Ing. Barbora Böserle Hudcová, Ph.D.
Education
2014 – 2019: | Ph.D. Environmental Modeling Faculty of Environmental Sciences (FES) Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic (CZU) Ph.D. topic “The use of layered double hydroxides and mixed oxides for stabilization of metals and metalloids in contaminated soils” |
2012 – 2014: | MSc. Technical Physical Chemistry University of Pardubice - Faculty of Chemical Technology MSc. topic “Structure and activity analysis of Mg/Al and Zn/Al mixed oxides in aldolization and transesterification” |
2009 – 2012: | BSc. Environment Protection Management University of Pardubice - Faculty of Chemical Technology BSc. topic “Treatment of energy crops to value-added chemicals” |
Significant international experience
Oct. – Dec. 2021: | Research stay/training in advanced adsorption modeling using PHREEQC-PhreePlot with an emphasis on soil components and their mixtures University of Rennes, France Contact: Dr. Remi Marsac |
Oct. – Dec. 2019: | Research stay/training in advanced adsorption modeling using ECOSAT-FIT coupling with an emphasis on investigating new modeling approaches University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Contact: Dr. Juan Antelo |
Sept. – Dec. 2018: | Fulbright-Masaryk Fellowship with a topic focused on titration data processing and adsorption modeling University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA Contact: Prof. Jeremy B. Fein |
Work experience
March 2019 – present: | Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Environmental Geosciences (FES, CZU) |
Publications in the last 5 years
- Mitzia, A., Böserle Hudcová, B., Vítková, M., Kunteová, B., Casadiego Hernandez, D., Moško, J., Pohořelý, M., Grasserová, A., Cajthaml, T., Komárek, M., 2024. Pyrolysed sewage sludge for metal(loid) removal and immobilisation in contrasting soils: Exploring variety of risk elements across contamination levels. Sci. Total Environ. 918, 170572
- Böserle Hudcová, B., Antelo, J., Komárek, M., 2024. Arsenate and phosphate adsorption onto Mg-Fe layered double hydroxides: The charge-distribution multisite complexation (CD-MUSIC) modeling as a tool to predict competitive oxyanion behavior. Chem. Geol. 646, 121921
- Sochacki, A., Lebrun, M., Minofar, B., Pohořelý, M., Vithanage, M., Sarmah, A.K., Böserle Hudcová, B., Buchtelík, S., Trakal, L., 2024. Adsorption of common greywater pollutants and nutrients by various biochars as potential amendments for nature-based systems: Laboratory tests and molecular dynamics. Environ. Pollut. 343, 123203
- Zarzsevszkij, S. Vítková, M., Zelená Pospíšková, K., Kolařík, J., Böserle Hudcová, B., Jurkovič, Ľ., 2024. Management of a contaminated mine soil: Effect of soil water content on antimony and arsenic immobilisation by iron-based amendments and biochar composites. Soil Use Manage. 40, e12968
- Rybka, K., Böserle Hudcová, B., Matusik, J., Marzec, M., 2023. Interaction of vanadates with Mg/Al and Mg/Fe LDH intercalated with carbonates and sulphates based on experimental data and surface complexation modelling. Appl. Clay Sci. 242, 107047
- Hudcová, B., Fein, J.B., Tsang, D.C.W., Komárek, M., 2022. Mg-Fe LDH-coated biochars for metal(loid) removal: Surface complexation modeling and structural change investigations. J. Chem. Eng. 432, 134360
- Veselská, V., Šillerová, H., Hudcová, B., Ratié, G., Lacina, P., Lalinská-Voleková, B., Trakal, L., Šottník, P., Jurkovič, Ľ., Pohořelý, M., Vantelon, D., Šafařík, I., 2022. Innovative in situ remediation of mine waters using a layered double hydroxide-biochar composite. J. Hazard. Mater. 424, 127136
- Osacký, M., Binčík, T., Hudcová, B., Vítková, M., Pálková, H., Hudec, P., Bačík, P., Czímerová, A., 2022. Low-cost zeolite-based sorbents prepared from industrial perlite by-product material for Zn2+ and Ni2+ removal from aqueous solutions: synthesis, properties and sorption efficiency. Heliyon 8(12), e12029
- Hudcová, B., Osacký, M., Vítková, M., Mitzia, A., Komárek, M., 2021. Investigation of zinc binding properties onto natural and synthetic zeolites: Implications for soil remediation. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 317, 111022
- Hudcová, B., Erben, M., Vítková, M., Komárek, M., 2019. Antimonate (ad)sorption onto Mg-Fe layered double hydroxides in aqueous solutions at different pH values: Investigation of the mechanism supported by surface complexation modeling and solid-state analyses. Chemosphere 229, 236–246
- Ouředníček, P., Hudcová, B., Trakal, L., Pohořelý, M., Komárek, M., 2019. Synthesis of modified amorphous manganese oxide using low-cost sugars and biochars: Material characterization and metal(loid) sorption properties. Sci. Total Environ. 670, 1159–1169
- Hudcová, B., Vítková, M., Ouředníček, P., Komárek, M., 2019. Stability and stabilizing efficiency of Mg-Fe layered double hydroxides and mixed oxides in aqueous solutions and soils with elevated As(V), Pb(II) and Zn(II) contents. Sci. Total Environ. 648, 1511-1519
Significant projects in the last 5 years
- Proffesional co-worker: “Reactive Interfaces for Degrading Contaminants of Emerging Concern and Pathogenic Viruses in Constructed Wetlands” (Czech Science Foundation, 2024-2026)
- Proffesional co-worker: “Nanoremediation of contaminated soils: Technology implementation with respect to ecotoxicological aspects” (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, 2021-2024)
- Proffesional co-worker: “Performance comparison of innovative metal(loid) nanosorbents in smelter-polluted soils: Geochemical and ecotoxicological benchmarks“ (Czech Science Foundation, 2021-2023)
Awards
- Rector's Prize for publication output of employees in journals ranked in the 1st decile (2023)
- Rector's Prize for excellent Dissertation thesis (2019)
- Rector's Prize for Ph.D. Research and Publication (2019)
- Rector's Prize for Ph.D. Research and Publication (2018)
- Early Career Scientist's Travel Support at the EGU General Assembly (2018)
- Travel award at the ICOTE conference (2017)
- Prize of Technical University of Liberec at Innovative remediation technologies – research and experience (2015)
- Prize of the Knauf Praha Company for excellent BSc. thesis (2012)
Educational activities
- Teaching in subjects of Computational and Practical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Workshop for EGS, Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Course guarantor of Practical and Computational Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Workshop for EGS
- Supervision of 13 bachelor and 5 diploma theses (defended)
- Supervision of 1 bachelor and 2 diploma theses (will be submitted in 2025)
- Supervision of international students performing their research internship at the Department of Environmental Geosciences
