BSc • 2 (+1) MSc. • 1 PhD. – Environmental analytical chemistry

  7. Faculty of Environment • Close to preserved nature • Two protected areas • National park „Czech-Saxonian Switzerland“ • Smaller nature parks in Ore Mountains • Close to damaged nature • area of surface browncoal mining • related industry (chemical, petrochemical, energetic…) • high pollution • ongoing land reclamation

  8. Protected area České středohoří

  9. Protected area České středohoří

  10. Protected area Děčínské stěny

  11. National park Czech-Saxonian Switzerland

  12. National park Czech-Saxonian Switzerland

  13. Surface brown-coal mine

  14. UJEP research areas • Resources and energy • Materials • Creative society and quality of life • Identity – history and culture of the region • UJEP is part of the Research Infrastructure NanoEnviCz – Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Future • www.nanoenvicz.cz

  15. Faculty research areas • Applied ecology • Ecosystems and their functions and services– focus on disturbed, local ecosystems affected by brown coal surface mining • Landscape reclamationand revitalization – after mining, spoil/heaps • Social, economic, ecosystemic… aspects

  16. Main research areas • Socio-economicresearch: Integratingsocio-economicsystemswithecosystems • Naturalautotrophic ecosystemscreateall basic life-supportingconditionsforhumansandotherheterotrops • Standard mainstreameconomicsremainsseparatedfromenvironmentthrough: theunilateralutilitarianconceptofeconomicvalue thesystemofnationalaccounting (addedvalue)

  17. Main research areas • Geographic information systems • Methods for landscape reconstruction • 3D visualizations • web information services • collection of 3D data using innovative techniques

  18. GIS • Terrestrial laser scanning • Analyses and visualization of 3D data • Unmanned Aerial Vehicel photography – orthophotomapping, digital modelsof landscape, 3D models of objects, thermoscanning, multispectral photography

  19. Main research areas • Pollutants in environment - „Pollution and solutions“ • Analytical determinations of pollutants in various environmental samples– distribution, binding… • Novell approaches to (waste) water treatment– sorption on cheap sorbents, photocatalysis, biotechnologies with immobilized microorganisms • Soil bioremediation • Technological solutions • Ecotoxicology

  20. Main research areas • Novel materials and technologies for environment • Reactive sorbents – decomposition of warfare agents, pesticides, cytostatics… • New materials for photocatalysis • Microbicide nanofilters • Gassification of biomass for cogeneration • Waste management and recycling • …

  21. Environmental biotechnology • Waste-water treatment using encapsulated microorganisms • Bioremediation and phytoremediation • Environmental biosensors

  22. Laboratories • Analytical chemistry • Photochemistry • Biotechnology and microbiology • constant temperature~25°C • Pedology • GIS • New building in 2019

  23. New building

  24. Equipment • Chromatography– GC-MS, GC-FID, LC-MS, HPLC, IC … • Spectrometry– plate reader, UV-VIS, ICP-OES, Raman s. • Sample pretreatment– shakers, ultrasound, heat/microwave decomposition, annealing… • Photochemistry – microreactors to semi/pilot • GIS – HW and SW for GIS, map server, total stations andgeodetic GPS, laserscan, Unmanned Aerial Vehicel + termo- and multispectralcamera • …

  25. Research collaboration • Universities– TU Liberec, UCT Prague, TU Ostrava, Brno University of Technology, University of Pardubice, TU BA Freiberg, University of Lund, University of st. Cyrylus and Methodius Trnava, Kazan Technological University, University of Tennessee Knoxville, NULES Kiiv, NU Lviska Polytechnika, … • Research organization– Czech Academy of Sciences (esp. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry), Health institute in Ústí (joint center CADORAN), UNICRE, Military Institute Brno • Companies – TOSEDA, Nanovia, Mikrochem, D.S.K., LentiKat’s, Humatex…

  26. Future outlook • New building = new laboratory capacity • Innovation of the Msc. Waste management (Circular economy?) • more intensive collaboration with companies • co-accrediation with Socio-economic faculty • part of cluster WASTEN (waste to energy) • Higher offer of Ph.D. programmes • Environmental chemistry and Technology • Landscape reclamation

  27. Thank you for your attention

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