Phone: (+420) 221 951 969
E-mail: lukas.vlcek@natur.cuni.cz
Office: Albertov 6, office no. 210

Research profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lukas_Vlcek4

Education and professional experience

2011: MSc degree, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Since 2011: Researcher – Faculty of Science, Charles University

2014: Ph.D. visiting fellow,  University of Zurich, Department of Geography

2016 - 2018: Reseach Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague

Since 2018: Researcher – Institute of Hydrodynamics AS CR, Prague

2018: Ph.D. degree, Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Research interest

I am interested in the water storage in soils and the runoff formation in small catchments. The main part of my research takes place in the Šumava Mts. where I focus on the influence of peatlands on the outflow from a catchment. The research topics include: the origin of long-term stored water in soil or streams and the impact of climate change on the time in which water flows through the soil system. Part of the research is also focused on soil water storage in agricultural areas in cooperation with other research institutions.

Lectures

• Hydropedology
• Vadose zone hydrology

Selected publications

Lendzioch, T., Langhammer, J., Vlček, L., Minařík, R. (2021). Mapping the groundwater level and soil moisture of a montane peat bog using UAV monitoring and machine learning. Remote Sensing, 13(5), 907.

Vlček, L., Šípek, V., Kofroňová, J., Kocum, J., Doležal, T., Janský, B. (2021). Runoff formation in a catchment with Peat bog and Podzol hillslopes. Journal of Hydrology. 593(February), 125633.

Šípek, V., Hnilica, J., Vlček, L., Hnilicová, S., Tesař, M. (2020). Influence of vegetation type and soil properties on soil water dynamics in the Šumava Mountains (Southern Bohemia). Journal of Hydrology. 582(March), 124285.

Su, Y., Shao, W., Vlček, L., Langhammer, J. (2019). Ecohydrological behaviour of mountain beech forest: Quantification of stomatal conductance using sap flow measurements. Geosciences. 9(5), 243.

Vlček, L., Falátková, K., Schneider, P. (2017). Identification of runoff formation with two dyes in a mid-latitude mountain headwater, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 3025-3040,

Kocum, J., Oulehle, F., Janský, B., Bůzek, F., Hruška, J., Vlček, L., (2016). Geochemical evidence for peat bog contribution to the streamflow generation process: case study of the Vltava River headwaters, Czech Republic Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61:14, 2579-2589,

Vlček, L., Kocum, J., Kučerová, A., Janský, B., Šefrna, L. (2012). Retenční potenciál a hydrologická bilance horského vrchoviště – případová studie Rokytecké slatě, povodí horní Otavy, JZ Česko. Geografie, 117, No. 4, 1-17.