chemistry

Pavel Tlustoš

Pavel Tlustoš is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pavel Tlustoš rather than just read about it. In short: Pavel Tlustoš (born 27 February 1955) is a Czech agricultural chemist. From 2000 to 2010 he was vice dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Biology, Food and Natural Resources of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS), and from 2010 to February 2018 he was the dean of the faculty.

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Reference excerpt

Pavel Tlustoš (born 27 February 1955) is a Czech agricultural chemist. From 2000 to 2010 he was vice dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Biology, Food and Natural Resources of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS), and from 2010 to February 2018 he was the dean of the faculty. Since March 2018 he is again vice dean and responsible for international relations the faculty.

Life and work Tlustoš was born on 27 February 1955 in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovakia. After graduating, he studied Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Pardubice (1974–1979) and graduated as a Diploma engineer. He worked as a chemical technician for the Chirana company, before joining CULS as a research assistant in agrochemistry and plant nutrition. He began his PhD study in 1984 and defended his thesis Environmental fate of slow release fertilizers at the Czech Agricultural University in Prague in 1989. His career continued with research fellowships at Iowa State University in the United States (a Fulbright scholarship) and at IACR Rothamsted in England (Rothamsted International scholarship), as well as various lecturing positions. He received his Venia legendi in Agrochemistry and Plant Nutrition and a professorship of CULS from Czech president Václav Havel in 2002. In 2000, Tlustoš had been appointed Vice-dean for education at the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, and he became Dean in 2010. He is also deputy head of the Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition. Through his research in the field of bioeffectors he has close links with the University of Hohenheim. In 2019 he received an Honorary Doctorate of the Slovak University of Agriculture in 2019. His main research areas are:

soil-plant relations, in particular the effects of nutrients and toxic substances mobility of nutrients, risk elements and toxic compounds in the soil, especially in the rhizosphere the effect of soil amendments on the mobility of elements in soil and their availability for plants the treatment and recycling of waste materials, their processing and applicability in agriculture and horticulture soil detoxification by plants and living organisms the environmental behavior of fertilizers and release of nutrients

Membership of professional bodies Tlustoš is a member of the Audit Committees of the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, the Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources of the Slovak University in Nitra, and the Faculty of Agronomy of Mendel University, Brno. He is on the advisory boards of the Plant Research Institute in Prague Ruzyne, and the Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation in Prague Zbraslav. He is also a paid member of numerous international journals about soil chemistry, plant nutrition and environmental research.

Selected publications As of 2016 Tlustoš has published around 194 research papers that have been cited 1494 times, with a Hirsch index of 22. He has supervised 20 PhD students and around 100 diploma students and is a member of the Biofector research team.

Břendová, K., Tlustoš, P., Száková, J. (2015): Can biochar from contaminated biomass be Applied into soil for remediation purposes? Water Air Soil Pollut. 226 (6): 193-204. IF = 1.554 Hanc, A., Tlustoš, P., Száková, J., Habart, J. (2009): Changes in cadmium mobility during composting and soil after application. Waste Manage. 29 (8): 2282-2288. IF = 3.220 Javorská, H., Tlustoš, P., Komárek, M., Lestan, D., Kaliszová, R., Száková J. (2009): Effect of ozonation on polychlorinated biphenyl degradation and on soil physico-chemical properties. J. Hazard. Mater. 161 (2-3): 1202-1207. IF = 4.529 Komárek, M., Tlustoš, P., Száková, J., Chrastný, V., Ettler, V. (2007): The use of maize and poplar in chelant-enhanced phytoextraction of lead from contaminated agricultural soils. Chemosphere. 67 (4): 640-651. IF = 3.340 Kosnar, Z., Mercl, F., Perná, I., Tlustoš P. (2016): Investigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content in fly ash and bottom ash of biomass incineration plants in relation to the operating temperature and unburned carbon content. Sci.Total Environ. 563-564: 53-61. IF = 4.099 Kubátová, P., Hejcman, M., Száková, J., Vondráčková, S., Tlustoš, P. (2016): Effect of sewage sludge application on biomass production and Concentrations of Cd, Pb and Zn in shoots of Salix and Populus clones: improvement of phytoremediation efficiency in contaminated soils. BioEnergy Res doi:. 10.1007 / s12155-016-9727-1. IF = 3.541 Vondráčková, S., Száková, J., Drábek, O., Tejnecký, V., Hejcman, M., Müllerová, V., Tlustoš, P. (2015): aluminum uptake and translocation in Al hyperaccumulator Rumex obtusifolius is affected by low-molecular-weight organic acids content and soil pH. PLoS One. 10 (4): 1-18. IF = 3.234 Unterbrunner, R., Puschenreiter, M., Sommer, P., Wieshammer, G., Tlustoš, P., Zupan, M., Wenzel, WW (2007): Heavy metal accumulation in trees growing on contaminated sites in Central Europe. Environ. Pollut. 148 (1): 107-114. IF 4.143

References

External links Tlustos on the Webpage of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Pavel Tlustoš

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pavel Tlustoš before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pavel Tlustoš ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pavel Tlustoš

In research: Pavel Tlustoš appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pavel Tlustoš in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pavel Tlustoš is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1955 births, Czech chemists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pavel Tlustoš outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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