Prof. Jana Zábranská

• 2004 – appointed as professor for specialisation Water technology, ICT Prague
• 1994 - habilitated to associate professor, specialisation: Water technology, habilitation thesis topic 
• 1969 – CSc. – dissertation thesis „Effects of heavy metals on activated sludge“
• 1964 – Master of Sciences in chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague
• 1959 – graduated high school JSŠ Prague 3
• „Activity of anaerobic microorganisms and its technological significance“

• 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. 

Research projects:

Publications:

• 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.
• Pokorna, D., Varga, Z., Zabranska, J.: Biomethanation of CO2 with electrolytic hydrogen by hydrogenotrophic methanogens (2019). New Biotechnology 44, 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.05.1048
• Pokorna, D., Varga, Z., Andreides, D., Zabranska, J.: Adaptation of anaerobic culture to bioconversion of carbon dioxide with hydrogen to biomethane. Renewable Energy. 142, 167 – 172, 2019
• Moeller, L., Zehnsdorf, A., Pokorná, D., Zábranská, J.: Foam formation in Anaerobic Digesters. Advances in Bioenergy, Vol. 3, 1 – 43,  Chapter 1, doi.org/10.1016/bs.aibe.2018.02.001, Elsevier 2018, ISSN 2468-0125, ISBN 978-0-12-815199-0
• Zabranska J., Pokorna D.:  Bioconversion of carbon dioxide to methane using hydrogen and hydrogenotrophic methanogens. 2018. Biotechnology Advances . DOI 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.12.003
• Pokorna D., Zabranska J.: Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in environmental technology, Biotechnology Advances, 33 (2015), pp. 1246-1259.
• Pokorna D., Carceller J.M., Paclik L., Zabranska J.: Biogas Cleaning by Hydrogen Sulfide Scrubbing and Bio-oxidation of Captured Sulfides (2015). Energy & Fuels 29, 4058-4065, DOI:10.1021/ef502804j
• Pokorna D., Maca J., Zabranska J., 2013. Combination of Hydrogen Sulphide Removal from Biogas and Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. Journal of Residuals Science & Technology 10(1), 41-46.
• Jenicek, P., Koubova, J., Bindzar, J., Zabranska, J., 2010. Advantages of anaerobic digestion of sludge in microaerobic conditions. Water Science and Technology 62, 427-434.
• Zabranska J., Jenicek P., Kutil J., Dohanyos M. (2009) Intensification of Anaerobic Sludge Digestion towards the Energy Self-Sufficiency of Municipal Wastewater Treatment. Water 21, 12/2009, 25.
• Zábranská J., Dohányos M., Jeníček P., Kutil J. (2006) Disintegration of excess activated sludge – evaluation and experience of full-scale applications. Water Science and Technology, Vol. 53. No 12,  pp 229-236
• Straka, F., Dohányos, M., Zábranská, J., Dědek, J., Malijevský, A., Novák, J., Oldřich, J. (2006). Bioplyn, 2.přepracované a doplněné vydání ( kapitoly 2.5 – 2.7, 5.5, 5.6), GAS s.r.o. Říčany, ISBN 80-7328-029-9. 
• Dohányos M., Zábranská J., Kutil, J., Jeníček, P. (2004). Improvement of anaerobic digestion of sludge. Water Science and Technology, Vol. 49. No 10,  pp 89-96.
• Zábranská J., Dohányos M., Jeníček P., Zaplatílková P., Kutil J. (2002) The contribution of thermophilic anaerobic digestion to the stable operation of wastewater treatment plant. Water Sci. Technol, 46, 4-5, 447-453, ISBN 1 84339 423 5.
• Dohanyos M., Zabranska J.,. Jenicek P., Stepova J., Kutil V., Horejs J. (2000) The intensification of sludge digestion by the disintegration of activated sludge and the thermal conditioning of digested sludge. Water Sci. Technol., 42, 9, 57-64. ISBN 1 900222 43 4.
• Zábranská J., Dohányos M., Jeníček P., Kutil J. (2000) Thermophilic process and enhancement of excess activated sludge  degradability – two ways of intensification of sludge treatment in the Prague Central Treatment Plant. Water Science & Technology, 41(9), 265-272, ISSBN 0273 1223.
• Dohányos M., Zábranská J., Jeníček P. (1997) Innovative technology for the improvement of the anaerobic methane fermentation. Water Sci. Technol., 36, 6-7, 333-340.
• Dohányos M., Zábranská J., Jeníček P. (1997) Enhancement of sludge anaerobic digestion by use of a special thickening centrifuge. Water Sci. Technol., 36, 11, 145-153.