Jakub Hruška

Areas of expertise: dissolved organic carbon, soil and water acidification, biogeochemical cycles of elements, biogeochemical modelling.

Education and Academic Positions

• 2016 Professor of Environmental Science, Charles University in Prague
• 2010 Associated professor (docent) at Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague
• 1991 – 1994 CSc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) geochemistry, Czech Geological Survey
• 2010 – present Head of the Group of biogeochemical and hydrological cycles at Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences CR, Brno
• 2004 – 2007 Deputy Director of the Czech Geological Survey for research and head of the Department of Geochemistry and Laboratories
• 1990 – present Scientist, Department of Geochemistry, Czech Geological Survey, Prague
• 1997 – 1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden
• 1993 Research Fellow, Department of Land and Water Resources, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1989 RNDr., Analytical chemistry, Charles University in Prague
• 1983 – 1988 Analytical chemistry, Charles University in Prague

Scientific Activities

List of 10 most important publications with the highest IF

• Evans, C.D., Page, S.E., Jones, T., Moore, S., Gauci, V., Laiho, R., Hruška, J., Allott, T.E.H., Billett, M.F., Tipping, E., Freeman, C., Garnett, M.H. (2014) Contrasting vulnerability of drained tropical and high-latitude peatlands to fluvial loss of stored carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 28, doi:10.1002/2013GB004782 (IF=4,528).
• Heliwell, R.C., Wright, R.F., Jackson-Blake, L.A., Ferrier, R.C., Aherne, J., Cosby, B.J., Evans, C.D., Forsius, M., Hruška, J., Jenkins, A., Krám, P., Kopáček, J., Majer, V., Moldan, F., Posch, M., Potts, J.M., Rogora, M., Schopp, W. (2014) Assesing recovery from acidification of European surface waters in the year 2010: Evaluation of projections made with the MAGIC model in 1995. Environmental Science and Technology 48, 13280−13288 (IF=4,528).
• Hruška, J., Oulehle, F., Šamonil, P., Šebesta, J., Tahovská, K., Hleb, R., Šikl, J. (2012) Long-term forest soil acidification, nutrient leaching and vegetation development: Linking modelling and surveys of a primeval spruce forest in the Ukrainian Transcarpathian Mts. Ecological Modelling 244, 28-37 (IF=2,326).
• Oulehle, F., Evans, C.D., Hofmeister, J., Krejčí, R., Tahovská, K., Persson, T, Cudlín, P., Hruška, J. (2011) Major changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by decline sulphur deposition. Global Change Biology 17 (10), 3115-3129 (IF=8,224).
• Hruška, J., Krám, P., McDowell, W.H., Oulehle, F. (2009) Increased dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in Central Europe streams is driven by reduction in ionic strength rather than climate change or decreasing acidity. Environmental Science and Technology 43 (12), 4320-4326. DOI: 10.1021/es803645. (IF=5,481)
• Oulehle, F., McDowell, W.H., Aitkenhead-Peterson, J.A., Krám, P., Hruška, J., Navrátil, T., Buzek, F., Fottová, D. (2008) Long-term trends in stream nitrate concentrations and losses across watersheds undergoing recovery from acidification in the Czech Republic. Ecosystems 11, 410-425 (IF=3,531).
• Laudon, H., Hruška, J., Kohler, S., Krám, P. (2005) Retrospective analysis and future predictions of snowmelt-induced acidification: Example from heavily impacted streams in the Czech Republic. Environmental Science and Technology 39(9), 3197-3202. (IF=5,481)
• Hruška, J., Kohler, S., Laudon, H., Bishop, K. (2003) Is a Universal Model of Organic Acidity Possible: Comparison of the Acid/Base Properties of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Boreal and Temperate Zones. Environmental Science and Technology 37, 1726-1730 (IF=5,481).
• Hruška, J., Moldan, F., Krám, P. (2002) Recovery from acidification in central Europe – observed and predicted changes of soil and streamwater chemistry in the Lysina catchment, Czech Republic. Environmental Pollution 120, 261-274 (IF=3,902).
• Hruška, J., Laudon, H., Johnson, C.E., Köhler, S., and Bishop, K. (2001) Acid/base character of organic acids in boreal stream during snowmelt. Water Resources Research 37 (4), 1043-1026 (IF=3,709).

Awards

Memberships:

Scientific journals boards

• Editorial board of Environmental Pollution (IF= 3,902; 2003-2008), Bulletin of Geoscineces (IF=1,495; 1999-2009) and Ochrana přírody (2007-). Associated editor Journal of Geochemical Exploration (IF =2,432; 2014-).

