A brand-new article about our junior researcher Lukáš Laibl and his research on trilobites can be found the recent number of Respekt. The full version of the article is available (for subscribers) here.

On April 27, 2023, we had a PhD conference of the Center with intimate and friendly atmosphere and excellent students’ presentations. The program and the book of abstracts can be downloaded from here. Thanks to the organizers!

On Monday March 20, 2023, Kateřina Němečková associated to the Center for Geosphere Dynamics successfully defender her PhD thesis entitled „Detecting biomarkers of expremophiles in Martian analogues“ under the supervision of prof. Jan Jehlička. On the photo with her supervisor and one of the reviewers, prof. Peter Vandenabeele from Ghent University (Belgium) and other members of the comittee. Congratulations!

On December 14, 2022, Rafael Baieta successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “A study of the behavior of selected metals in affected environments using isotopic approach” completed under supervision of prof. Martin Mihaljevič. On the photo you find Rafael with the external reviewers Dr. Tomáš Navrátil (left) and Dr. Václav Tejnecký (right). Congratulations, Rafael!

You are cordially invited to an autumn meeting of the Center with four lectures given by the junior researchers (Václav Špillar, Jakub Trubač, Filip Scheiner and Jaroslav Semerád). The detailed program is available in the leaflet.

On Thursday 22nd September 2022, Magdaléna Peřestá (née Knappová) successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Speciation of arsenic under reducing conditions of organic-rich soil“, supervised by Dr. Petr Drahota. On the photo you will see Magdaléna with her supervisor and both reviewers, Prof. Edgar Hiller (Comenius University, Bratislava) and Dr. Barbora Doušová (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague). Congratulations!

Cristian Quinones, geologist-geostatistician from Chile will stop in Prague during his lecture tour at European universities and will give a one-day workshop on “Practices for Mineral Resources Statement and Study Cases”. The course will take place on 3^rd May 2020 (9-17h) in Ložiskové sbírky room, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 6 building. Topics covered include International Codes, Audits, QAQC, Geological Models, Exploratory Data Analyses. For registration, ask the organizer Dr. Jiří Zachariáš (e-mail). This workshop is partly supported by the Center for Geosphere Dynamics.