Name, surname, title:

Jakub Houška, Ing., Ph.D., D.E.S.S.

Birth date:

14.11.1976

Marital status:

Married, 3 children

Nationality:

Czech

Contact:

e-mail: xhouska@gmail.com

2000

„forest engineering“ at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology (FFWT), Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry (MUAF).

2002

Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) diploma D.E.S.S. (Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) - Master’s degree (Remote Sensing and GIS).

2008

Ph.D. program Landscape Ecology, field Forest Ecology. Dissertation Thesis: Dynamics of soil properties in natural and semi-natural forest ecosystems: comparative analyses of selected forest soils' properties.

2003 – 30.6.2009

Department of Pedology and Geology, FFWT MUAF Brno; research assistant.

1.7.2009 – 31.3.2012

Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiology, FFWT, MENDELU; lecturer.

1.7.2009 – 30.9.2011

IBM IDC Brno: Asset Manager, Quality Analyst, Project Manager.

1.4.2012 -

Department of Landscape Management, FFWT, MENDELU; lecturer.

1.4.2012 -

Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences; post-doc.

2004

Geological information of Training Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest Krtiny - Easy access for students. FRVŠ.

2005

Innovation of the training in Forest Pedology. FRVŠ

2006

Degradation rate of natural forest soils during last 70 years, out of the influence of local pollution resources. Internal Grant Agency, MUAF Brno.

2007 to 30.6.2009

the main investigator on behalf of MUAF (the main coordinator Czech geological survey) of the project Grant Agency of the Czech Republic No. 526/07/1187 „Soil acidification in natural forest ecosystems out of local pollution resources. Current state and prediction”. 5-years-project, till 2011.

2009-2012

member of the team “Management of natural resources in tropics and subtropics - study programs innovation at FFWT MUAF in Brno“ (No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0156).

2012-

member of the team “Support of practical competencies in regional development engineering“ (No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0303).

1993 and 1996:

forest training in State Forest Enterprise Baden-Württemberg, Forstdirektion Freiburg (2 x 2 months), Germany.

2000 (IX–XII):

Aristotle University, Thessalonica (Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences, Department of Forestry and Natural Environment – 3 months), Greece.

2001 (IX) - 2002 (VI):

GDTA Toulouse, CIRAD Montpellier, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) diploma D.E.S.S. (Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) -

Master’s Degree (GIS a Remote Sensing). After the defense of the work: „Appui à la cartographie et au suivi du couvert végétal par télédétection du Parc National de Conkouati-Douli (Rép. du Congo)“ (Support of Remote Sensing in mapping and monitoring of vegetation in the Conkouati-Douli National Park, Rep of the Congo - Brazzaville.),  awarded by D.E.S.S. at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) in Paris.

2002 (IV):

Field survey in the Concouati-Douli National Park, Republic of the Congo.

2005 (V):

University Metz, France.

2006 (V):

E.T.S.I. de Montes, Madrid, Spain.

2007 (IV):

-Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

-North Karelia University of Applied Sciences Forest and Wood Technology Joensuu, Finland.

2008 (XII) :

Département de géographie, Université de Montréal; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Québec, Canada.

2009 (VI):

Socotra (Republic of Yemen) : field survey in the frame of the project : Management of natural resources in tropics and subtropics - study programs innovation at FFWT MUAF in Brno“ (č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0156)

2011 (I):

Socotra (Republic of Yemen) : field survey in the frame of the project : Management of natural resources in tropics and subtropics - study programs innovation at FFWT MUAF in Brno“ (č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0156)

2012 (I-II):

Socialist Republic of Vietnam  : field survey in the frame of the project : Management of natural resources in tropics and subtropics - study programs innovation at FFWT MUAF in Brno“ (č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0156)