Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology (DECT)

Jiří Orava, Ph.D.
Head of Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology (DECT)
Office:  CPTO 5.19
Phone: +420 475 284 178
E-mail:

Pavel Krystyník, Ph.D.
Vice-head of Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology (DECT)
Office: CPTO 5.04
Phone: +420 475 28 4153
E-mail:

Helena Rausová
Personal Assistant/Secretary
Office: CPTO 5.18
Phone:: +420 475 284 177
E-mail: 

The Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology is located across two university buildings. Its main facilities are situated on the fifth floor of the newly opened Center for Natural and Technical Sciences (CPTO). The department also has laboratories in the building at Králova výšina (the former main building of the Faculty of Environmental Studies) as well as other specialized laboratories. 

The Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology educates and participates in teaching natural and technically oriented programmes and courses at all levels of higher education. 

In the three-year bachelor’s programmes, the department contributes to teaching in the Ochrana životního prostředí (Environmental Protection) programme, particularly the specialization Technologie ochrany životního prostředí (Natural Landscape Conservation). Currently, the department works on the accreditation for a new bachelor’s program Udržitelnost obnovitelných zdrojů surovin (Sustainability of Renewable Raw Materials), which will critically reflect the natural-technical education needs for the EU’s sustainable development and critical raw materials strategy and visions. 

At the master’s level, the department guarantees education in the programmes Technologie pro ochranu životního prostředí (Technologies for Environmental Protection) and Analytická chemie životního prostředí a toxikologie (Analytical Environmental Chemistry and Technology).

The department also guarantees education in two doctoral study programs of the faculty. The Environmental Chemistry and Technology programme is offered in joint accreditation with the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IIC CAS). The programme Environmental and Biomaterial Sciences is provided in joint accreditation with the Faculty of Science of UJEP, particularly with the Centre for Nanomaterials and Biotechnology, IIC CAS, and in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS in Dresden, Germany. 

In research, the department participates in both international and national projects. Research activities focus on addressing issues related to the circular economy (e.g., recycling of plastics and lithium batteries), sustainable development, development of new materials for environmental applications, use in new electronic devices, applications in optics, water purification technologies, waste management, issues related to ecotoxicology, phytoremediation, and many other current challenges. 

The Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology is equipped with advanced laboratory instruments. It includes a specialized Centre for Advanced Analytical Techniques, which offers service measurements and collaboration with external partners in addition to fundamental and applied research.