František Novák, RNDr, CSc.

EDUCATION

1992      CSc.             Faculty of Science Charles University Praha

1986     RNDr           Faculty of Science Palacký University Olomouc

1983      Mgr.             Faculty of Science Palacký University Olomouc

WORK EXPERIENCE

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Membership in professional organizations

Czech Chemical Society

International Humic Substances Society

Awards

Languages

      English

      Russian

Selected projects

* Share of the project LM2010007 CzeCOS / ICOS - National Infrastructure monitoring carbon (Centre for Research on Global Change ASCR) in the form of the joint project, 2012 – 2014.

* Investigation of possibilities of organic pollutants minimization in sources of drinking water in Ore Mts. (Projekt EU – Ziel 3 / Cíl 3, Czech Republic – Saxony, 2010 – 2013, co-principal investigator)

* Role of saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal fungi in humic acids and phosphorus transformation in spruce needle litter (GA ČR, 2005 – 2007, co-principal investigator)

* Long-term dynamics of P-species in humic acids during secondary succession on a Cambisol. (GA ČR, 2002 – 2004, principal investigator)

* The role of nitrogen transformation in decline of mountain Norway spruce forest stands under different pollution stress. (GA ČR, 1994 – 1996, principal investigator)

Publications

1. HRABAL R., BRUS J., MADRONOVÁ L., NOVÁK F., 2011. Chapter 3. 13C NMR Spectra in the Liquid and Solid States. In: Madronová L. (Ed.), Humic Acids from Raw Materials of the Czech Republic. Nova Science Publisher, New York, pp. 35 – 46.

2. NOVÁK J., NOVÁK F., MADRONOVÁ L., MACHOVIČ V., KOZLER J., 2011. Chapter 8. Oxidation of Coal-Based Raw Materials by Nitric Acid. In: Madronová L. (Ed.), Humic Acids from Raw Materials of the Czech Republic. Nova Science Publisher, New York, pp. 105 – 123.

3. NOVÁK F., HRABAL R., 2011. Quantitative 13C NMR spectroscopy of humic substances. Chem. Listy 105: 752 – 760. (IF = 0,529)

4. ŠERÁ B., NOVÁK F., 2011. The effect of humic substances on germination and early growth of Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium album agg.). Biologia 66: 470 – 476. (IF=0,557)

5. NOVÁK F., 2012. Export DOC aus dem Torfboden. ÚPB BC AV ČR, Most, Czech Republic, 21 pp, ISBN 978-80-86 525-22-8.

6. DRASTÍK M., NOVÁK F., KUČERÍK J., 2013. Origin of heat-induced structural changes in dissolved organic matter. Chemosphere 90: 789 – 795. (IF = 3,499)

7. JANOŠ P., KORMUNDA M., NOVÁK F., ŽIVOTSKÝ O., FUITOVÁ J., PILAŘOVÁ V., 2013. Multifunctional humate-based magnetic sorbent: Preparation, properties and sorption of Cu (II), phosphates and selected pesticides. Reactive & Functional Polymers 73: 46 – 52. (IF = 2,822)

8. NOVÁK F., ŠESTAUBEROVÁ M., 2013. Huminstoffe im Einzugsgebiet des Bachs Rašeliník. ÚPB BC AV ČR, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 37 pp., ISBN 978-80-86525-26-6.

9. KURÁŇ P., TRÖGL J., NOVÁKOVÁ J., PILAŘOVÁ V., DÁŇOVÁ P., PAVLORKOVÁ J., KOZLER J., NOVÁK F., POPELKA J., 2014. Biodegradation of spilled petrol in agricultural soil: Effect of humates, zeolite and bioaugmentation. Sci. World Journal, Article ID 642427 DOI: DOI:10.1155/2014/642427. (IF = 1,730)

10. NOVÁK F., ŠESTAUBEROVÁ M., HRABAL R., 2015. Structural features of lignohumic acids. Journal of Molecular Structure 1093: 179 – 185. (IF = 1,780)

Courses

Other activities

· Consultant of thesis and Ph.D. thesis UCT Praha, Faculty of Forestry MENDELU Brno, Faculty og Science MU v Brně a University of South Bohemia České Budějovice

·Supervisor of bachelor students practice UCT Praha

· Organization of short-term (1-2 week) courses focused on methods to study the structure of humic substances for interested professors and postdocs

· Review articles in foreign and Czech science journals

· Reviewer of projects GACR, VEGA SR, IGA and universities

· Opponent assessments for diploma and doctoral theses