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UCT PragueFacultyDepartment About department Department members Academic staff and doctoral researchers Ing. Aleš Paulu, Ph.D.
 
 
 

Specializuji se na metodologii posuzování životního cyklu (LCA) a její aplikace napříč odvětvími – zejména v odpadovém a vodním hospodářství, vodíkové ekonomice a dopravě. Zaměřuji se na rozvíjející se LCA přístupy, především prospektivní LCA orientované na budoucí environmentální dopady technologických a politických scénářů, a rámec Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment (AESA), který hodnotí dopady lidské činnosti vzhledem k udržitelným mezím.

Topics

I specialise in life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and its applications across sectors – particularly in waste management, water management, hydrogen economy and transport. I focus on emerging LCA approaches, especially prospective LCA oriented towards future environmental impacts of technological and policy scenarios, and the Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment (AESA) framework, which evaluates the impacts of human activities in relation to sustainability boundaries.

Education

  • 2020–2025: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, PhD program, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • 2024–2024: Guest PhD internship, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2017–2019: Water Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (Master’s program) 

Grants and projects

  • 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2026. TAČR: SS02030008. Centrum environmentálního výzkumu: Odpadové a oběhové hospodářství a environmentální bezpečnost.
  • 01.06.2025 - 31.05.2028. EK 44: DECIRE-WATER. Decentralized Solutions for a Circular and Efficient Water Management – from Demonstration to the Market.

Publications

  • Jan Matuštík; Aleš Paulu; J. Moško; Michael Pohořelý;-(2025). Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Sewage Sludge Pyrolysis and Their Dynamic Evolution. ACS Environmental Au, 5(6), 594-602, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00097. 
  • Jan Matuštík; Aleš Paulu;- (2025). Earth system functioning as a separate area of protection for life cycle impact assessment. JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70012 
  • Aleš Paulu; Bisinella Valentina; Vladimír Kočí;- (2025). Environmental assessment of potential industrial waste management in the Czech Republic. JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70043 
  • Tatiana Trecáková; Aleš Paulu; Ivanna Harasymchuk; Hana Brunhoferová; Vladimír Kočí;- (2025). The effects of the technological setup of plastic waste pyrolysis on its environmental performance. Environmental Science-Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5va00182j 
  • Jan Matuštík; Aleš Paulu; Vladimír Kočí;- (2024). Is normalization in Life Cycle Assessment sustainable? Alternative approach based on natural constraints. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141234 
  • Aleš Paulu; Jan Matuštík; Tatiana Trecáková; Vladimír Kočí;- (2023). Overlooked source of hydrogen: The environmental potential of chlor-alkali by-product. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.10.246 
  • Aleš Paulu; Monika Vitvarová; Vladimír Kočí;- (2022). Quantifying the industry-wide symbiotic potential: LCA of construction and energy waste management in the Czech Republic. Sustainable Production and Consumption. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2022.08.033 
  • Aleš Paulu; Jan Bartáček; Markéta Šerešová; Vladimír Kočí;- (2021). Combining Process Modelling and LCA to Assess the Environmental Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Innovations. Water. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13091246 
  • Daniel O. Carvalho; Aleš Paulu; Pavel Dostálek; Luís F. Guido;- (2018). Measurement of catechin-7-O-glucoside from barley to malt. Journal of the Institute of Brewing. https://doi.org/10.1002/jib.530