The Department of Environmental Geosciences covers courses focused on Earth Sciences. Students are introduced to the basics of geology, geochemistry, hydrogeology, paleoecology and to specialized and field courses on contaminant geochemistry, remediation technologies, environmental analytical chemistry, biogeochemical cycles, and global environmental change. The Department offers a Masters stud programme Environmental Geosciences.
Research activity:
The research conducted at the Department is focused mainly on environmental geochemistry, hydrogeology, paleoecology, and geology:
» speciation and mobility of inorganic pollutants in the environment
» modeling the sorption of metals/metalloids in soil systems
» remediation of contaminated soils, chemical stabilization of metals/metalloids
» modeling the transport of pollutants in unsaturated zone
» tracing pollution sources and biogeochemical processes using modern isotope techniques
» the application of traditional (Sr, Pb) and non-traditional (e.g., Ca, Cd, Cr, Ni, Zn) isotopic systems to environmental sciences, paleo-environmental and global change studies
» study of global climatic changes and their influence on the evolution of marine ecosystems
The Lead Research Group of Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry and results of research on: http://leadresearchgroups.fzp.czu.cz/72-about
International contacts:
The Department closely cooperates with Czech research institutions, e.g., Charles University in Prague, Czech Geological Survey, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, University of Chemistry and Technology, and international universities, e.g., Université de Limoges (F), Université de Rennes I (F), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (F), BOKU Vienna (A), Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences IFM-GEOMAR (D), University of Adelaide (AUS), Western Michigan University (USA), Oregon State University (USA).