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Czechia
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
10963
World Ranking
4031
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Michael Komárek is affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with particular attention to pollution and related subfields such as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, geochemistry and petrology, biomedical engineering, and radiological and ultrasound technology.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

Michael Komárek has contributed to numerous papers, several of which have gained notable citations. Significant recent publications include:

  • "Electroactive Fe-biochar for redox-related remediation of arsenic and chromium: Distinct redox nature with varying iron/carbon speciation" (2022) published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Machine learning exploration of the direct and indirect roles of Fe impregnation on Cr(VI) removal by engineered biochar" (2021) in the Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "A perspective on the recovery mechanisms of spent lithium iron phosphate cathode materials in different oxidation environments" (2022) in the Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Metal(loid) and isotopic tracing of Pb in soils, road and house dusts from the industrial area of Volos (central Greece)" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Cadmium Isotope Fractionation during Complexation with Humic Acid" (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology

Michael Komárek frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Vladislav Chrastný, Martina Vítková, Tomáš Cajthaml, Milan Sedlář, and Gildas Ratié, each contributing to multiple projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Contamination of vineyard soils with fungicides: a review of environmental and toxicological aspects.

    Michael Komárek;Michael Komárek;Eva Čadková;Vladislav Chrastný;François Bordas

  • Lead isotopes in environmental sciences: a review.

    Michael Komárek;Vojtěch Ettler;Vladislav Chrastný;Martin Mihaljevič

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

    Michael Komárek;Aleš Vaněk;Vojtěch Ettler

  • Multifunctional iron-biochar composites for the removal of potentially toxic elements, inherent cations, and hetero-chloride from hydraulic fracturing wastewater.

    Yuqing Sun;Yuqing Sun;Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Xinde Cao

  • Exposure of engineered nanomaterials to plants: Insights into the physiological and biochemical responses-A review

    Nubia Zuverza-Mena;Domingo Martínez-Fernández;Wenchao Du;Jose A. Hernandez-Viezcas

  • Lead and cadmium sorption mechanisms on magnetically modified biochars.

    Lukáš Trakal;Veronika Veselská;Ivo Šafařík;Martina Vítková

  • ICP-MS measurements of lead isotopic ratios in soils heavily contaminated by lead smelting: tracing the sources of pollution.

    Vojtěch Ettler;Martin Mihaljevič;Michael Komárek

  • Geochemical and spectroscopic investigations of Cd and Pb sorption mechanisms on contrasting biochars: Engineering implications

    Lukáš Trakal;Deniz Bingöl;Michael Pohořelý;Miroslav Hruška

  • Root water transport of Helianthus annuus L. under iron oxide nanoparticle exposure

    Domingo Martínez-Fernández;Didac Barroso;Michael Komárek

  • The use of maize and poplar in chelant-enhanced phytoextraction of lead from contaminated agricultural soils.

    Michael Komárek;Pavel Tlustoš;Jiřina Száková;Vladislav Chrastný

  • Phytoextraction of Pb and Cd from a contaminated agricultural soil using different EDTA application regimes: Laboratory versus field scale measures of efficiency

    Reinhard W. Neugschwandtner;Pavel Tlustoš;Michael Komárek;Jiřina Száková

  • Copper removal from aqueous solution using biochar: Effect of chemical activation

    Lukáš Trakal;Roman Šigut;Hana Šillerová;Dagmara Faturíková

  • Adsorption of copper, cadmium, lead and zinc onto a synthetic manganese oxide.

    Loïc Della Puppa;Loïc Della Puppa;Michael Komárek;François Bordas;Jean-Claude Bollinger

  • Effect of nano zero-valent iron application on As, Cd, Pb, and Zn availability in the rhizosphere of metal(loid) contaminated soils.

    Martina Vítková;Markus Puschenreiter;Michael Komárek

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

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

  • Copper contamination of vineyard soils from small wine producers: A case study from the Czech Republic

    Michael Komárek;Jiřina Száková;Marcela Rohošková;Hana Javorská

  • 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

  • Competitive Adsorption of Cd(II), Cr(VI), and Pb(II) onto Nanomaghemite: A Spectroscopic and Modeling Approach

    Michael Komárek;Carla M. Koretsky;Krishna J. Stephen;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Metal(loid)s behaviour in soils amended with nano zero-valent iron as a function of pH and time

    Martina Vítková;Simona Rákosová;Zuzana Michálková;Michael Komárek

  • Metal/metalloid contamination and isotopic composition of lead in edible mushrooms and forest soils originating from a smelting area

    Michael Komárek;Vladislav Chrastný;Jana Štíchová

  • In situ chemical stabilization of trace element-contaminated soil – Field demonstrations and barriers to transition from laboratory to the field – A review

    Jurate Kumpiene;Juan Antelo;Evelina Brännvall;Ivan Carabante

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladislav Chrastný
Vladislav Chrastný Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Aleš Vaněk
Aleš Vaněk Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Jiřina Száková
Jiřina Száková Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Martin Mihaljevič
Martin Mihaljevič Charles University
Vojtěch Ettler
Vojtěch Ettler Charles University
Pavel Tlustoš
Pavel Tlustoš Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Vít Penížek
Vít Penížek Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Tomáš Grygar
Tomáš Grygar Czech Academy of Sciences
Daniel S. Alessi
Daniel S. Alessi University of Alberta
Tomáš Hájek
Tomáš Hájek University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

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