Prof. Ing. Jana Zábranská, CSc.

Education:

• 2004 – appointed as professor for specialisation Water technology, ICT Prague
• 1994 - habilitated to associate professor, specialisation: Water technology, habilitation thesis topic „Activity of anaerobic microorganisms and its technological significance“
• 1969 – CSc. – dissertation thesis „Effects of heavy metals on activated sludge“
• 1964 – Master of Sciences in chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague

Occupation:

• 2004 – professor, Department of Water and Environmental Engineering,, ICT Prague
• 1995 - 2003 associate professor, Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering, ICT Prague
• 1974 - 1994 lecturer, Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering, ICT Prague
• 1968 - 1974 researcher, Department of Water Technology, ICT Prague
• 1964 - 1965 Hygienic station of Prague City, head of chemical laboratory, department of regional hygiene

Research:

Anaerobic technology – application to sludge in treatment plants, waste water treatment, production of biogas from biowaste and organic materials, anaerobic fermentation of local waste, biogas station, agricultural waste, plant biomass, biological removal of sulphane from biogas and denitrification with suphides. 

Running projects:

• Projekt OP TAK Vývoj technologie pro nahrazení fosilního metanu pomocí biologické konverze oxidu uhličitého na metan za použití obnovitelných zdrojů energie. Doba řešení 2024-2026
• Projekt TAČR TK01030050  Biomethanizace oxidu uhličitého na biomethan s využitím vodíku. Doba řešení 2018-2023

Publications in the last 5 years:

• Andreides, D., M. A. Lopez Marin and J. Zabranska (2024). "Selective syngas fermentation to acetate under acidic and psychrophilic conditions using mixed anaerobic culture." Bioresource Technology 394: 130235.
• Andreides D., Pokorna D., Zabranska J. 2022. Assessing the syngas biomethanation in anaerobic sludge digestion under different syngas loading rates and homogenisation. Fuel, accepted
• Andreides, D., Fliegerova, K.O., Pokorna, D., Zabranska, J. 2021. Biological conversion of carbon monoxide and hydrogen by anaerobic culture: Prospect of combination anaerobic digestion and thermochemical processes. Biotechnol. Adv., 107886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107886
• Andreides, D.;  Bautista Quispe, J. I.;  Bartackova, J.;  Pokorna, D.; Zabranska, J., A novel two-stage process for biological conversion of syngas to biomethane. Bioresource Technology 2021, 327, 124811.
• Andreides, D.;  Varga, Z.;  Pokorna, D.; Zabranska, J., Performance evaluation of sulfide-based autotrophic denitrification for petrochemical industry wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering 2020, 40, 101834.