the Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles
University. He is a member of several scientific organizations and a delegate from
the Czech Republic at European Federation for Biotechnology. He is also on the
Grant Review Committees of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the
Czech Science Foundation. He has been the author and principal investigator of
more than 20 national and international grant projects. His research interests include
persistent organic pollutants, endocrine disrupters, microbial bioremediation, analysis of organopollutants, bioavailability and degradation of relevant pollutants,
identification of biodegradation products of pollutants, and supercritical and subcritical extraction techniques and their applications. Professor Cajthaml is the author
and co-author of more than 180 papers. His publications have received about 4100
citations. His H-index has reached 37. He is also an author and co-author of five
national patents and several other applied results including verified technologies,
utility models, and designs.
Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
2, Czech Republic
Ing. Petra Najmanová received her Master’s degree at the University of Chemistry
and Technology, Prague, the Czech Republic, in 2002. In 2003, she joined
DEKONTA, an international company dealing with environmental services, where
she works until today. She has 15 years of professional experience gained in the
Czech Republic as well as abroad in the fields of biodegradation, biological treatment, soil cleaning, remediation, and bioremediation. She participates in a number of
research projects focused on, among others, innovations of biological remediation
technologies. Petra Najmanová also engages in Project Development Assistance
(Serbia, Moldova, Philippines) and full-scale remediation projects around the
world (Israel, Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Romania, etc.). She has led a commercially
accredited laboratory for 10 years. She has been the Head of the R&D Department
at DEKONTA since 2018. Currently, she is doing her PhD at the University of
Chemistry and Technology, Biotechnology Department, Prague, the Czech Republic. Her dissertation focuses on thermally enhanced bioremediation of chlorinated
contaminants in groundwater. She is a named inventor of five patents and the author
of many other applied results including verified technologies and utility models. She
is the author or co-author of several papers in refereed journals.
DEKONTA, a.s., Czech Republic
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
Miroslav Cernik completed his engineering study and CSc dissertation at the
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical
Engineering, Department of Nuclear Chemical Engineering, the Czech Republic in
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University. He is a member of several scientific organizations and a delegate from
the Czech Republic at European Federation for Biotechnology. He is also on the
Grant Review Committees of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and the
Czech Science Foundation. He has been the author and principal investigator of
more than 20 national and international grant projects. His research interests include
persistent organic pollutants, endocrine disrupters, microbial bioremediation, analysis of organopollutants, bioavailability and degradation of relevant pollutants,
identification of biodegradation products of pollutants, and supercritical and subcritical extraction techniques and their applications. Professor Cajthaml is the author
and co-author of more than 180 papers. His publications have received about 4100
citations. His H-index has reached 37. He is also an author and co-author of five
national patents and several other applied results including verified technologies,
utility models, and designs.
Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
2, Czech Republic
Ing. Petra Najmanová received her Master’s degree at the University of Chemistry
and Technology, Prague, the Czech Republic, in 2002. In 2003, she joined
DEKONTA, an international company dealing with environmental services, where
she works until today. She has 15 years of professional experience gained in the
Czech Republic as well as abroad in the fields of biodegradation, biological treatment, soil cleaning, remediation, and bioremediation. She participates in a number of
research projects focused on, among others, innovations of biological remediation
technologies. Petra Najmanová also engages in Project Development Assistance
(Serbia, Moldova, Philippines) and full-scale remediation projects around the
world (Israel, Kazakhstan, Bosnia, Romania, etc.). She has led a commercially
accredited laboratory for 10 years. She has been the Head of the R&D Department
at DEKONTA since 2018. Currently, she is doing her PhD at the University of
Chemistry and Technology, Biotechnology Department, Prague, the Czech Republic. Her dissertation focuses on thermally enhanced bioremediation of chlorinated
contaminants in groundwater. She is a named inventor of five patents and the author
of many other applied results including verified technologies and utility models. She
is the author or co-author of several papers in refereed journals.
DEKONTA, a.s., Czech Republic
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
Miroslav Cernik completed his engineering study and CSc dissertation at the
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical
Engineering, Department of Nuclear Chemical Engineering, the Czech Republic in
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About the Editors