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Overview

Aleš Vaněk is affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. The primary field of study focuses on Environmental Science, with substantial contributions related to pollution, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, soil science, inorganic chemistry, and atmospheric science.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Thallium and Germanium Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Mining and Resource Management
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

Aleš Vaněk has several notable recent papers published between 2020 and 2022. Some of these include:

  • "Slag dusts from Kabwe (Zambia): Contaminant mineralogy and oral bioaccessibility" (2020) in Chemosphere
  • "Thallium isotopic fractionation in soil: the key controls" (2020) in Environmental Pollution
  • "Thallium stable isotope ratios in naturally Tl-rich soils" (2020) in Geoderma
  • "Cobalt-bearing copper slags from Luanshya (Zambian Copperbelt): Mineralogy, geochemistry, and potential recovery of critical metals" (2022) in Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • "Depicting the historical pollution in a Pb-Zn mining/smelting site in Kabwe (Zambia) using tree rings" (2021) in Journal of African Earth Sciences

The publication venues where Vaněk frequently contributes include:

  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Geoderma
  • CATENA

Vaněk collaborates frequently with several researchers. The most common co-authors include:

  • Martin Mihaljevič
  • Vojtěch Ettler
  • Vít Penížek
  • Tereza Zádorová
  • Bohdan Křı́bek

Best Publications

  • Chemical stabilization of metals and arsenic in contaminated soils using oxides--a review.

    Michael Komárek;Aleš Vaněk;Vojtěch Ettler

  • Contrasting lead speciation in forest and tilled soils heavily polluted by lead metallurgy.

    Vojtech Ettler;Ales Vanek;Ales Vanek;Martin Mihaljevic;Petr Bezdicka

  • Mobility of lead, zinc and cadmium in alluvial soils heavily polluted by smelting industry

    A. Vanek;L. Boruvka;O. Drabek;M. Mihaljevic

  • Geochemical position of Pb, Zn and Cd in soils near the Olkusz mine/smelter, South Poland: effects of land use, type of contamination and distance from pollution source

    Vladislav Chrastný;Aleš Vaněk;Leslaw Teper;Jerzy Cabala

  • Evaluating the potential of three Fe- and Mn-(nano)oxides for the stabilization of Cd, Cu and Pb in contaminated soils

    Zuzana Michálková;Michael Komárek;Hana Šillerová;Loïc Della Puppa;Loïc Della Puppa

  • Effect of illite and birnessite on thallium retention and bioavailability in contaminated soils

    Aleš Vaněk;Michael Komárek;Petra Vokurková;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Cadmium isotope fractionation within the soil profile complicates source identification in relation to Pb–Zn mining and smelting processes

    Vladislav Chrastný;Eva Čadková;Aleš Vaněk;Leslaw Teper

  • Lithogenic thallium behavior in soils with different land use

    Aleš Vaněk;Vladislav Chrastný;Martin Mihaljevič;Petr Drahota

  • Antimony mobility in lead smelter-polluted soils.

    Vojtěch Ettler;Václav Tejnecký;Václav Tejnecký;Martin Mihaljevič;Ondřej Šebek

  • Thallium isotopes in metallurgical wastes/contaminated soils: A novel tool to trace metal source and behavior

    Aleš Vaněk;Zuzana Grösslová;Martin Mihaljevič;Vojtěch Ettler

  • Geochemical position of thallium in soils from a smelter-impacted area

    Aleš Vaněk;Vladislav Chrastný;Michael Komárek;Vít Penížek

  • Thallium uptake by white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) grown on moderately contaminated soils—Agro-environmental implications

    Aleš Vaněk;Michael Komárek;Vladislav Chrastný;David Bečka

  • Retention of copper originating from different fungicides in contrasting soil types.

    Michael Komárek;Ales Vanek;Vladislav Chrastný;Jirina Száková

  • Thallium dynamics in contrasting light sandy soils—Soil vulnerability assessment to anthropogenic contamination

    Aleš Vaněk;Vladislav Chrastný;Michael Komárek;Ivana Galušková

  • The structure of bacterial communities along two vertical profiles of a deep colluvial soil

    Marketa Sagova-Mareckova;Tereza Zadorova;Vit Penizek;Marek Omelka

  • Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants

    Aleš Vaněk;Zuzana Grösslová;Martin Mihaljevič;Jakub Trubač

  • Soil contamination near the Kabwe Pb-Zn smelter in Zambia: Environmental impacts and remediation measures proposal

    Bohdan Kříbek;Imasiku Nyambe;Vladimír Majer;Ilja Knésl

  • Potential and drawbacks of EDDS-enhanced phytoextraction of copper from contaminated soils.

    Michael Komárek;Aleš Vaněk;Libor Mrnka;Radka Sudová

  • Oral bioaccessibility of metal(loid)s in dust materials from mining areas of northern Namibia.

    Vojtěch Ettler;Markéta Cihlová;Alice Jarošíková;Martin Mihaljevič

  • Changes in Mercury Deposition in a Mining and Smelting Region as Recorded in Tree Rings

    Maria Hojdová;Tomáš Navrátil;Jan Rohovec;Karel Žák

  • Surprisingly contrasting metal distribution and fractionation patterns in copper smelter-affected tropical soils in forested and grassland areas (Mufulira, Zambian Copperbelt).

    Vojtěch Ettler;Ladislav Konečný;Lucie Kovářová;Martin Mihaljevič

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mihaljevič
Martin Mihaljevič Charles University
Vít Penížek
Vít Penížek Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vojtěch Ettler
Vojtěch Ettler Charles University
Michael Komárek
Michael Komárek Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vladislav Chrastný
Vladislav Chrastný Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Bohdan Kříbek
Bohdan Kříbek Czech Academy of Sciences
Ondra Sracek
Ondra Sracek Palacký University, Olomouc
Vladimír Majer
Vladimír Majer Technical University of Liberec
Tomáš Grygar
Tomáš Grygar Czech Academy of Sciences
Andreas Voegelin
Andreas Voegelin Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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