Pavel Tlustoš

Pavel Tlustoš (2016)

Pavel Tlustoš (born February 27, 1955 in Nové Město na Moravě , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech agricultural chemist; He was Vice Dean 2000–2010 and Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Biology, Food and Environmental Resources of the Czech Agricultural University in Prague (ČZU) from 2010– February 2018. Since March 2018 he has been Vice Dean again and continues to be responsible for international relations at the Faculty.

Live and act

After graduating from high school , Tlustoš studied inorganic chemistry at the University of Pardubice (1974–1979) with a degree in engineering. This was followed by an engagement as a chemical technologist at Chirana, Nové Město in Moravia. When he joined ČZU as a research assistant in agrochemistry and plant nutrition , he began his doctoral studies in 1984, which he completed in 1989 with a dissertation on the subject of environmental impact and plant availability of slow-release fertilizers at the Czech Agricultural University in Prague . Scientific research stays at the Iowa State University in the USA and the IACR Rothamsted in Great Britain followed , as well as the various professor levels up to the appointment as professor by President Václav Havel in 2002.

In 2000, Tlustoš took over the position of vice dean for teaching and research at the Faculty of Agricultural Biology, Food and Environmental Resources, of which he was dean from 2010 to January 2018. At the same time he is deputy head of the Department of Agro-Environmental Chemistry and Plant Nutrition . He is closely connected to the University of Hohenheim through his research work in the field of bioeffectors . The Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra named Tlustoš on October 23, 2019 Dr. honoris causa.

His successor in the Dean's Office of Agricultural Biology, Food and Environmental Resources at the CZU is Ms. Iva Langrova.

Research priorities

Soil - plant relationships, especially the effects of nutrients and toxic substrates
Mobility of nutrients, toxins and risk elements in the soil, especially in the rhizosphere
Effect of soil additives on their mobility in the soil and availability for the plants
Recycling of waste, its processing and usability in agriculture and horticulture
Soil detoxification through plant systems
Environmental behavior of slow release fertilizers and their release of nutrients

Memberships in specialist committees and editors (selection)

Member of the examination board of the Faculty of Agricultural Science at the University of South Bohemia in Budweis (České Budějovice)

Member of the examination board of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at Mendel University in Brno

Advisory board at the plant research institute in Prague Ruzyne

Advisory board at the Soil and Water Protection Research Institute in Prague Zbraslav

Member of the examination board of the Faculty of Agricultural Biology and Food Resources of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Member of numerous editors of international journals on soil chemistry, plant nutrition and environmental research.

Publications

Tlustoš has published around 200 research results so far (2016), which have been cited 1,494 times. He is a member of the Biofector research team .

Web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Tlustoš, Pavel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tlustos, Pavel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech agricultural chemist and plant nutritionist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nové Město na Moravě , Moravia

[1] Pavel Tlustos on the CZU website

[2] Pavel Tlustoš as Dr. honoris causa of the Slovak University of Nitra

[3] ublications Pavel Tlustoš at ResearchGate