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BRT Mid-Year 2026 Newsletter Is Out
The BioResources and Technology (BRT) Division Mid-Year 2026 Newsletter, is out - bringing together the research, projects, achievements, and people that shaped the first half of the year.
The latest edition reflects another active period for BRT, marked by continued scientific progress, international collaboration, and the practical application of research. Readers can explore developments across the division’s core areas, including biogas, circular bioeconomy, sustainability, resource management, open science, and climate resilience.
Alongside these research highlights, the newsletter features key project milestones, team achievements, new colleagues, internship activities, and opportunities ahead, including MCYR 2026.
Together, these stories capture the people, partnerships, and shared ambitions continuing to drive BRT forward throughout 2026.
Introducing BRT’s New Project & Financial Manager - Michaela Šrubařová
Recently, the BRT welcomed new project & financial manager Michaela Šrubařová. Read her firsthand account detailing her background and aspirations below!
My name is Michaela Šrubařová, and I am excited to join the BRT project team as its newest member. I hold a Master's degree in International Territorial Studies from Mendel University in Brno and am currently pursuing a Master's degree in Agroecology at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Before joining the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTA) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), I worked in the NGO sector, where I managed international development and humanitarian projects.
My journey to FTA at CZU has been quite a long one. During my studies at Mendel University, I gradually realized that well-functioning agriculture is one of the fundamental pillars of social and economic development. Agriculture is a key sector in every country and has enormous potential to drive sustainable growth. However, this is only possible if farmers and local communities have access to knowledge, innovations, and practical solutions to the challenges they face.
New Paper Published! Multi-sensor integration and cloud-native AI for climate-smart agricultural monitoring: A systems framework
BRT members Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Bojana Petrovic, Director Hynek Roubík, Senior Researcher and Advisor Dr. Jan Banout and Project Manager Dr. Jan Staš from the Faculty of Tropical Agrisciences (FTZ) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) recently published an article in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
How can satellite observations, machine learning and cloud computing be combined to help agriculture respond to climate change? A new review led by BRT researcher Bojana Petrovic brings these technologies together in a unified framework for practical agricultural monitoring and decision support.
This open-access article reviews developments in remote sensing for climate-smart agriculture between 2000 and 2025. Drawing on 120 core peer-reviewed studies, the authors propose a five-layer computational framework, illustrated below, that connects data acquisition, cloud processing, machine-learning analytics, data fusion and decision-support outputs.
Congratulations to Professor Le Dinh Phung - Appointed Rector of the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University
The BioResources and Technology (BRT) Division congratulates Professor Le Dinh Phung on his appointment as Rector of the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University (HUAF), Vietnam.
Professor Phung is a distinguished Vietnamese academic with extensive experience in animal science, livestock production, sustainable agriculture, waste management and rural development. Throughout his academic career, he has supervised numerous master’s and doctoral students, coordinated international research projects and contributed extensively to scientific literature in animal science and rural development.
A Long-Standing Partnership with BRT and CZU
Professor Phung has been a long-standing partner of the BioResources and Technology Division and the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ) at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU).
Over many years, this cooperation has developed through joint international research projects, scientific publications, knowledge exchange and staff and student mobility. Professor Phung has also contributed to capacity-building initiatives connecting Vietnamese and European partners, the joint supervision of doctoral students and the development of long-term institutional cooperation between Hue University and CZU.
Meet our new intern - Patrycja Rowińska
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 Poland, Patrycja Rowińska!
BRT Brings Applied Research Expertise to International Events in Ukraine
Head of the BRT laboratory and postdoctoral researcher Assistant Professor Dr. Viktoriia Chubur contributed to two international scientific events organised by Mykolaiv National Agrarian University in Ukraine. Through presentations addressing biotechnology and renewable energy, she joined international discussions on strengthening the connections between education, scientific research and practical application.
Bridging Education, Research and Industry
The first event, the International Forum “Integration of Education, Science and Production,” brought together representatives of universities, research institutions, public authorities and industry to discuss current challenges in the agricultural sector and explore opportunities for innovation-driven development.
A central theme of the event was the need to strengthen cooperation between academic research, education and practical implementation. By bringing together participants from different sectors, the forum provided a platform for exchanging perspectives on how scientific knowledge can be translated into solutions that respond to real-world needs.
