Team news
Looking Back on 2025: BRT Newsletter
With 2025 now behind us, the BioResources & Technology (BRT) Division reflects on a year defined by collaboration, innovation, and global engagement. From new research outputs and international projects to academic milestones and community-building events, 2025 marked a period of steady progress across BRT’s research, education, and outreach activities.
Meet our new intern - Aissa Neyra
To broaden and develop our teams’ collaborative skills while offering visiting students the chance to expand their scientific networks and gain cultural experiences, BRT encourages students to join our team for internship opportunities. These internships aim to facilitate idea exchange, foster professional growth, and create opportunities for collaboration. Meet the new intern joining our team from Peru, Aissa Neyra!
MCYR 2026: The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference for Young Researchers
The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference for Young Researchers (MCYR 2026) is approaching, once again providing a platform for emerging scientists to share their research, exchange ideas, and connect with peers from around the world. Organized by the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), the conference continues to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and support the next generation of researchers.
For the 2026 edition, MCYR will be held under the theme: “Research Innovation to Action: Pathways Toward Resilience in a Risk-Prone World.” The theme reflects the growing need for research that not only advances knowledge but also contributes practical solutions to the complex environmental, technological, and societal challenges facing our world today.
Exploring Radiochemistry Through an Erasmus+ Traineeship in Warsaw
To broaden and develop the professional skills of our team members and widen their scientific network and cultural experiences, the BRT encourages its students to embark on various internships, traineeships, academic mobilities, and development opportunities. These opportunities are connected to their scientific journey and enable them to have hands-on, practical and in-field experiences, which are critical to their future careers.
Our PhD student, AbdulAzeez Shobajo, shares insights from his experience at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw.
Introducing BRT’s new Postdoctoral Researcher - Bojana Petrovic
Recently, the BRT welcomed new postdoctoral researcher Bojana Petrovic. Read her firsthand account detailing her background and aspirations below!
My name is Bojana Petrovic, and I’m originally from Serbia. I am excited to join the BRT team as a researcher. My work focuses on sustainable and precision agriculture, urban forestry, soil science and remote sensing applications, combining environmental modelling with advanced spatial and AI-based methods.
I completed my Ph.D. in Horticulture at Mendel University in Brno and previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Italy at the Polytechnic University of Marche and in Hungary at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE). Throughout my academic journey, I have been particularly interested in how we can use satellite data, climate information, and ground-based measurements together to better understand agricultural and ecological systems.
Introducing 2025 PhD graduate, Dr. Jan Staš
Dr. Jan Staš earned his Ph.D. in Tropical Agrobiology and Bioresource Management under the supervision of Professor Jan Banout at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU). His research focused on developing natural plant-based solutions to prevent spoilage in beverages, with a particular emphasis on tropical fruit juices. His research topic was “In vitro growth-inhibitory effect of plant-derived products against beverage-spoiling microorganisms.”
