Jakub Borovec

Areas of expertise: Limnology, sediment chemistry, reservoir and watershed management

Education and Academic Positions

• 2012 – present Senior Researcher, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Hydrobiological Institute, České Budějovice
• 2016 - 2019 Executive Director of SoWa Research Infrastructure
• 2003 – 2005 Member of student guidance committee for the “Environmental care and management of water resources”.
• 2002 – 2006 Invited lecturer for the Socrates/Erasmus program, BTU Cottbus, Germany.
• 2001 – 2002 Associate teacher position: teaching Environmental Data Analysis and Basics of Limnology courses.
• 2001 Ph. D studies, 2001, Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia.
• 1996 – 2001 Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Hydrobiological Institute, České Budějovice
• 1996 Master of Sciences (MSc.), 1996, Limnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia.
• 1994 Bachelor of Sciences (BSc.), Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia.

Research Interests

Teaching Interests

• Environmental Data Analysis Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
• Basics of Limnology Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia

Awards

• H-index: 8
• Number of publications: 21
• Sum of Times Cited without self-citations: 349

List of 5 most important publications from the years 2010-2016 with IF and number of citations (WoS, without autocitations) which correspond to SoWa research:

• Jan, J., Borovec, J., Kopacek, J., Hejzlar, J. (2015) Assessment of phosphorus associated with Fe and Al (hydr)oxides in sediments and soils. JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS 15 (7), 1620-1629 (IF2014 2.136)
• Jan, J., Borovec, J., Kopáček, J., Hejzlar, J. (2013) What do results of common sequential fractionation and single-step extractions tell us about P binding with Fe and Al compounds in non-calcareous sediments? WATER RESEARCH, 47 (2), 547-557 (IF2012 4.865)
• Sirova, D., Borovec, J., Picek, T., Adamec, L., Nedbalova, L., Vrba, J.(2011): Ecological implications of organic carbon dynamics in the traps of aquatic carnivorous Utricularia plants. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY, 38 (7), 583-593 (IF2011 2.929)
• Borovec, J., Sirova, D., Mosnerova, P., Rejmankova, E., Vrba, J. (2010): Spatial and temporal changes in phosphorus partitioning within a freshwater cyanobacterial mat community. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 101 (1-3), 323-333 (IF2010 2.674)

List of most important grants you got in the years 2010-2016 which correspond to SoWa research:

• TA04021342 – Sedimenty vodních děl – identifikace, kvantifikace, charakterizace, sanace – nové postupy s ekonomickou efektivitou (2015-2017, TA0/TA); PI; 15 mil / 10 mil HBU.
• SFZP 05611212 – Methods of evaluation of the ecological potential of heavily modified and artificial standing water bodies (2012-2014); PI; 2,9 mil / 2,9 mil HBU.
• QI102A265 – Participation of the erosion P on eutrophication of water bodies (2010-2013, MZE/QI); team member; 10 mil / 2,7 mil HBU.
• GA206/09/1764 – Controlling factors of phosphorus sorption in lake and reservoir sediments (2009-2012, GA0/GA); team member; 4 mil / 4 mil HBU.