prof. RNDr. Jakub Hruška, CSc.

Position: Vedoucí týmu

Branch: Department of Biogeochemical and Hydrological Cycles

Workplace:
ÚVGZ AV ČR, v. v. i.
V Jirchářích 149/6
Praha
110 00

Phone:

Research Focus

biogeochemistry of forest and water ecosystems, climate change, monitoring of small catchments, soil and water acidification, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), biogeochemical modelling

Education

1988 – RNDr., Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague

1994 – CSc., Czech Geological Survey, Prague

2009 – docent (associated professor), Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague

2015 – professor, Faculcy of Sciences, Charles University in Prague

Appointments

2009 – Chief of the department of biogeochemical and hydrological cycles at Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy odf Sciences, Brno

1990 – Senior scientist, department of environmental geochemisy and biogeochemistry, Czech Geological Survey, Prague

2004 – 2007 Research director, Czech Geological Survey, Prague

1997 – 1998 Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden, postdoctoral fellowship

1993 – Department of Land and Water Resources, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Institute Fellowship

Awards

Nomination for Josef Vavroušek Award in Ecology (2012)

Vojtěch Frič Award of Živa journal (2013)

Important research visits and fellowships

1993 – stipend of the Swedish Institue at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

1997 – 1998 – postdoc stipend at Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agriclutural Sciences, Umea, Sweden

2009 – research visit at Swedish Environmental Reserch Institute, Goteborg, Sweden

2014 – research visit at the Long Term Ecological Monitoring (LTER) station at Barrow, Alaska, USA

Many of short research visits at institutes mostly in Sweden, Norway and USA.

Membership

member of the board of ministr of the environment for national parks (1998-)

member of the Board of the Krkonoše National park (2002-)

chief of the Scientific Board of the Šumava National Park (2006-2011)

member of the Board of the Šumava NP (2014-),

member of the scientific board, Faculty of Sciences, Charles University in Prague (2006-2013)

member of Council for sustainable development of the governemet of the Czech Republic (2014-)

member of the Scientific board, Faculty of Environment, University of Life Sciences (2016-)

member of Supervisory Board of Water Research Institute TGM (2009-)

Editorial boards of journals:

Environmental Pollution (IF= 3,902; 2003-2008)

Bulletin of Geoscineces (IF=1,495; 1999-2009)

Nature protection (2007-)

Associated editor Journal of Geochemical Exploration (IF =2,432; 2014-)

World of Hunting (2007-)

Professional Societies:

Czech Society for Ecology (2012-)

International Humic Substancec Society (2007-)

Brief scientometrics

Author or co-author of 102 IF papers, 3351 citations (July 2025), h-index 32. Author or co-author of ca. 40 pupular science articles focused on forest, soil and water acidification, hydrology and climate change.

Selection of five most cited papers:

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.

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.

Garmo, Ø.A., Skjelkvåle, B.L., de Wit, H.A. Hruška, J. et al. Trends in Surface Water Chemistry in Acidified Areas in Europe and North America from 1990 to 2008. Water Air Soil Pollut 225, 1880 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-1880-6

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).

Heleen A de Wit, John L Stoddard, Donald T Monteith, James E Sample, Kari Austnes, Suzanne Couture, Jens Fölster, Scott N Higgins, Daniel Houle, Jakub Hruška, Pavel Krám, Jiří Kopáček, Andrew M Paterson, Salar Valinia, Herman Van Dam, Jussi Vuorenmaa and Chris D Evans. (2021) Cleaner air reveals growing influence of climate on dissolved organic carbon trends in northern headwaters. Enviromental Research Letters 16 104009.

H-index: 31