Scientific committees

• Member of Council of the Minister of Natural Environment for National Parks, Scientific Council of the Krkonoše National Park (1998-), Šumava National Park (2006-2011, 2014-) Scientific Board of Charles University (Faculty of Sciences, 2006-2013), Council for Sustainable Development of the Governement of the Czech Republic (2014-), Scientific Board of University of Life Sciences in Prague (Faculty of the Environment, 2016-).

Others

• Principal investigator of governemental task 532/2000 „Proposal for complex and systematic solution leading to mitigate immision cased forest soil degradation”.
• Main organizer of international conference ACID RAIN 2005 in Prague.
• Memeber (2004-2007 ) and chief (2006-2007) of the commission 205 (ecosystems, soil and forest) of the Czech Science Foundation.
• Member (since 2014) and chief (since 2015) of the panel 504 (landcape, soil and forest) of the Czech Science Foundation.

Awards

• Nomination for Prize of Josef Vavroušek (2011).
• Award of Vojtěch Frič for popular science papers (2013).

• H-index: 24
• Number of publications: 69
• Sum of Times Cited without self-citations: 1683

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:

• Hruška, J., Krám, P., Moldan, F., Oulehle, F., Evans, C.D., Wright R. F., Cosby, B. J. (2014) Changes in soil DOC affect reconstructed history and projected future trends in surface water acidification. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225:2015 DOI 10.1007/s11270-014-2015-9 (IF=1,685, 5x).
• Garmo, O., A. Skjelkvåle, B., de Wit, H.A., Colombo, L., Curtis, C., Fölster, J., Hoffmann, A., Hruška, J., Høgåsen, T., Jeffries , D.S., Keller, B., Krám, P., Majer, V., Monteith, D.T., Paterson, A.M., Rogora, M., Rzychon, D., Steingruber, S., Stoddard, J.L.,Vuorenmaa, J., Worsztynowicz, A., (2014) Trends in Surface Water Chemistry in Acidified Areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225:1880 DOI 10.1007/s11270-014-1880-6 (IF=1,685, 17x)
• Oulehle F., Chuman T., Majer V., Hruška J. (2013). Chemical recovery of acidified Bohemian lakes between 1984 and 2012: The role of acid deposition and bark beetle induced forest disturbance. Biogeochemistry DOI 10.1007/s10533-013-9865-x (IF=3.730, 13x )
• Hruška, J., Oulehle, F., Šamonil, P., Šebesta, J., Tahovská, K., Hleb, R., Šikl, J. (2012) Long-term forest soil acidification, nutrient leaching and vegetation development: Linking modelling and surveys of a primeval spruce forest in the Ukrainian Transcarpathian Mts. Ecological Modelling 244, 28-37 (IF=2,326, 7x).
• Oulehle, F., Evans, C.D., Hofmeister, J., Krejčí, R., Tahovská, K., Persson, T, Cudlín, P., Hruška, J. (2011) Major changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by decline sulphur deposition. Global Change Biology 17 (10), 3115-3129 (IF=8,224, 32x).

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

• GA15-08124S (GAČR) Response of forest ecosystem biogeochemistry under future scenarios of acid deposition, eutrofication, forestry and climate change (2014-2016).
• EHP-CZ02-OV-1-048-01-2014 (MŽP) Monitoring malých lesních povodí GEOMON – efektivní nástroj propojení výzkumu a strategického rozhodování v oblasti životního prostředí (2015-2016).
• EHP-CZ02-OV-1-038-01-2014 (MŽP) Aktuální stav poškození lesních a vodních ekosystémů na území EVL Krkonoše a harmonizace základní monitorační sítě pro sledování jejich vývoje jako nezbytného podkladu pro managementová opatření k posílení jejich stability a biodiverzity (2015-2016).
• BIOMDOC Acid/base character and origin of DOC in different biomes. INTERACT (US National Science Foundation, 2014).
• P504/11/2135 (GAČR) The effect of disturbance regime on soil variability and soil formation on a coarse spatial scale (2011-2013).
• 30308/ENV/2008 (MŽP) Analýza rizik využití potenciálu lesních těžebních zbytků pro energetiku vyplývajících z dopadu na půdu a koloběh živin (2008).
• CZ0051 (EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanism) Vliv aplikace Goteborgského protokolu na acidifikované a eutrofizované vody a půdy (2007-2011).
• GA526/07/1187 (GAČR) Acidifikace půd v přirozených lesních ekosystémech mimo dosah lokálních zdrojů znečištění. Zhodnocení současného stavu a predikce budoucího vývoje (2007-2011)