Contamination of Soils with Metal(loid)s:
Different Aspects of Characterization and Remediation
Prof. Dr. Michael Komárek
Department of Environmental Geosciences,
Faculty of Environmental Sciences,
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
ABSTRACT
Date:
3 October 2016 (Monday)
The contamination of soils with metals and metalloids is a Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
major environmental and toxicological concern especially Venue: Room Z414, 4/F, Block Z,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
due to the potential contamination of groundwater
181 Chatham Road South,
supplies and agricultural crops. Therefore, there is a need
Hunghom, Kowloon
for effective risk assessment, decision-making and
possibly remediation of such contaminated sites. The
SPEAKER’S BIOGRAPHY
identification of pollution sources and contaminant forms
Dr. Komárek is currently Full Professor and Head of
is a crucial aspect in this regard.
Department of Environmental Geosciences at CULS
Our research group focuses on these issues, which are Prague, Czech Republic. He is the head of the
associated with the identification of contamination Environmental and Isotope Geochemistry Group,
sources and biogeochemical processes using various director of the MSc. Programme Environmental
isotope systems (Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn) and studying Geosciences at CULS and member of the Expert
novel amendments usable for the stabilization of Panel of the Research, Development and Innovation
metal(loid)s in contaminated soils, including Fe and Mn Council, an advisory body to the Czech Government.
(nano)oxides, nano zerovalent Fe (nZVI) and biochar. As
a next step, we are currently developing mechanistic He has been the principal and co-investigator of
reaction-transport models capable of predicting the several grants (H2020, EEA Grants, Czech Science
efficiency of the amendments in the long-term, which is a Foundation, Technology Agency of the Czech
highly challenging task due to the complexity of the Republic) and has published 76 papers in peersystem involving the metal(loid)s, soil, amendment, reviewed journals (h-index 19). He obtained his PhD
microorganisms and plants. The seminar will thus focus in 2007 at CULS, the Habilitation at the University
on all these aspects of soil contamination and of Limoges (France) in 2010 and became Full
Professor at CULS in 2015. He obtained a Fulbright
remediation.
Fellowship to Western Michigan University (USA)
in 2012.
His research interests include environmental soil
chemistry, adsorption and surface complexation
modeling, chemical stabilization of metal(loid)s in
contaminated soils and environmental isotope
geochemistry.
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